A native of Dayton, Ohio, Joel Holsinger has been painting and drawing prolifically since early childhood. A Scholastic Arts award-winning portfolio finalist, Joel graduated in 1996 with a degree in Fine Art, studying Graphic Design and Painting at Miami University (of Oxford, Ohio) on a full-tuition scholarship awarded annually by the Gibson Greetings Foundation.
After initially working as a graphic designer and art instructor, Joel moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1998 to further his career where he began painting full time as a fine artist. An emerging abstract painter, he continues to develop and refine his distinctive artistic vocabulary and style, building on an early foundation of work done in a more traditional manner. Beneath the surface, the focus of his work is philosophical and spiritual. His paintings and drawings, whether abstract or traditional, are inspired by principles of timeless truth, beauty, wisdom, and love.
