"Joe Muraskin won’t ba1k if you call him an abstract expressionist The movement gave the Hallandale Beach resident his artistic wings back in the 1950s, when he worked with painters Sam Adler and Philip Guston in what he calls 'the heady days of abstract expressionism............Figures and portraits are also part of Muraskin’s repertoire. While he has enjoyed dabbling in Ink and watercolor, he’s emphatic about his medium of choice. 'I paint In oils because that’s what I’m used to.’ he says. 'I was taught in oils. Acrylics seem to me to be flat. They don’t give the same feeling.'............. ' Muraskin says his work is about “a sense of spatial relationships. The dramatic effect of line is what interests me. The most important part is knowing when you’re finished. I’m never sure of when a painting hi going to end. Art defines itself.' Candice Russell “Joseph H. Muraskin’s unrestrained explosion of feeling delivers an intense emotional wallop, its gestural brush strokes and bold colors revealing his apparent devotion to psychological se If-expression.” Laurence Pamer, former curator of Ft. Lauderdale’s Museum of Art
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