Joel Mariano was born in the Philippines but he grew up here in the states in San Francisco, California. He graduated his undergrad in Fine Arts from the University of La Verne, CA in 1984. He remembered how much as a child how he loved looking at TV so close to see the phosphors and the way the screen moved so he completed his Master's degree in experimental animation at the California Institute for the Arts, in Valencia, CA. he finished his master's degree in 1987.
He loves oil painting and water color by using imaging and 3d computer graphics such as video synthesis to bring the image to life. The story on Mariano says that "Many people who buy his art have no idea how it is done. It is simply beautiful" (MOCA Art/Joel Mariano
nice... such strong color and form.
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