Welcome to The Studio

Hi, I’m Joe — artist, writer, recovering lunatic. My work lives at the intersection of creativity and healing. Painting and writing are the mediums I've chosen to express myself, but really I think that we're all coming from the same place of longing - for peace, presence and connection.

This site is more than just a place to look at paintings. It’s a living studio space — a place where I explore the emotional and spiritual dimensions of life through art, writing, and reflection. A place where I try, imperfectly, to 'create sobriety'.

By sobriety, I don’t just mean abstaining from substances. I mean learning how to live — how to be in a body, in a mind, in a life that sometimes feels too loud or too quiet. I mean building something true from the inside out. Sobriety, to me, is synonymous with a searching sincerity - to uncover our true meaning unclouded by things outside of ourselves. Self-development is, as they say, an inside job.

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What You’ll Find Here

  • Original Artworks - how I make the internal external, the imaginary real.
  • Letters from the studio — reflections on creativity, recovery, and emotional honesty
  • The Care Package — a handmade offering of prints, sketches, and inner work
  • Journal Entries — fragments of thought, image, and process
  • Life Drawing Classes & Retreats — creative practice as presence

Why I Make Things

"I paint because it gets me out of my head and into my body.
Sometimes it gets me further into my head — and that’s not a good thing.
But eventually, it comes right if I just keep going."

Art has always been my way through. It’s how I listen to the deeper parts of myself. It’s a way of moving energy, making sense, or just staying here.

I believe creativity is one of the most underused tools in healing. You don’t have to be an “artist” to make something that matters. You just have to be honest.

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Video Introduction Coming Soon

I’ll be recording a short video soon to introduce this space more personally — because some things are better said than written.

What This Is (and Isn’t)

This isn’t a course. It’s not therapy. And I’m not trying to be a guru.
This is just a studio — open, honest, human — where I share what’s helped me, in case it helps you too.

Welcome.