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As a native son of the American Southwest, Joiner often draws inspiration for his works from his childhood experiences growing up there and his frequent travels there as an adult. He takes pride in the fact that his home state of New Mexico is at the forefront of scientific developments today but is also unique for its Hispanic and Native American heritages. “I’m proud that my homeland gave birth to the earliest of civilizations in the Americas as well as the Nuclear Age in which we now live,” said Joiner. He has always drawn inspiration from visiting historical sites and ruins. “During the years that I lived in Saudi Arabia, while my expat friends were vacationing in Mediterranean resorts, I was trudging through the dusty ruins of places like Petra or Ephesus. They thought I was weird!” remarked Joiner. That continuing interest has led him to visit, and revisit, the historic sites of the American Southwest - places like Taos Pueblo and Chaco Canyon.Joiner creates works in varying degrees of abstraction, depending on the subject matter or the message he wishes to convey. He is known for his “invented landscapes” that are abstract representations drawn from his imagination. For the “inventions” in this exhibition, he elevated his view of the landscape as a way to capture its depth and vastness. In all the works - landscape and otherwise - he tries to evoke the spirit of Southwest regional art without resorting to cliché.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
2305 Dunlavy St, Houston, TX, United States, Texas 77006
