Joseph Q. Daily ~ www.jqdaily.com

About the Artist

'Self Portrait in Conversation' – March 2011

Joseph Daily has been making pictures for as long as he can remember. Born in 1981 to illustrators Don and Renee Daily, he was fortunate to have been raised in a highly creative environment. Joseph began his formal art training in high school, where instructor Susan Jewett laid a strong foundation for his developing talents. He went on to study painting at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, and is deeply grateful to Marvin Mattelson for the invaluable technical guidance that he provided.

Though Joseph was able to sustain a trickle of portrait commissions after graduating in 2003, work was scarce through the next two years. The tide turned in May of 2005, when a portrait of his future-wife’s father won Best of Show at the Portrait Society of America’s Annual Portrait Conference. A fortuitous meeting with Minnie S. Churchill – director of the Churchill Heritage and keynote speaker at the conference – threw a struggling career into swift success. Joseph now maintains a steady stream of commissions from clients on both sides of the Atlantic, traveling to the U.K. several times per year.

While he continues to welcome the many wonderful opportunities that portraiture affords, Joseph also enjoys spending time creating personal works. He strives to imbue these paintings with the beauty of a living spirituallity.

In September of 2008, Joseph and his wife Kathryn moved to Vestal, NY, in order to be more involved in the work surrounding a small Hall of Worship, and to help raise public awareness of the book “In the Light of Truth: The Grail Message”.

Ultimately, Joseph endeavors only to live in a manner pleasing to his Creator.

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