Artist's Statement:
H. Joseph Frey has been creative his whole life. Partly
self taught, partly university trained, his artistic endeavors
have ranged from metal arts to leather arts to clay to
canvas paintings and more. Joe takes most of his inspiration
from the natural world around us. Believing in the Creator,
and that his artwork is His gift, it is Joe's special form
of worship and thanksgiving. He has a special concern for
the conservation of the limited resources of our earth
and the precious wildlife that shares our planet. He hopes
to bring some of this wonder of the natural world into
public awareness with his art.
Joe painstakingly carves the the original tile mural then
makes plaster press type molds. He presses the clay into
the molds to make the tiles. Each tile is detailed and
glazed, in the same precise elaborate style of his paintings.