Press
“I would encourage anybody who has an inkling, whether it’s creative or scientific or political or in media. I mean, all of these things come together to bring something like this about there’s so many aspects, so many hands, so many hearts, so many years of work that put anything on the moon, and it’s such a special crescendo of humanity that’s bigger than our two paintings.”
Plein Air Magazine
Investigating the Character of the Landscape
By Bob Bahr - June/July 2023
“The real sweet part of plein air painting is studying the scene. It’s not meditative, but rather, active.”
“The exhibition’s title, Further In, refers to each landscape’s invitation to Joshua to notice more, to dig in deeper. But it should also serve as a suggestion to visitors of Groveland Gallery whose close examination will be rewarded.”
Evening between the Lakes
30”x40”, Oil on Linen, $7,200
Inquire with Groveland Gallery
Deep in the varied greens of August is a rumor of autumn. The shortening days can be felt in afternoon, as each passing hour is more lovely than one proceeding it.
Painted on the Kenilworth Lagoon between Cedar Lake and Lake of the Isles over the course of seven evenings
Minnesota Pubic Radio “Art Hounds”
Art Hounds: Capturing the light, sound and joy of the season
by Emily Bright - 12/9/21
“He paints places you feel you recognize, even if you’ve never been there,” Drake said. “They are peaceful, and peace-filled.”
“There was something about how the undulating rhythms all roll toward the well-worn middle ground that creates a connectedness between the right and left of the canvas. No matter how far our attention strays, there is always a way back to common ground.”
So Begins the Green
14”x18”, Oil on Canvas, Private Collection
Featured in Fine Art Connoisseur magazine Nov/Dec 2021
Featured on the cover of Plein Air Magazine June/July 2023
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Plein Air Magazine Award, Plein Air, 16th ARC International Salon
Honorable Mention Award, Plein Air, 16th ARC International Salon
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Juried into Oil Painters of America 2021
“30th National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils”
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Juried into White Bear Center for the Arts 2020
“International Plein Air Competition: Truth in Nature”
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Second Place, Richeson75 International Landscape, Seascape, & Architecture Art Competition, 2021
Judge's Comments: "So Begins the Green has a beautiful harmony of greens creating a relaxing feeling of a warm morning or evening light. With a variety of repeated light and dark triangular shapes that break up the pictorial plane combined with touches of impasto add to the aesthetics of this marvelously rendered landscape."
“Over the following four evenings, my appreciation for the unique qualities of each day grew. ”
“Abandoned to Sunset”
24”x36”, Oil on Linen
Second Place in the Plein Air Category of the 15th International ARC Salon Exhibition.
Best Plein Air by Plein Air Magazine 2020, June Salon
https://www.artrenewal.org/15thARCSalon
https://www.outdoorpainter.com/abandoned-to-sunset/
OutdoorPainter.com
Red Wing Arts Festival: Autumn Invitational Recap
By PleinAir Today - December 11, 2020
“There’s so much knowledge in this painting. There are equal amounts of emotion and a really masterful handling of each of the tools, by which I mean, line, shape, color, value, edges, and texture.”
“We’d be so far gone to the woods and our imaginations that my mom would often have to ring an old ship bell on the porch to call us back to the house”
Midwest Home
Take Home a Piece Of Red Wing’s beauty and community
By Lianna Matt McLernon - July 2, 2020
“The artists and the community connect with each other through literal drive-by conversations or leisurely chats, casting a ripple in each other’s lives and changing the history of Red Wing, if only for a moment.”
Minneapolis StarTribune
for these minnesotans painting in the great outdoors is the perfect socially distant art
By Alicia Eler - May 18, 2020
“Setting up an easel is kind of like putting up a sign that says ‘free conversations.”
Highland Villager
Plein air painter honors memory of his father in new gallery exhibit
By Anne Murphy, January, 16, 2019
““When we first began to work with Joshua, we were impressed not only with his paintings, but also the enthusiasm with which he approaches his career and his art.” ”
“During that time,” Joshua says, “the sun came and went, people stopped and chatted, and amidst it all this painting emerged.”
Melting into March
24”x36”, Oil on Linen, Private Collection
“In this piece, it was a slice of time where my life and his came together at a point when as adults we were able and enjoying the doing of things we liked to do when we were 12. ”
“In the shadow of the buildings of St. Paul, Minnesota, is a 636-acre park that was once an urban ruin. Joshua Cunningham says it is an ideal place for a plein air painter. Why?”
Plein Air Magazine
A ‘Field Experience’ Residency In Minnesota
By M. Stephen Doherty - December 2015 -January 2016
“The river and its tributaries carve out and define the land. The roads move us along it, the rail lines follow it, the bluffs were sculpted by it, and towns develop alongside it. I paint the river’s fingerprints.”
St Paul Voice
Frozen in Time
By Tim Spitzack, Editor - January, 2011
“As the northern wind stings his face and ice crystals accumulate on his beard, he scans the horizon for the right scene that he can transfer to canvas, thus preserving the beauty of the river cloaked in winter.”
Highland Villager, 2010
Seeing the Light
By Judy Woodward,
““It’s a long process if you paint outdoors, but he is known for working hard. He has incredible sincerity. Josh will do great things.””
