Etheard Joseph

Etheard is an innovative, multi-disciplinary artist, educator, and entrepreneur. His work has been described as daring, unapologetic, empowering and original. His subject matter is the environment, his emotions, thoughts, people, and dreams. He is known for his amazing and unparalleled way of storytelling through painting, photography, moving images, drawing, collage, and other mediums. He creates because he must.

He holds an A.A. in photography from Suny Suffolk Community College, a B.A. in photography and media arts from Suny Empire State College, and an MSEd in Business Education from Hofstra University. Over the years his work has been shown in art exhibitions, featured on local television, and in magazines.

A little over 2 years ago, Etheard and his family relocated to Jupiter, Florida, from Long Island, New York. Living in South Florida allowed Etheard to have the opportunity to see things from a beautiful, fresh perspective and allowed him to push the boundaries of creating art. Etheard’s new painting series is titled Paradise. The entire color palette has completely changed. He now uses happy, vibrant, and tropical colors. He paints the water, boats, people, the beach, fish, and many other things. He ultimately paints his version of paradise.

Etheard has recently started two new bold projects. ArtISts Connecting South Florida. The project is a mini-documentary film series; each episode features a different creative person in South Florida. The episodes are available on the Artists Connecting YouTube page. The other is the fishing line art project. Etheard loves nature, and he wanted to play his part in preserving it. The project uses discarded fishing lines, fishing nets, and other items found during beach cleanup to create public art. The art works will be displayed in various locations in Palm Beach County, in April in preparation for Earth Day 2024.

                    Have you ever looked up at the sky on a late beautiful warm summer night, and being consumed by the universe? 

 While gazing at the stars, your mind starts to wander and you unconsciously ask why we are here, and where do we fit in. 

Are there other Universes where I  could also exist? 

and what would I look like? 

I wonder what would happen to the human body after passing through a wormhole or a black hole. I have heard theories such as the body becoming spaghetti strings-like.  These are just a few of the thoughts I have at times.  

My paintings are a reflection of some of those thoughts and more.  In some paintings, I use repeated brushstrokes of different colors over and over to mimic the body going through a black hole.  Places I have been or dreams  I have, shapes, colors I see, and experiences I have,  all of them metamorph when I paint. Some of the paintings take months to finish, I usually use a combination of oil and acrylic paints. 

I use symbols a lot and specific colors in my paintings. I use titles such as infinite existence, Exhilaration, Passion, Daydream,  Awakening, and many others to describe my work.

Every section of the canvas has a meaning, some are noticeable and some are hidden, which is for the viewer to find out. I use painting as a vehicle to express myself to the world without using words. I  paint on large canvases,  3ftx 6ft,  8ft x 10ft even 

9ft x 15ft, I will keep going bigger and bigger, each painting is a story and some stories have to be told big. 

Ultimately,  when a viewer looks at one of my large-scale paintings, I want them to forget everything else.  

I want the viewer to experience all of the things I was thinking about when I was creating the painting. 

I want to pull them into my universe.