'Dad', Joseph Wenzel, was born in Surinam in 1910, was educated in Germany, and lived in Holland and Surinam in his early adult years. He emmigrated to Canada in 1947 with his wife and children and lived out his life in Hamilton, Ontario until his passing in 1995.
Many of the paintings and drawings here are sketches or unfinished paintings not originally meant for public display. However, it would be a disservice not to show these works as well.
I recently came across and was fortunate to aquired one of your "Dads" wonderful oil paintings. Also feel fortunate to have stumbled upon your website with more great examples of his work. I just love the "Peggy's Cove" oil painting. Thanks for sharing them with the rest of us. Hope some day you will add to his biography on this site as there seems to be very little information about him out there in cyberland.
Sandra
09-Nov-2005 01:25
I love these paintings. What a truly talented man. Thank you for sharing them with the world. I will revisit this gallery often.
Mari from Finland
19-Jun-2005 13:23
You have done a good job. I like his paintings a lot.