Work samples

  • In the Studio with Joe Germershausen
    video by Keeley Smith
  • Image mash
    Image mash
    36"x72" collage -canvas, wood, found materials, concert posters.
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    U-Haul.JPG
    photograph (U-Haul Window)
  • Mudhouse.JPG
    Mudhouse.JPG
    photograph (Mud House -Charlottesville VA)

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About Joseph

Baltimore City
Artist member of Artists' Housing Inc. East Baltimore artist co-op. 
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MONOPRINTS

A series process based monoprints.

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    • paintings 1974-2023

    Paintings currently in progress or completed the past few years. These works are mixed media -combining materials & processes. The process reveals the final work -& no work is ever truely complete.......
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      yougoyourway&i'llgomine.JPG

      mixed media 38"x38" (2023) (oil stick, acrylic, oil, wax on canvas. processes: drawing, painting, printmaking. This work will be shown in the AACPS "Teacher as Artist" exhibit at the AACO Board of Education in Annapolis (Feb/March 2023).

      Available for Purchase
    • ...& so it goes
      "...& so it goes"

      Oil on Canvas 36"x48" (2022) mixed media. Processes -drawing, painting, printing. This work was shown at Gallery 1448 in Sept.2022 featured in a show at Gallery 1448 "& so it goes" 9/3/22-9/25/22. The work currently hangs in my living room.

      Available for Purchase
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      greencolorfield1392.JPG
      mixed media 24"x36" -2 panels (2023) I started a colorfield series -using crushed pastels & wax medium. ....more to come
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      redcolorfield.JPG
      mixed media 24"x36" (2023)
    • oh the streetsofrome.JPG
      oh the streetsofrome.JPG
      mixed media on arches watercolor paper (29"x41") 2022. experiment with monoprint & drawing/painting processes.
    • My Back Pages.JPG
      "My Back Pages".JPG

      mixed media on canvas @36"x48" (2005-2022) This work has been in process for over 15 years & has seen several twists & turns in its journey. It will find a home in my granddaughter's room in Sacramento CA.

      Available for Purchase
    • The Rumor.JPG
      "The Rumor".JPG
      mixed media on panel @22"X18" exhibited at Gallery 1448 September 2022. This work is part of a private collection.
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      elephant_1199.JPG
      "Elephant in the Room" -mixed media on panel @30"x18" This work is part of my sister's collection in Charlottesville VA,
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      IMG_1195.JPG
      "Rooftops -Canton Ohio" oil on canvas (1974) @48"x36" Painting was based on a photograph of Canton Ohio rooftops in the Sunday news magazine.
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    • "Landscapes"

    experiments in pushing paint mixed with wax on various surfaces
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      landscape.JPG
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      landscape2.JPG
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      landscape 3.JPG
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      landscape 4.JPG
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    • small abstract works

    I like to have several small works in process as a way to jump start ideas for more sustained larger works. These works hang around until someone wants one -they are always subject to change!!!!

    photographs I

    photos taken as inspiration for paintings. Things that catch my eye briefly becuase of light, color -usually cropped to create an interesting (to me) composition.
    These images could stand on their own as photographs or be translated in to painting or mixed media works.
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      Mudhouse.JPG
      photo taken from inside a coffee house in Charlottesville VA while waiting for a coffee on a visit to my sister.
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      Mudhouse2.JPG
      photo taken from inside a coffee house in Charlottesville VA while waiting for a coffee on a visit to my sister.
    • U-Haul.JPG
      U-Haul.JPG
      photo taken from the inside of the U-Haul location on Falls Road while waiting for a rental truck.
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      U-Haul2.JPG
      Charcoal & pastel on unstretched canvas @54" square, based on the reflection photograph from inside the U-Haul office on Falls Road
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      Tom&PatNaples1.JPG
      Reflections & mirror from Tom & Pat's house -Twin Eagles, Naples FLA
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      tompatnaples2.JPG
      view from the inside of Tom & Pat's house -Twin Eagles, Naples FLA. Idea for a 3 panel large abstract painting.
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    • photographs

    I like to take photographs of things that catch my eye during my travels -looking for interesting compositions. Things that catch my eye can be cracks in a sidewalk, shadows cast. mirror reflections etc....this collection of photographs represents that aesthetic.  
    • Hampden Window.JPG
      Hampden Window.JPG
      Bedroom window looking out from Hampden -Baltimore.
    • Hampden Morning.JPG
      Hampden Morning.JPG
      Bed covers taken upon waking in Hampden Baltimore.
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      boris #2.jpg
      A candid shot of Boris, my daughter Emma's Great Dane. Boris lives in Roseville CA.
    • Charles Theater .JPG
      Charles Theater .JPG
      This photo was taken one night while leaving the Charles Theater. The theater was kind of dark & I took the picture while I was walking. I see it as a template for a large painting.
    • Jane Hotel NYC -Window.JPG
      Jane Hotel NYC -Window.JPG
      This photo was taken from the 4th floor of the Jane Hotel in Chelsea, NYC. I like the grid formed by the screen window. It is a photo of the window -I intentionally left the bricks on the right side, & not a photo of the view of Jersey City across the East River.
    • Seashells Assateague Island.JPG
      Seashells Assateague Island.JPG
      The seashells were collected during a walk my wife & I were taking on Assateague Island. After I had collected these I stopped & arranged them in this pattern. This could end up as a graphite or colored pencil drawing.
    • Soundscape Window.JPG
      Soundscape Window.JPG
      This photo was taken on a walk along Cold Spring Lane. I like images that use the grid. I will try & use this image to create a large drawing or painting.
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      Whitney Museum Bathroom.JPG
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      dylan 1.JPG
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      IMG_2373.JPG
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    • cylburn photos -nature

    iphone photos taken at Cylburn 
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      Cylburn #1.jpg
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      cylburn #2.jpg
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      cylburn #3.jpg
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      cylburn #4.jpg
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      cylburn #5.jpg
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      cylburn #6.jpg
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      cylburn #8.jpg
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      cylburn #9.jpg
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      cylburn wall.jpg
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    • drawn from life

    figure drawings -a large part of my artistic practice is to draw from the figure. I coordinate the Saturday morning Life Drawing sessions offered through the Creative Alliance, & also host weeknight sessions in my studio at 1450 E Baltimore st. I have been involved in this practice for over 30 years & the drawings are sketchbook size & larger. They represent & document that 30 + year journey.
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      IMG_2238.JPG
      12"x18" black marker on paper
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      IMG_2240.JPG
      continuous line contour -reclining figure 1 black marker on paper 12"x18"
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      IMG_2237.JPG
      10"x14" ink & watercolor on paper
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      IMG_2236.JPG
      10"x14" ink & watercolor on paper
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      IMG_2234.JPG
      10"x14" ink & watercolor on paper
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      IMG_2233.JPG
      10"x14" ink & watercolor on paper
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