Joe Geha's Paintings

Joe Geha's Paintings Retired from teaching. Took up painting about a dozen years ago. I welcome feedback, so please feel free to comment.

My father and my uncle both had butcher tables and "meat shops" in the back of their grocery stores. "Meat Shop" is 18x2...
03/28/2026

My father and my uncle both had butcher tables and "meat shops" in the back of their grocery stores. "Meat Shop" is 18x24 acrylic on canvas.

This is my latest, "Moonlight Night" 36"x24" acrylic on canvas, and for me it's about catching what light there is.
12/21/2025

This is my latest, "Moonlight Night" 36"x24" acrylic on canvas, and for me it's about catching what light there is.

"Madonna and Child" is a diptych, each panel 18x24, acrylic on canvas.
10/16/2025

"Madonna and Child" is a diptych, each panel 18x24, acrylic on canvas.

"Toledo Harbor Light: 1927" (30x24 acrylic on canvas) depicts one of my father's occupations before he became a grocer.
07/16/2025

"Toledo Harbor Light: 1927" (30x24 acrylic on canvas) depicts one of my father's occupations before he became a grocer.

"Picnic in the Bariya" 24x30 acrylic on canvas. Bariya is Arabic for "wilderness" which in my family referred to just a...
05/03/2025

"Picnic in the Bariya" 24x30 acrylic on canvas. Bariya is Arabic for "wilderness" which in my family referred to just about any place more than ten feet from the pavement.

"Solidarity" is 18"x24", acrylic on canvas.
01/27/2025

"Solidarity" is 18"x24", acrylic on canvas.

My latest, "Taxi! Taxi!" is one of my larger ones, 40"x30" acrylic on canvas.
11/03/2024

My latest, "Taxi! Taxi!" is one of my larger ones, 40"x30" acrylic on canvas.

"Screech Owl" at 36x24 is one of my larger paintings.
06/23/2024

"Screech Owl" at 36x24 is one of my larger paintings.

THE WINE DARK SEA 30x40 acrylic on canvasDecember 2021I don’t know what got into me. This started as a simple beach ...
05/30/2024

THE WINE DARK SEA 30x40 acrylic on canvas
December 2021

I don’t know what got into me. This started as a simple beach scene with pelicans. Then the wreck of an ancient Phoenician trireme. And then those modern lawn chairs. Why? Don’t ask me, there just had to be lawn chairs!

BODEGA 16”x20” acrylic on canvasFor me, this one is all about light and dark, the child in white, the shadow at the do...
05/30/2024

BODEGA 16”x20” acrylic on canvas

For me, this one is all about light and dark, the child in white, the shadow at the door, the man, half buried by his work, emerging.
Sept. 2016

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