carnival workers and down-and-outs – struck Joe as evidence of a serious talent. In The Secret Painter, he "unpacks the eccentric life behind this remarkable story". The result is a "tenderly ...

Joe Andoe is an American painter best known for his muted depictions of landscapes, solitary objects, and portraits using thin paint and photographic-like rendering. The artist’s works deal with the ...

The Secret Painter, like the best family memoirs ... strewn with the remnants of a lifetime’s hoarding. His nephew Joe, a screenwriter, has penned this searching, touching tribute to his ...