| An outdoors man, a lover of
nature, a believer in those things that provided our past ... this is Joe
Friddle. A transplanted Texan for 25 years, Joe was raised on the top of
the last mountain in the Smokey Mountain Range in Birmingham, Alabama.
He received his formal education from Auburn University and earned a B.S.
in Art Education.
Throughout his life Joe has sought
ways to share his love for wildlife, the great outdoors, and the importance
of strong grassroots characters stemming from rural Texas. Beginning with
stylized pencil drawings and portraits and now exploring the freedom watercolor
adds to nature, Joe incorporates the mediums to join the outdoors and the
remembrance of a time gone by. |
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While serving public education
as a teacher the past two decades, his artistic pursuits are a continuation
of exploring the beauty of Texas. A student of his interests, he continues
to experiment and expand ways to share the character of his subject matter.
A member of the Texas Wild Bunch,
Texas' oldest organization of traditional style professional artists, Joe
continues to discover outlets to share his painted subjects and evoke warm
memories from those who see his work. His paintings can be found in private
collections in many states as well as several countries around the world. |
