Joe has been an artist since early childhood. His formal training included Advertising and Illustration courses at Pratt Institute, school of Fine Art as well as a number of workshops with leading watercolorists. Joe's development as a caricaturist began with whimiscal sketches of his teacher, friends and relatives. In WWII, he did pencil renderings of friends and servicemen. A watercolor he did on Guadacanal won third prize in the All Pacific Art Competition. At the end of his Marine Corp duty, he continued his art education at Pratt.

Joe went on to spend thirty years in the advertising business, including being co-creator of what would become Long Island's largest advertising agency. He left advertising and New York to settle in SC., becoming a professional caricaturist. Joe has developed an entertaining technique of rapidly rendering black and white caricature likenesses with pen and marker. He also does studio caricature illustrations in pen & ink and watercolor.

Joe is available to do caricaturing as an entertainment service in the tri-state area of South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia for corporate events, trade shows, etc.

• SERVES: Greenville & Spartanburg, SC. Asheville, NC. Will travel.
• RATE*: $130 per hour, 3-hour minimum. Travel charges additional.
• SPEED**: Up to 5 or 6 people per hour, black and white.