Joseph Sweeney graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing from the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts), Class of 1976. And a Masters of Fine Arts from Pennsylvania State University Class of 1980. A Landscape painter living in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, he has taught or is currently teaching classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The University of the Arts, Wayne Art Center, Woodmere Art Museum, and Chester Springs Studio. He was awarded Best of Show at Images Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts July 1998 and Best of Show for The Philadelphia Water Color Club 98 `th Anniversary International exhibition of Works on Paper. The award for best of show was given to a truly exquisite pastel, "Jack`s Mountain," by Joseph Sweeney. This picture of farmland in central Pennsylvania is a panoramic view (more than four feet wide) capturing the natural effect of early-morning light. Mr. Sweeney`s carefully observed cloud-filled sky recalls those by` Constable in his 19th-century English landscapes. The richly colored strokes of greens and blues with subtle touches of yellow appear as smooth as Bassett`s ice cream. Review of the Philadelphia Watercolor Club Works on Paper Show. (The New York Times, Sunday, October 18 1998 Fred B. Adelson) In 2002 The Philadelphia Sketch Club Works on Paper Show awarded him Best of show 2010 147th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings Ph. Sketch Club Best Landscape His work has been included in the traveling show ART in Embassies Program. U.S. Dept. of State, Washington D.C. Oct. 2006 To Port-of Spain, Trinidad, Kigali, Rwanda and Bandar Brunei Recently he was awarded Masterworks in Bermuda Residency for 2013 He is represented for by Gross McCleaf Gallery in Philadelphia http://www.grossmccleaf.com/ Gallery 71 in New York. http://www.gallery71.com/ Newman & Saunders Gallery Wayne PA http://www.newmansaundersgallery.com/Many public and private institutions, collections, and museums own his work.