Only child. Problem kid. Outlier. Obsessed with monsters, Marvel comics and scribbling.

He first picked up a pen at 8 years old and has not put it down since. Completely self-taught, this passion led him first to comic book art then illustration and interior design until he landed where he is now.

“I was a crap student in school. I’m immature and do not have the gift of words. Maybe that’s why my paintings are so chaotic and tantrum-like. There’s so much I need to say that just won’t exit my mouth properly but it’s got to come out somehow. If not for paint and canvas I’d probably be in a home for the criminally insane.”

By choice, still an outlier to this day, Joey now lives in Los Angeles where he paints every single day.