JOE PAQUET 2026

Joseph Paquet was born in 1962 in Patterson New Jersey to hard-working parents of immigrant stock. His father Jim was a railroad man, working as an ironworker, dock builder & mason that also painted and carved wood and stone. His mother Theresa was a homemaker and craftsperson who sewed and knitted.

His childhood was one of being outdoors: wondering, wandering and daydreaming.
“It’s a great irony to now get paid for those things which got me into trouble when I was a kid,” Joe says.

He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York and credits artist-instructors John Foote, David Palladini, James McMullan with inspiring his deep love of drawing.

Later he studied with John Phillip Osborne in Ridgewood New Jersey and was introduced to the Prismatic Palette. Joe states, “John opened a new world for me and set me on a path to painting outdoors – it was incredibly life changing.”

Paquet’s philosophy is one rooted in deep connection and sensitivity to his subjects.
He says, “Because I work directly from nature, each painting is a chunk of my life – a piece of me and record of my experience on this earth.”

Joe was the subject of the October 1995 Washington Post Sunday Magazine feature article. He’s also been featured in the March 2004 issue of American Artist magazine and the July 2005 issue of PleinAir magazine.

Select Awards
- 2007 Laguna Plein Air Invitational - Artist Choice and Collectors Choice
- 2008 Salmagundi Club of New York - Alden Bryan Memorial Prize
- 2008 Richeson 75 Artist Choice competition - Landscape First Place
- 2019 14th Annual Art Renewal Center International Salon Competition - Plein Air First Place
- 2019 Laguna Beach Invitational - Award of Excellence
- 2019 Art Renewal Center 14th International ARC Salon Competition 1st Place, Plein Air Category & Plein Air Magazine Award
- 2021 10th Annual PleinAir Salon - 2nd Place Overall Winner

Paquet is a member of both the Salmagundi Club and California Art Club and is an emeritus member of the Plein Air Painters of America.

Medium: Oil

Number of students: Maximum 20

Experience: All levels however you must be familiar with the set up of your easel & palette.

Language: English

In this five day workshop, Joe will lecture for the first day and paint a demonstration explaining his process. The rest of the week will be spent outdoors, painting his favourite locations. Joe will be coming in to Yorkshire the week before the workshop to scout locations. Students can expect to paint two paintings daily - one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. Key factors such as rhythmic-connected drawing, underpainting, creating a profound sense of atmosphere and effectively using greens will be discussed. Joe will work with you individually at your easel to address compositional and colour issues and will provide careful critique. Note to students; Teaching is tailored to your level, so all levels are welcome. Joe’s only requirement is that you enter the class humble to nature and open to learn new information.

• 5 days Tuition from Joe

• Fresh pastries, yogurts or fruit in the morning with tea and coffee

• All packed lunches, snacks & soft drinks every day

• Two evening meals, at least one will be home cooked!

• VAT (20% UK Sales Tax)

• Paper Towels, Gloves, Trash Bags

• Non-painting partners are welcome to join us in the evenings at no extra fee, though if they’d like food etc then there may be a small charge.

• You must bring your own pochade/easel for this workshop. If you’d like to rent an easel & tripod for the workshop, just email us. We can arrange that for you as a small daily rental fee.

You will need to organise your own accommodation (we can help you!) and you will need to organise your own travel arrangements. If you are flying from outside of the UK, you should try and fly into either Manchester (if flying outside the EU) or into Leeds/Bradford Airport if within the EU. I can arrange for a taxi to pick you up (From Manchester, 1.5 hour is around £85 one way, from Leeds/Bradford, 45 minutes is around £40 one way). We can help you with accommodation after you sign up, please email us! We recommend if you are flying long haul, you come in a couple of days earlier and stay a day or so later so you can rest and not feel rushed.

Needless to say, you can purchase many things from our HQ including the brushes, paints, panels, gamsol/miracle medium/mediums, easels and more…just let us know well in advance.

You will also need to bring your own pochade box/outdoor easel for this workshop.

We will send out a materials list 4-6 weeks before the workshop itself. We do this as things can change with the teachers required supplies and this way it saves any confusion or buying twice. Please be patient with this, as soon as it’s ready, we will send it over to you.

You can see all of our Terms and Conditions and the Code of Conduct here. Please familiarise yourself with this before signing up.

We offer payment plans. The first payment secures your place and is your deposit. The second is required 3 months later. The third, three months from then.

We split the payment into three equal amounts (£565.00 GBP).

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