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/)

New painting for May show - sneak peek #3

Sneak peek #3 of the new painting for the upcoming May show:

New painting for May show - sneak peek #2

Here is sneak peek #2 of the yet-to-be-revealed-titled-painting for a group show in May. This is a closeup of the frame. It's pretty old...

New painting for May show - sneak peek #1

Here is a sneak peek of a new painting I completed for a show in May. (I can't tell you what the title is yet, it would give too much away.)

LAST YEAR'S FEARS - TONIGHT at Galerie Abyss!

The group exhibition I've been curating called LAST YEAR'S FEARS is TONIGHT at Galerie Abyss, 1520 rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montreal, 7:00pm -10:00pm! The works are hung the show is looking incredible. You definitely want to see it in person!

Annnnd the final daily fear quote before the show is very appropriate seeing as the event is tonight! What will be YOUR course of action? I present: influential author, public speaker, and educator - Dale Carnegie:
 

click here for facebook event info

Robert Williams on the topic of fear

Last Year's Fears, a group exhibition I'm curating about the premise of fears, will now open in less than one week! On the facebook event page, I've been posting one quote about fear per day. Yesterday's fear quote is among my personal favorites and belongs to 'low brow art' legend and founder of JUXTAPOZ magazine (and a big influence on a personal level), Robert Williams. (below)

Last Year's Fears opening night: Thursday, January 29 7:00-10:00pm at Galerie Abyss, 1520 rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Show runs until February 28th)