Saturated World

Emphasizing the beauty of nature, Joe A. Oakes paints landscapes with warm colors and imaginative compositions

- Joe A. Oakes

For me, as an artist, the two most important things are composition and color. I'm always using the basic elements of art-line, shape and form to design the composition of my paintings. I am creating a world within the canvas and inviting you into it. I want you to feel a sense of place, that there is more beyond the edges of the canvas. Color is also an important element of art and something that I choose to use in excess. Color is about feeling and emotion and not necessarily about what we see or what we think we see, but what we feel.