A SPIRITUAL ODYSSEY
A life of Creativity, Work, Study and Collecting
Joseph L. Kagle, Jr.
Part I ( 1932 - 1961 ) : An Artist is Born

1948 Self-Portrait in Pen and Ink

"... he allowed himself to be swayed by his convictions that human beings
are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life
obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves."

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

"There is really nothing you must be,
And there is nothing you must do
There is really nothing you must have
And there is really nothing you must know.
There is really nothing you must become. However, It helps to understand
that fire burns and when it rains, the earth gets wet..."

Manabu Foljamaris


1948 Self-Portrait in Pen and Ink ( 14 x 14 ) 1950 Self-Portrait in Ink ( 30 x 36 ) 1954 Woman in Acrylic ( 36 x 48 ) 1955 Self-Portrait in Oil ( 33 x 40 ) 1956 Man with Chicken, Woodcut 1957 Bull Fight in Acrylic ( 40 x 50 ) 1957 Cliffscape in Collage ( 18 x 21 ) 1957 Self-Portrait in Etching ( 8 x 18 ) 1958 Anne in Flowered Hat in Oil ( 20 x 30 ) 1958 City Cluster in Silkscreen 1958 Floral Matrix in Etching ( 18 x 13 ) 1958 Jazz Series #1 in Silkscreen ( 22 x 13 ) 1958 Jazz Series #2 in Silkscreen ( 22 x 13 ) 1958 Jazz Series #3 in Silkscreen ( 22 x 13 ) 1958 Old Man in Etching ( 8 x 14 ) 1958 Orchestra Pit in Pen and Ink ( 22 x 15 ) 1958 Self-Portrait in Pencil ( 20 x 26 ) 1958 Still Life in Acrylic ( 24 x 40 ) 1958 Wilderness Matrix in Pen and Ink ( 15 x 19 ) 1959 Boy in a Hat in Woodcut ( 12 x 18 ) 1959 Cubist Figure in Collage and Ink ( 20 x 32 ) 1959 Man with a Beard in Pen and Ink ( 15 x 19 ) 1959 Seated Man in Acrylic ( 30 x 40 ) 1960 Anne in a Chair in Woodcut ( 22 x 32 ) 1960 Anne Nude #6 on the Sofa in Pen and Ink ( 17 x 20 ) 1960 Anti-War Pillar View One ( 16 x 16 x 60 ) 1960 Anti-War Pillar View Two ( 16 x 16 x 60 ) 1960 Collage Table in Acrylic and Collage ( 30 x 36 ) 1960 Figures in Motion in Acrylic ( 80 x 48 ) 1960 Head in Acrylic ( 23 x 31 ) 1960 Interior Room in Acrylic and Collage ( 37 x 32 ) 1960 Orange Room in Acrylic and Collage ( 33 x 34 ) 1960 Self-Portrait with Brush in Woodcut Print ( 30 x 48 ) 1960 Sue and Bill in Woodcut ( 24 x 36 ) 1960 Two Figures in Pen and Ink ( 17 x 11 ) 1960 Window with Sculpture in Acrylic and Collage ( 56 x 42 ) 1961 Anne in Pen and Ink ( 20 x 32 ) 1961 Anne and Dog in Studio in Acrylic ( 60 x 48 ) 1961 Chair with Interior in Acrylic and Collage ( 33 x 34 ) 1961 Christopher in Pen and Ink ( 22 x 30 ) 1961 Head of a Friend in Etching ( 15 x 24 ) 1961 Lady in a Hat in Etching ( 18 x 24 ) 1961 Landscape #1 in Etching ( 24 x 18 ) 1961 Landscape #2 in Etching ( 24 x 18 ) 1961 Pa Kagle with Chew #1 in Woodcut ( 24 x 36 ) 1961 Pa Kagle with Chew #3 in Woodcut ( 24 x 36 ) 1961 Portrait of Sue in Pen and Ink ( 14 x 20 ) 1961 San Francisco #2 in Acrylic and Crayon ( 40 x 30 ) 1961 San Francisco in Acrylic and Ink ( 22 x 14 ) 1961 Self-Portrait in Etching ( 18 x 24 ) 1961 Wall Image #1 in Acrylic and Collage ( 56 x 56 ) 1961 Wall Image #2 in Acrylic and Collage ( 56 x 56 ) 1961 Wall Image #3 in Acrylic and Collage ( 56 x 56 ) 1961 Wall Image #4 in Acrylic ( 64 x 60 ) 1961 Wall Image #5 in Acrylic ( 60 x 64 ) 1961 Wall Image #6 in Acrylic ( 60 x 64 ) 1961 Wall Image #7 in Acrylic ( 60 x 64 ) 1961 Wall Image #10 in Acrylic and Collage ( 60 x 64 ) 1961 Wall Image #11 in Acrylic and Collage ( 60 x 64 ) 1961 Wall Image #12 in Acrylic and Collage ( 60 x 64 ) 1961 Wall Image #13 in Acrylic ( 60 x 64 ) 1961 Wall Image #14 in Acrylic ( 60 x 64 ) 1961 Woman in Black in Acrylic ( 36 x 48 ) 1961 Young Boy with Large Ears in Acrylic and Chalk ( 22 x 29 )

Major Works of Art

Self Portraits
People around me
Views from above
Animals
Cityscapes and signs
Portfolios of work
Nude studies
Drawings and sketchbooks
Wall Image Series

Influences

Carnegie Museum of Fine Arts
      Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Elementary and Secondary School
Rembrant Van Rijn
Henderville Art Colony, N.C.
Scholastic Art Contest
Carnegie Mellon University
Vincent Van Gogh
Family and Friends
Bed Ridden for Two Years
High School Art Teachers
College Studies and Fellow Artists

Processes

Academy training
Walking the streets
Freedom to do what
      I wish in my work
Working with mature artists
Learning my craft
Museum studies
Getting away
Learning to work in isolation


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