Brooklyn-born watercolorist Joseph Raffael throughout his career has demonstrated a decided predilection in his choice of subject matter. Fish, flowers, and the female form appear almost thematically in the artist's large works. His colors are as fresh, vivid, and glowing as the flora of spring, while his brush strokes seem as quicksilvery and spontaneous as fish heading upstream.
Raffael's most recent work, on view at the prestigious Nancy Hoffman Gallery in New York, is devoted to a series of water-color portraits of his young wife in the various stages of taking a nap. The show is aptly titled Lannis in Siesta. In this series, the woman's robe is a positive tapestry of spring in all its shimmering light, bright colors.
Born in 1933, Raffael received his BFA from Yale University in 1967. He has found the inspiration for many of his paintings while living in California, Japan, and now in France. His work is represented in all the major museums of the country, from the Art Institute of the Chicago to the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, as well as in many private collections.
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