Gift of Folly - complete!

THANK YOU to all who attended ART Happening Artistique's event Saturday, May 30th. Here is the final complete new painting in the show called 'Gift of Folly'.

The painting was inspired by the mystery and mythology of the use of anvils in cartoons. If not for cartoons, I greatly suspect I would have no idea what an anvil was. (Or, I would have discovered it far, far, later.) The idea for the painting sprang when I tried to place the reason why anvils became the go-to device of villainous foil. 

Turns out, nobody seems to know the answer for certain. However, I did come across this article 'Watch Out For Falling Anvils' written by Cal Meacham, who did some animation history research of his own and suggests the the use of anvils in cartoons could be inspired by 'anvil launching', which I previously never heard of. I recommend reading the article for more info. (Cal, if you are reading this, THANK YOU for writing this article - I tried searching for your contact online to thank you personally, but was unsuccessful.)

The painting above is currently still available. Please E-mail me if you're interested.

ART Happening Artistique's event TOMORROW!

See you all tomorrow for ART Happening Artistique's 'Art Feast' group show event! FB info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/673149682812139/

Image: the stack of all the drawings it took to create the final drawing of my latest painting, 'Gift of Folly'. Drawing on animation paper allows me to keep correcting the drawing. There is no magic, just hard work. You can see the final painting in the show tomorrow!

I also have many drawings for sale on my online store here: http://jonodoironstudio.storenvy.com/collections/30026-original-drawings 

Gift of Folly - last preview

Here is a shot of the new painting 'Gift of Folly' (still in progress). Hope to see you this Saturday at ART Happening Artistique's one day event!

'Gift of Folly' - underpainting

Here is the underpainting of 'Gift of Folly'. See the final painting next week at ART Happening Artistique's event May 30th.

Gift of Folly - first look

My next painting ‬ is about the mythology around the use of anvils in cartoons. The painting is called 'Gift of Folly'. The final painting will be revealed at ART Happening Artistique's event happening May 30th in Montreal. (fb event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/673149682812139/)