Joseph Vorgity

Joseph Vorgity is a contemporary realist watercolorist and printmaker. His still life, landscape, and figurative subject matter are recongnized by strong flat areas of color with sharp lines to delineate shapes. Some themes are narrative, others have a surreal quality while many are created primarily for their beauty and visual impact.  Some of the figurative pieces are modeled after traditional religious pictures of saints and deities while others are related to figures in Japanese woodblock prints of the early 20th century. His strongest influences come from the American Precisionist Movement, the Arts and Craft Movement, and from Japonisme. 
   A majority of Vorgity's woodblock prints are made in the Provincetown white line style. Multi-color prints are pulled from one matrix block with a white line separating each color shape. The prints area hand rendered with watercolor giving them the visual quality of paintings.  Each white line print has an anticipated edition of 50. Vorgity was introduced to the method in 1982 by Ferol Sibley Warthen, a major proponent of the technique in Provincetown.Joseph also produces traditional limited edition multi-color woodblock prints, and Japanese moku hanga woodblock prints. He studied the Japanese technique with Takuji Hamanaka, Matthew Brown, and William Paden. 
   Having first studied advertising and illustration in his home town of Philadelphia, Vorgity moved to New York City in 1978 to attend the painting program at the School of Visual Arts. Don Nice, Don Eddy, and Elizabeth Murray were influential teachers. He holds a BFA from the School of Visual Arts and later received a Master's Degree from Fordham University. Joseph was an educator on the elementary and secondary levels for 18 years. He has also worked for the wardrobe departments of Broadway and Opera productions. He was featured in an article about his woodblock prints in the October 1999 issue of American Artist Magazine.
   Vorgity maintains a studio in Los Angeles and is a member of the Los Angeles Printmaking Society. 
  • Flow
    $75.00

    Flow

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    Joseph VorgityFlowlinocut4.5 x 6.5"2021Edition of 15

  • Breakthrough
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    Breakthrough

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    Joseph VorgityBreakthroughwoodcut4 x 6"2021Edition of 16

  • Orange Earth
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    Orange Earth

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    Joseph VorgityFlowlinocut4.5 x 6.5"2021Edition of 16

  • From the Freeway
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    From the Freeway

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    Joseph VorgityFrom the Freewaymokuhanga4 x 6"2021Edition of 16

  • Winter Night
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    Winter Night

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    Joseph VorgityWinter Nightwoodcut6 x 4"2021Edition of 21

  • Morning Moon
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    Morning Moon

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    Joseph VorgityMorning Moonwoodcut6 x 4"2021Edition of 16

  • Sun Clouds
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    Sun Clouds

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    Joseph VorgitySun Cloudswoodcut6 x 4"2021Edition of 16

  • Ascend
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    Ascend

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    Joseph VorgityAscendmokuhanga6 x 4"2021Edition of 16

  • Smoke Sky
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    Smoke Sky

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    Joseph VorgitySmoke Skymokuhanga woodblock print7 x 5"2023Edition of 16

  • One Tree
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    One Tree

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    Joseph VorgityOne Treemokuhanga woodblock print7 x 5"2023

  • Blown Away
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    Blown Away

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    Joseph VorgityBlown AwayReduction Linocut6 inches by 8 inches2021

  • Gust
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    Gust

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    Joseph VorgityGustReduction Woodcut6 inches X 10 inches2022

  • Lotus
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    Lotus

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    Joseph VorgityLotusReduction Linocut10 inches x 7 inches2021

  • Big Tree
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    Big Tree

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    Joseph VorgityBig TreeHand-colored woodcut12" x 9"2020 *If you live in the Bay Area and would like to pick up at the gallery, please select “pick u...

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  • Beauty of Suburbia
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    Beauty of Suburbia

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    Joseph VorgityBeauty of SuburbiaHand-colored woodcut10" x 7"2020 *If you live in the Bay Area and would like to pick up at the gallery, please sele...

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  • Roadside
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    Roadside

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    Joseph VorgityRoadsideHand-colored woodcut10" x 7"2019 *If you live in the Bay Area and would like to pick up at the gallery, please select “pick u...

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  • Early Morning Glory
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    Early Morning Glory

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    Joseph VorgityEarly Morning GloryHand-colored woodcut10" x 6"2020 *If you live in the Bay Area and would like to pick up at the gallery, please sel...

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  • Pulchritude
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    Pulchritude

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    Joseph VorgityPulchritudeHand-colored woodcut10" x 6"2021 *If you live in the Bay Area and would like to pick up at the gallery, please select “pic...

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  • Lily Pond
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    Lily Pond

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    Joseph VorgityLily PondHand-colored woodcut10" x 6"2021 *If you live in the Bay Area and would like to pick up at the gallery, please select “pick ...

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  • Poppies
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    Poppies

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    Joseph VorgityPoppiesHand-colored woodcut10" x 6"2021 *If you live in the Bay Area and would like to pick up at the gallery, please select “pick up...

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  • River Restored
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    River Restored

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    Joseph VorgityRiver RestoredHand-Painted Woodcut9" x 12"2024 *If you live in the Bay Area and would like to pick up at the gallery, please select P...

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  • Sound of Soft Rain
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    Sound of Soft Rain

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    Joseph VorgitySound of Soft RainHand-painted Woodcut7" x 9"2019 *If you live in the Bay Area and would like to pick up at the gallery, please selec...

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  • Looking Up
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    Looking Up

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    Joseph VorgityLooking UpHand-painted Woodcut9" x 7"2020 *If you live in the Bay Area and would like to pick up at the gallery, please select Pick U...

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  • Nocturn
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    Nocturn

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    Joseph VorgityNocturnHand-painted Woodcut6" x 4"2018 *If you live in the Bay Area and would like to pick up at the gallery, please select Pick Up a...

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