Accolades

1967-1968 wrote and drew syndicated cartoon strip "The Chief"
1969 William Collins Award, Hudson Valley Art Association
1969 The Salmagundi Award, Allied Artists Show
1969 The Figure or Portrait Anonymous Award, Academic Artist
1970 Jane Peterson Portrait Award, Allied Artist Show
1970 Profile in American Artist magazine March issue
1975 commissioned to paint the official portraits of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
1977 opened art gallery in Cranford, NJ
Has had segments aired on all three major news networks
Wrote and had published 5 instructional art books
His work has been featured on the covers of Down East Magazine, Journal of the American Medical Association, and the German Parkinson im Dialog
Corporate exhibits include Chubb, Nabisco, and AT&T.
1993 Life Magazine published an article on Joe's life in their June issue
1994 Commissioned to paint the 14 Stations of the Cross for the Templo de las Americas in the Dominican Republic
1996 his painting entitled June Sunset Over the Potomac was requested by President Clinton to be on permament loan in the White House