Joseph Raffael

Born :

February 22, 1933

The water color process takes me and itself to a destination I hadn't even known existed... Whatever I put down on the page, the paint will dry as it wants to.

dry color water

Watercolor is an alchemical medium - colors mixing with water, joining with it, being extended by it - creating new life where none had been before.

creating color water

Painting is the subject of painting.

painting subjects

I like the idea of the painting looking at the viewer than the other way around.

painting way ideas

The way I paint, the scale of the information in the images which I want to paint demand space.

demand space want

There is just no end to reality. You can keep going closer into it, but you never ever come out the other end.

keep-going ends reality

With all its variety and liveliness, color acts in the work of art as blood does as it circulates through our bodies. Color is what keeps the painting alive and moving.

blood art moving

Color is a language. It is the language of painting. How painting expresses itself is in large part with color.

painting color language

I have learned from nature that all is equal... all is equal and in balance. I see everything as fitting together.

fitting balance together

The older I get, the more I feel that color is what painting is. Painting is primarily color.

painting color feels