The Artist Project 2016 - listing of artists

 A listing of all the artists exhibiting in the upcoming The Artist Project Toronto in Feb. 2016 can now be seen on the official website here: http://www.theartistproject.com/artist-gallery/
Feel rather privileged to be exhibiting along so much talent!

The Artitst Project - I'M IN!

HUGE NEWS! I've been accepted to exhibit at The Artist Project Toronto 2016! (I will be devoting the next 4 months of my life to gearing up for this art event alpine. Goodbye sleep.)

The Artist Project is Canada's largest and most anticipated art fair of contemporary artists selling their work direct.

 You can find out more about the 4 day event here: http://www.theartistproject.com/about-the-show/

refrence sculptures - Gift of Folly

I was tidying up my studio and came across these sculptures I made while I was working on the painting 'Gift of Folly'. Making small sculptures to assist in the drawing process has become common practice for me now. 

The anvil was so I could draw anvils in multiple angles. 

The bulldog character is a reference to the antagonist from the Tex Avery directed cartoon Bad Luck Blackie* - ONE OF THE GREATEST cartoons ever made!

 

*Just to clarify the title, it is a not a racial cartoon. The title refers to the main character, a black cat, who defends a kitten by bringing bad luck to the bulldog character by crossing his path and causing objects - including an anvil - to fall on him from the sky.

'Care Bear' painting

Just passed a very busy January (in a good way). Shortly into the new year, I started work on a new painting involving a care bear. Some of the process below:

Reference sculpture I created and the final drawing.

Tonal and rough color study.

First block-in.

 

Tatty the Tattooed Troll!

About 2 months ago, I asked friends and fans to submit photos of your tattoos for a project which is now complete: Tatty the Tattooed Troll!

He is a one-of-a-kind collectable art object now available on my online store! Many of his tattoos are based on the tattoos of friends and people who sent me photos to participate. Thank you for your submissions. You can pick him up and see more photos of him here: http://jonodoironstudio.storenvy.com/products/1067993-tatty-the-tattooed-troll A great gift for lovers of tattoo culture.

All production photos taken by professional photographer, Melanie Boisvert. You can see more of her work here: http://www.soulsisterphotography.com/#!