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Joseph Michael Todorovitch was born in San Gabriel, California in 1978.  This young artist was inspired as a child by a family member, and has enjoyed the creative process from that day forward.  Realizing art life, he aggressively began to study drawing as a high school student, and then attended Cal State University Fullerton where he received his bachelor degree in fine art.

His training helped him develop a great respect for sound draftsmanship and traditional painting.  Todorovitch’s determination to record his experience via highly representational art helped him to refine his opinions about painting and develop sensitivity to his particular taste.

Compelled to paint the human figure, Joseph’s work reflects his perceptions of people and their environment, attempting to show the viewer excerpts of the lives of his subjects, moments in time that describe subtle emotional states and beautiful lighting.  “My concern is to achieve a sense of a convincing air quality in my paintings – to dismiss any doubt that the viewer could breathe the air.”
This effect has becomethe unifying thread in his works, regardless of the subject matter or levelof resolve.  Todorovitch acheives this uniqueness with a combination of controlled values, sound drafting, natural and personal color ideas and creative engineering of paint and edge quality.

Todorovitch’s emotionally charged paintings represent the conceptions and daring of a true visionary.  An artist with both his brush and his imagination, his paintings create a magic that touches the soul of the viewer.  Joseph believes it is important for classically trained artisits to venture off the beaten path occasionally always bringing with them the fundamentals to survive.  “This keeps the creative process fresh and mystical like life itself.  It presents opportunities of discovery that very thing that drives us to create as children.  I never want to lose that connection.”

"Boutique", portrait, oil, linen, 2006
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