Regarding his phenomenal cityscapes, Marcia L. Vose, Directory of Vose Contemporary remarked,

"I once joked to Joel that he is the modern day Canaletto . . . and we mused together what the great Venice artist (1697-1768) would have done in the contemporary world. But he’s not just a copyist. He has spent years developing the style of the old masters but has fused these techniques with modern aids to stretch in new ways. His art is his own—spellbinding, versatile."

Provenance:

The artist
Eventually to private collection, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts
By descent to collector’s daughters, Boston, Massachusetts, 2012 to present