AS A YOUNG MAN, JOSEPH COMPLETED A DEGREE IN REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT WHICH LED TO A SUCCESSFUL CAREER.
UNFORTUNATELY, IN 2009 JOSEPH WAS IN A SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN BRAIN TRAUMA WHICH MADE HIM UNABLE TO WORK. AND THEN, FIVE YEARS AGO, MORE TRAGEDY STRUCK WHEN JOSEPH HAD A STOKE, LEAVING HIM PARTIALLY PARALYZED. HAS ANY OF THIS MADE JOSEPH WANT TO RETREAT FROM LIFE? IN A WORD NO WITH THE HELP OF DISABILITY ASSOCIATIONS ,HIS WIFE AND CAREGIVERS, JOSEPH CONTINUES TO LIVE FULLY EACH AND EVERY DAY.
IN 2017 HE DISCOVERED PAINTING IT CHANGED HIS LIFE. HIS PAINTINGS ARE SCENES FROM QUEBEC AND B.C. THEY MAKES PEOPLE SMILE.