Vivid Visions by Joel Tesch

Artist Statement:

My home and family inspire the artwork I create, which is focused on three thematic pillars:  figures/portraits, abstracts, and landscapes.  While those themes vary, I like to employ a consistent style by applying the elements of vivid colors, dynamic contrast, and a sense of movement in my paintings.

This year, I am focusing on portraits and figures but will bring more of the abstract and surreal into play with those images. Specifically, I want to create art featuring moments – moments that at once seem familiar but also new and powerful.

My goal with my art is to invite the person experiencing it to be welcome by initial familiarity, retain their gaze with subtle complexities and unexpected questions, and then ultimately bring to the forefront an emotion, a feeling, a movement…AN EXPERIENCE.

-Joel Tesch

Garden of Eden - $775
Garden of Eden - $775

Meet the Artist

Joel Tesch is a full-time artist and native of Raleigh, NC. After over 20 years in corporate sales leadership (including leadership roles at Nasdaq, Cisco and Business Wire), he became a full-time artist specializing in 2D acrylic paintings.  A Millbrook High School and UNC-Chapel Hill graduate with a BA in Journalism in Mass Communication, Joel has an expansive network from both his professional connections and personal, having lived in Atlanta, San Francisco, and London before returning to his home city of Raleigh in 2021 with his wife and three daughters.  He enjoys participating in Triangle Area art shows and festivals and has sold paintings to collectors throughout the US, UK and Asia.