Joe Frederick Mayer

Wow... I was just writing in a journal to my daughter about how I decided to study art in college back in 1981, and I remembered Joe Mayer. He was one of my favorite art teachers at PGCC and made a big impression on me. He was always upbeat and always wanted you to try new things and experiment with your artwork. He was an amazing watercolorist, and I was always impressed at what he didn't paint... how he used the negative space and white of the paper to create the snow and the highlights of...

I was one of Joes students at Prince Georges Community College back in 1977-78- He was the best art teacher I ever had (Ive been a full time artist for 29 years now) and he was also extremely funny! I loved his classes and think about what I learned fro him all the time. Sorry to hear of his passing- God bless him!

Joe was the number one person in this world that made my father, Jim Forbes, laugh the most and the hardest. I suppose that my father was a great source of laughter for Joe, too. I never heard my dad literally say that Joe was his best friend, but I remember that my family always assumed that Joe was dad's best bud because of all the fun they would have together every single time they were in one another's company. They shared much on all others levels, too.

Because Joe brought so...