My painting ranges in sizes and subjects from still life and portraits, to landscapes, plein air and studio fine art. The collectors are domestic as well as international. My landscape paintings vary, capturing the beauty of Nims, Florence, Venice, San Francisco and Middle Eastern architecture. My work is a direct result of my constant change in being, it embodies an identity that can only be brought to life within the painting process.

The subjects I choose to paint have personal effects on me immediately within the first look. By studying them, I aim to compose them in a way that will make others see exactly what had attracted and moved me from the start.

The forest is my spiritual haven, a personal refuge. It is a peaceful place to relax, walk, meditate, and be with my own thoughts. Silence is found here, until I listen closely and then it becomes alive in its own chorus. My spirit soars as my body restores balance. I feel the weight and presence of the tall, thick trunks that bend as they hit the sky, like guardians that shield me from the world beyond. As sunlight sprinkles through moving leaves far above, it reminds me of the colored light that filters through the clerestory stained glass windows of great churches.

I believe there are many such spaces as these, places that give people peace and clarity and help us remember our innate wellness. These places are where problems become less important, and where we can simply remember the joy of living. I have been thinking about how we are all connected. I believe there is an energy flowing through all things, whether it is rock, tree, sky or human. This belief has led me to reflect upon my choice to paint the forest landscape as an expression of a worldview of joyful interdependence.

This year, Joshua Ets-Hokin celebrates thirty-five years of photography in San Francisco. 

His photos reveal intimate moments in family life:  the toddler in mid-pirouette, the child day-dreaming on an unmade bed, the teenage girl perched tentatively on the edge of adulthood.  At a time when life seems to be moving at warp speed and each day is a blizzard of sensation, Ets-Hokin's photos capture these singular family moments before they vanish into the past. This year Joshua brings his family sensibilities to landscape photography.

I paint oil landscapes in the classic Early California/ Craftsman, tonal-colorist tradition, both outdoors (plein-air) and in-studio. I am inspired by the Hudson River School, the California Impressionists, and the Arts and Crafts Movement, including such painters as Durand, Keith, Bierstadt, Hill, Wendt, Payne, as well as today's masters of landscape painting.