MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES Joe Strickland is an artist living in the Northern California. He has work in private and corporate collections internationally. Joe Strickland is a native of the Bay Area where he received his Graphic Design Degree from San Jose State and has pursued self-taught enhanced creativity for more than 50 years. In pursuit of artistic innovation, I continually experiment with various mediums and tools to uncover new methods of creating two-dimensional art. My work usually features non-representational abstractions characterized by organic forms and layered colors, infused with a bit of realism. I get lost in the process of building and experimentation with any new direction I might take. Currently I’ve been exploring minimalism by distilling imagery to its basic elements, concentrating on essential shapes defined by hue and value while disregarding extraneous details. By using geometric angles with no curves and applying a hard edge to key shapes and color values, there becomes a pleasing linearity without sacrificing the inherent essence of the composition.