Joseph Cash

I live in North Vancouver with my wife Theresa Lee, 2 dogs and 1 cat and have recently retired from my day job to spend more time at the easel. 

1976 BA McMaster University Studio Art and Art History
1976 1977 Graduate Studies Instituto Allende  Mexico Studio Art
1992 BEd University of British Columbia  Secondary Art

I grew up in rural Ontario, spending time between farm country and cottage country.  Urban experiences came later so I feel most comfortable with landscape and the human form.  The second half of my life has been in British Columbia around mountains and ocean.  My landscapes images are more or less evenly split between Ontario and British Columbia.  

For the most part I make paintings in oil on board, canvas or linen, sometimes using acrylic to speed the process when doing the underpainting, but always working over in oil.  I like the finish in oil, and the ability work the surface longer.  I also like to be able to layer the paint on a surface to build richer colour and to glaze.  Even when working with water colour I prefer gouache to transparent colours because of the ability to layer colour without making the painting muddy.  And yes, I’m way too hard on brushes.

Over the years I have explored colour, form, geometry and abstraction, which has added structure to the compositions and cohesion to the colour in my current paintings.  In the past I have used a calculator when working our compositions, but am no longer so obsessive.   I like images that let me feel a connection to place.