A did a few paintings for my show coming up at Red Hot Robot this Friday. One of which has been about 4 years or so in the making. back when I did a lot more watercolor, I did a study painting of a reimagined Alice in Wonderland as I am very fond of the whole wonderland world and it’s convoluted symbolism and bizarre storyline.
I really enjoyed painting that study, and since sold it to a friend of a friend. I had always wanted to revisit the idea and when I lined up the show, I decided it was time to take another stab at the idea. I also decided, if I was going to revisit it, I want to make it more available to folks that like it, so I had a limited edition of 25 giclee prints made up for the show as well.
“Alice of the Arcane”
Acrylic on canvas 32″x24″
because my entire show was themed around a world of arcane, I decided to push the design a bit in that direction a bit this time around. The script on Alice’s scroll is an excerpt from the Jabberwocky poem from the story as well. This is my largest painting to date, and probably the most characters I’ve placed in one image as well. The original painting will be available for sale the night of the show as well.
The prints will be available at the show as well, they are smaller than the original, but still pretty large, on 18×24″ paper. The prints will be available both online and in store for $80 US, with shipping charge to be yet determined (I’m guessing $10 or so domestic)
If you would like to scoop one up and aren’t in Phoenix, feel free to shoot me an email at Josh (at) fplusnever.com to be put on the preview list for online purchases for the show.
Just dropped this piece of at the PUSH Gallery in downtown Phoenix for their circles show. All the pieces there must be on a round canvas! If anyone’s in the AZ, I’ll be there with some friends getting my drink on. Stop by and say hi! 1145 E. Roosevelt St. Phoenix, AZ
“Murderpillars at the tree of knowledge” 12×16″ arcylic on oval canvas 2009
As of now, this piece is available for purchase. Please email me at Josh@fplusnever.com if you are interested.
Here’s a painting I did last year an and didn’t get a chance to take a picture of before it was sold. The owners where kind enough to let me borrow it so I could add it to my portfolio and I figured it deserves some special attention. Seeing this piece again really reinforced some of the ideas I have been tossing around lately. Especially considering I’ve come quite a ways since i painted this.
I have invented a lot of creatures to inhabit my little world, but these are some of my favorite! They’re called battle lemurs. Although, they are normally very gentle, skittish creatures that don’t have many natural predators. Mainly for the fact that all battle lemurs have some sort of weapons for antlers. The two scene here are sword and mace lemurs, but I have designs for switchblade and axe lemurs, even a grenade lemur! I’m going ot do a lot more with these guys in the future as part of my next body of work. And this next step in my career is really going to be probably one of the most shaping steps for me as an artist and for my signature in what I do. So stay tuned, and enjoy watching things as they develop!
Thanks to everyone for all their continued support, these are tough times for everyone, and I am truly grateful people appreciate my work so much.
“Battle Lemurs in a tree” acrylic on canvas panel, 2008