Joe Pimentel

Elementary School murals

Beekman Elementary School mural 2021

J.V. Forrestal Elementary School 2020.jpg

THIRTY THREE-38-betsy ross elementary 2018.jpg

THIRTY THREE-39-betsy ross elementary 2018.jpg

THIRTY TWO-37-beekman elementary 2018.jpg

THIRTY TWO-36-beekman elementary 2018.jpg

TWENTY SEVEN-31-titusville intermediate 2018.jpg

TWENTY FIVE-29-overlook primary school 2018.jpg

TWENTY FOUR-28-berkley st school 2018.jpg

TWENTY THREE-27-joyce kilmer school 2018.jpg

TWENTY THREE-25-joyce kilmer school 2018.jpg

TWENTY THREE-26-joyce kilmer school 2018.jpg

NINETEEN-20-west road intermediate-2017.jpg

NINETEEN-19-west road intermediate-2017.jpg

SIXTEEN-15-cornwall5th grade mural 2017.jpg

Middle School murals

RMS Mural Collaboration 2022

THIRTY NINE ROMBOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL 2019.jpg

TWENTY-21-rombout middle school-2017.jpg

TWENTY-22-rombout middle school-2017.jpg

High School murals

Poughkeepsie High School Bookstore mural

THIRTY EIGHT-marlboro high school 2019.jpg

THIRTY EIGHT2-marlboro high school 2019.jpg

TWENTY EIGHT-32-Ossining high school 2018.jpg

Dover Middle School Courtyard Mural 2022

Dover Middle School time lapse 2022

Wee Play Community Mural Project 2019 & 2022

Center for Creative Education

Community Matters 2 - Tubman / Hulme Park in Pk

Businesses and Residential homes

Time lapse mural

Underground Fitness time lapse mural

O+ Positive Collaborative Mural

Team building mural project

Summer Camp projects

Designs

Animal Paintings

Drawings

Sketchbook

Halloween pumpkin carving for Rise of the Jack'O Lantern 2016-2019

Ancient Civilizations series

With my most recent series, Ancient Civilizations, I am continuing to explore ideas of human evolution by contemplating what has been left behind by other cultures throughout history. I view my new drawings as the next stage of my previous work, New Life: Ancient Seeds, where I examined the concept of what type of abstract life would burst forth from planting seeds recovered from ancient times. The overall intention of this new work is to grapple with humanity’s mysterious past and present visual representations of what feels like otherworldly places and artifacts that have left behind messages we have yet to truly understand.

During a recent trip to Peru, I had the chance to experience Machu Picchu, considered one of the “new 7 wonders of the world,” located above the Sacred Valley in an area of Cuzco marked by towering peaks and dramatic valleys. The feeling of standing on a precipice that overlooked a complex series of structures inspired a sense of awe and fascination about how such a place could have been created and what people, resources, and technology existed at that time to make such greatness possible. I became increasingly intrigued by the possibility that perhaps a more advanced civilization than our own had existed during ancient times and was somehow lost from a catastrophic, global changing event. Conceivably, ancient civilizations may have had a connection with the cosmos and nature that gave them something that our current stage of evolution is lacking.

After returning home from Peru, I began looking at photos and videos I had taken and realized that the magic and awe that I had felt when physically experiencing the site was lost. I then decided to recreate Machu Picchu as a large scale, transformative drawing intended to capture some sense of the otherworldly ambience conveyed by having truly encountered the power of the place. It was through this process that I began researching other locations, monuments, and artifacts that shared a greatness and mystery that I thought could more fully be expressed by altering the straightforward, realistic representations with a heightened complexity of detail and intricate patterns. The finished series is meant to embody the intensity of a brief encounter with the perplexing roots of our existence.