Voices of Experience - Joe Paquet

Summer Morning, Gloucester 8 x 12” Oil Joe Paquet

“When our eyes are graced with wonder, the world reveals its wonders to us. There are people who see only dullness in the world and that is because their eyes have already been dulled. So much depends on how we look at things. The quality of our looking determines what we come to see.” - John O’Donohue (1954-2008)

The words of the late Irish poet, John O’Donohue clearly state Joe Paquet’s own philosophy toward painting. “My eye has become more educated over the years. I’m going outside and I’m seeing nature as it really is, with an educated eye. I’m slowly divesting myself of many preconceptions that previously got in my way. Without genuine openness and humility, you’re not going to see it.”

Paquet loved to draw as a child and received encouragement and unfailing support from his mother and father in his artistic endeavors. Although his father pursued more traditional work with the railroad, he was very artistic a…