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.
It’s been a helluva week.
been doing a quite a bit of souls searching, in just about every direction. I have no doubt that my art will stretch my limits more than ever before. I see this as a year of tremendous growth.
Went to a wedding this weekend in Tucson, it was beautiful, very well done, and the couple that got married is one of those couples you know is just perfect for each other, so I want to wish them a very long and happy life together, Kat and Chris Malast! 
I finally finished my DIY Pusher for the Multiple Personalities show at LiFT, May 9th. This guy was a blast to do, and you’ll notice, this is the first figure I didn’t do any sculpting on, I really wanted to try and work with the original form, since it had such cool contours to it!
So, here it is, “The Daisy Pusher” (Get it?)
The Daisy Pusher is the son of the angel of death, a mischievous spirit that causes all the paranormal phenomena of “ghosts” in the world of the living. In order to torment the most people he can, the Daisy Pusher wears one of four distinct “masks” custom Tailored to put fear in the hearts of men.
Mask 1: “Day of the Dead” or “Dia De Los Muertos”
Mask 2: “Pet Cemetery”
Mask 3: “Ghost Pirate”
Mask 4: “Resident Evil”
This piece will be available for sale at www.liftfootwear.com May 9th. Please feel free to email me at josh@fplusnever.com for more info or if you would like to commission your own.