Joseph Capicotto is a professional artist who is well-known for his wide variety of subject matter, particularly his figures, and an ever-evolving fascination with painting methods. His wealth of experience in light, colour, and form is seen in the natural transition he brings to the canvas. His paintings resonate with carefree passion, expressing a sense of confidence in everything eventually coming together.
Joseph Capicotto is a professional artist who is well-known for his wide variety of subject matter, particularly his figures, and an ever-evolving fascination with painting methods. His wealth of experience in light, colour, and form is seen in the natural transition he brings to the canvas. His paintings resonate with carefree passion, expressing a sense of confidence in everything eventually coming together.
Joseph earned an Honours Degree in Fine Arts and Mass Communications at Toronto’s York University, specializing in Figure Drawing. Subsequently, in 1990 he opened up his own shop in a local Toronto mall doing portraiture. After gaining tractionwithin the area he opened a second shop in another local mall. Being recognized for his portraiture work locally, he was commissioned on many occasions to do murals residentially and in restaurants all over the city of Toronto. Inspiredby Michelangelo’s frescoes, Joseph created his own form of plaster that was applied using palette knives in his murals which eventually garnered theattention of many people within the city, including a couple of art dealers from Kipling Gallery that approached him in 2003 wanting to represent him. From there Joseph started doing mixed media paintings on canvas for Kipling Gallery,and in 2005 was approached by Beauchamp Galleries wanting to represent him in their Quebec City galleries .Gaining much publicity in Toronto and Quebec City lead to Art World Gallery wanting to represent him in their gallery on the coast of Falmouth, UK in 2018.Also in 2018, Joseph had his first solo show hosted by Kipling Gallery, followed by attending Beauchamp Galleries annual “Les nuit des Galleries”. In 2023 Beauchamp Galleries expanded their representation of Joseph’s works into theirMontreal and Toronto galleries. In 2024 he is now also being represented by hisson Giancarlo, in Giancarlo’s newly established gallery Terracotta Art Gallery, representing him within the Greater Toronto Area and internationally. To date, Joseph's next solo show is set to take place in 2024 in the UK hosted by Art World Gallery.
His paintings continue to be represented in renowned galleries and found in private collections throughout the world. In his journey he has also enjoyed much media exposure ranging from art shows to numerous charity events and galas where he met many Hollywood celebrities some of whom have attained Joseph’s paintings.
Today, Joseph is experimenting with the inclusion of encaustic allowinghim to continue using palette knives in his mixed media paintings. The addition of encaustic in his mixed media paintings lends itself beautifully creating adistinct blend of texture and current painting styles. The uniqueness of this blend harmonizes in such a subtle way that gives feeling of tranquility in his most recent works.
As a resultof his relentless passion to create and challenge himself, Joseph continues to explore the spectrum of colours , methods and ideas that allow him to channel his desire to communicate, connect and inspire.
Like Norman Rockwell, Seuss personally created every rough sketch, preliminary drawing, final line drawing and finished work for each page of every project he illustrated. Despite the technical and budgetary limitations of color printing during the early and mid-twentieth century, Dr. Seuss the artist was meticulous about color selection. He created specially numbered color charts and elaborate color call-outs to precisely accomplish his vision for each book. Saturated reds and blues, for example, were carefully chosen for The Cat in the Hat to attract and maintain the visual attention of a six-year-old audience. By the time Seuss’s book career took off, sharp draftsman skills were evident in drawings. His ability to move a storyline ahead via illustrations filled with tension, movement and color became a hallmark component of his work, and the surreal images that unfolded over six decades became the catalyst for a humorous and inspired learning experience.
Artist Leo Rijn, the inaugural sculptor for the Dr. Seuss Tribute Collection I, was selected to launch this project due to his prized work with some of today’s top talent in the world of film, entertainment and the visual arts (including Tim Burton, Ang Lee and Steven Spielberg). Rijn has been identified as one of today’s brightest sculpting talents because of his ability to breathe life into the written word and successfully transform two-dimensional ideas into three-dimensional works of art. Universal Studios commissioned Leo to develop and oversee the creation of numerous maquette scale models for the Monumental Dr. Seuss Sculptures at Seuss Landing in Orlando, Florida. Leo was instrumental in the art direction for many of the sculpted characters and buildings now on display at this permanent Seuss attraction. His strikingly accurate Seuss works embody a masterful and intuitive Seussian sensibility, establishing him as a leading talent in interpretive sculpting.
Seuss embarked on an ingenious project in the early 1930s as he evolved from two-dimensional artworks to three-dimensional sculptures. What was most unusual for these mixed-media sculptures was the use of real animal parts including beaks, antlers and horns from deceased Forest Park Zoo animals where Seuss’s father was superintendent. Unorthodox Collection of Taxidermy was born in a cramped New York apartment and included a menagerie of inventive creatures with names like the “Two Horned Drouberhannis,” “Andulovian Grackler,” and “Semi-Normal Green-Lidded Fawn.” Shortly after Seuss created this unique collection of artworks, Look Magazine dubbed Seuss “The World’s Most Eminent Authority on Unheard-Of Animals.” To this day, Seuss’s Unorthodox Collection of Taxidermy remains as some of the finest examples of his inventive and multi-dimensional creativity.
Illustrator by day, surrealist by night, Seuss created a body of irrepressible work that redefines this American icon as an iconographic American artist. Yet, the Secret Art often shows a side of the artist that most readers, familiar with him through his classic children’s books, have never seen. This collection, created over a period of more than 60 years, encompasses the entirety of Seuss’s multi-dimensional talent. The artistic golden thread highlighted throughout this collection is apparent in each wildly imaginative and surreal Secret Art image. The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss is an inimitable collection of artworks created at night for his own personal enjoyment. These works were rarely, if ever, exhibited during his lifetime and provide a deeper glimpse into the art and life of this celebrated American Icon.
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