Native Californian Joe Garcia lives and works near Julian, California, where the forest of oaks and pines shelter an abundance of birds, deer and other wildlife. It is a perfect setting for an artist who specializes in painting those subjects.

Joe earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with an advertising/illustration emphasis from the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles in 1970. He worked as an illustrator and graphic designer for 13 years, and spent his free hours honing his watercolor painting skills and showing his paintings in galleries and national exhibits. Joe left the commercial work behind in 1983, and began painting full-time. He generally portrays his subjects in a tight, yet delicate center of interest, complemented by a loose, interpretive background. In addition to his watercolors of wildlife he enjoys painting oils on location and in the studio. Joe’s original paintings and prints may be found in galleries and private collections throughout the United States and Canada.

Exhibitions
Arequipa, Peru: Una Exposicion Para La Promocion y Conservacion at Centro Cultural Peruano Norteamericano,
Peruvian American Bi-National Center in Arequipa, June 2005
California Contemporary Art Collection, sponsored by CA State Senate, Sacramento: 2003
“Birds in Art,” Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wausau, WI: 1993, ’95, ’96, ’98—2000, 2002—2006
Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT: 1996--2005; permanent collection, 1998/2000
American Artists Abroad, Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT, 2005
Society of Animal Artists: 1994—2006
Eco-Art, Taipei, Taiwan: 1999

Annual Wildlife Art Shows
Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, Charleston, SC: February
Fallbrook Wildlife Art Festival, Fallbrook, CA: May
Waterfowl Festival, Easton, MD: November
(Joe inducted to Hall of Fame, 2000)
Nature Works, Tulsa, OK

Organizations
Trout Unlimited Artist of the Year, 1999, 2000
Ducks Unlimited Companion Artist, 1996, 2004
California Ducks Unlimited Artist of the Year, 1989,1997
California Ducks Unlimited Sponsor Artist, 2003
California First of State Upland Game Bird Stamp, 1993
California Upland Game Bird Stamp, 1996-97, 1999-200, 2001-2002
Ducks Unlimited National Flyway Artist, 1995
Quail Unlimited National Artist of the Year, 1993

Books
Watercolor Bible, Joe Garcia, North Light Books, 2005
Mastering the Watercolor Wash, Joe Garcia, North Light Books, 2002
Wildlife Art, Joan Muvskens Pursley, Portfolio Press, 2002
The Best of Wildlife Art 2, Rachel Rubin Wolf, North Light Books, 2000
Wildlife Art, Alan Singer, North Light Books, 1999
The Art of the American West, Caroline Lindscott, Rockport Publishers, Dec 1998
Watercolour 10, Chinese Watercolor Society, Taiwan, 1996
Splash 3, Rachel Rubin Wolf, North Light Books, 1994
Contemporary Western Artists, Peggy and Harold Samuels, Southwest Art Publishing, 1982

Video
Artists’ Workshop, RB Productions, 1999

Workshops
Joe teaches workshops for the following organizations:
Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, Arizona  website
Tsunami Tstudio
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute, Tucson, Arizona  website

Galleries Exhibiting Joe Garcia Original Watercolors and Oils
Ernest Fuller Fine Art, 1338 5th St., Denver, CO 80202-1606, 720-946-1296
Santa Ysabel Art Gallery, 30352 Hwy 78, Santa Ysabel, CA 92070, 760-765-1676
Spinetta Winery & Gallery, 12555 Steiner Rd., Plymouth, CA 95669, 209-245-3384
Windrush Gallery, 411 Hwy 179, Sedona, AZ, 520-282-7676
Cody Fine Art Gallery, 1361 Sheridan Ave, Cody, WY 82414, 307-527-5380

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