The power of Joseph Lorusso's oil paintings lies in their ability to make the viewer an emotional voyeur. Whatever is happening in the people's lives, you feel drawn to them. You want to know what moves them. Indeed Lorusso is an artist whose work shows his love for humanity and curiosity of human emotions.

"I believe truly great art serves as a trigger into something deeper within all of us," explains Lorusso. The mood and emotion conveyed in Lorusso's paintings evokes a deep sense of beauty found in the quiet times of daily living. His people are mysterious, lonely, romantic and yet familiar, placed in settings we often see ourselves. The mood he provokes is pensive, sereneTimeless."Within my work I am trying to delve into a common...