Joseph Somers is an American artist and painter known for his canvases, three-dimensional in both their structure and illusion.[1] Somers opened his first shop in 1989.
His work has been featured at International Art Show Las Vegas and in Home Magazine.[2]
Somers was orphaned at a young age and was sent to an orphanage in upstate New York. He dropped out of high school during his teens to join the Army.[3] Somers would go on to complete his high school degree when he was 57, during which time he was diagnosed with a learning disorder.[4]
Somers's art has been influenced by artists such as Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, as well as Escher and Dali. His style utilizes a technique that Somers uses to create the illusion of three dimensions. For his canvasses Somers utilizes a series of vertical wedges, usually three per work, painted in a realistic style on each side of the wedge. The images are arranged so that, when seen from one point, the images on the various wedges form a realistic whole with slight breaks in the visual field. His furniture is often whimsical with painted surfaces, anthropomorphic legs, and plant-like growths.