The artist’s educational background is extensive and varied. He attended the Baum School of Art in Allentown, PA, studied drawing with Frank Wright at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and cast drawing at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, PA. He also studied with Peter Thrasher, Ken Marlow and Robert Liberace at the Art League of Alexandria, Virginia.

Recently he studied advanced portraiture and figure study with Nelson Shanks, Burt Silverman, Stephan Early, Darren Kingsley, Dan Thompson, Kerry Dunn and Robin Frey at Studio Incamminati, Philadelphia, PA.

Joseph is a long-term member of the Seven Lively Artists, M.A.C. Art Association of Harrisburg, Arts Club of Washington, D.C., American Society of Classical Realism, and Oil Painters of America. He is awaiting induction into the National Portrait Society.