{"id":48889,"date":"2020-01-07T14:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T20:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=48889"},"modified":"2020-01-09T14:11:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T20:11:32","slug":"back-in-the-watercolor-saddle-for-joseph-alleman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/back-in-the-watercolor-saddle-for-joseph-alleman\/","title":{"rendered":"Back in the Watercolor Saddle for Joseph Alleman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>For Joseph Alleman, an important motive to paint lies in understanding his surroundings. \u201cFinding compelling subject matter within an environment is all about looking beyond detail, breaking things down into shapes and values. There\u2019s definitely a time and place to venture into the unknown but for me the ultimate reward is to find something new within the familiar. It\u2019s the idea of looking closer at what\u2019s in front of you, revisiting what you think you know with a new perspective-\u00a0\u00a0those are the pieces that feel the most inspired and genuine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alleman was born 1975 in SanFrancisco, CA. He spent his early years drawing \u201cIndians\u201d near Joshua Tree National Park in Twentynine Palms, CA before moving to Utah\u2019s Salt Lake Valley in the early eighties. He began his study of painting under Utah artist Harold Petersen at the age of fifteen and graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Utah State University in 2000.<\/p>\n

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2020 marks the 20th anniversary of his career in art. “I established myself early on as a watercolorist, and while still an important part of my work, the emphasis has gradually shifted to oil over the years,” Alleman notes. He currently resides in Cache Valley, and finds a great deal of inspiration in the region’s land, towns, and the people which make it unique.<\/p>\n

In 2019, Utah artist Don Weller published a 200-page visual memoir of his work titled \u201cTracks\u201d and is following it up with \u201cThe River Flows\u201d which will feature a visual collection of top historic and contemporary Western watercolorists, including Allemann. “I was honored to be included,” Allemann says. “While the exhibition isn\u2019t until 2021 [at the Phippen Museum in Prescott, AZ.], I\u2019m looking forward to the book which is nearing press, and getting back in the watercolor ‘saddle’ a bit more in 2020 in preparation for the exhibition.<\/p>\n

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\u201cUphill,\u201d oil, 34\u201dx28\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

You can see more of his work at\u00a0www.josephalleman.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0http:\/\/instagram.com\/josephallemanart<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For Joseph Alleman, an important motive to paint lies in understanding his surroundings. \u201cFinding compelling subject matter within an environment is all about looking beyond detail, breaking things down into shapes and values. There\u2019s definitely a time and place to venture into the unknown but for me the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1601,"featured_media":48890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_piecal_is_event":false,"_piecal_start_date":"","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2204],"tags":[3595],"class_list":["post-48889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whats-new","tag-joseph-allemann"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Uphill.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-07 08:08:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1601"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48889"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48893,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48889\/revisions\/48893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}