“Joe Stefanelli … is a true painter, a lifelong painter and a painter whose work is built to last. This is made clear in his every least move with the loaded brush. It is clear from what he puts in, and it is also clear from what he leaves out. His paintings come, moreover, from the very center of himself, rather than from those peripheral areas in which a craving for success is the prime motivation.”
–John Russell, New York Times, Jan. 26, 1986
Photo: From American Abstract Expressionist: Joe Stefanelli by Thomas Herskovic, 1991