The Salty Slug

Awesome Season Greetings..

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:02:00 +0000

"The Winter Stalker" By Stephen Reedy & Alex Pardee from ZerofriendsFilms on Vimeo.

Having Fun...

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:14:00 +0000

So it seems lately with work and all the assemblages I've been making for shows, I haven't had much time to draw or paint. But none the less when I get a half an hour here or there I try and whip out a quick drawing. A lot of them are character ideas I have for paintings and sculptures.

"The Sliver"

"Little Joey"

"Jack the Ripper"

"The Ghoul"

"Batman"

"Vampire"

"The Stye"

I'll post more. Later, Joe

Dia De Los Muertos Gallery Show

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:33:00 +0000

So here are some shots of my piece I put into the Day of the Dead show, I'm showing in right now at MAC 650 Artspace Gallery. It's up through out the end of the month if you would like to see it in person. I recommend checking it out, there is some real good art to see.

Later, Joe D.

Halloween Costumes

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:27:00 +0000

I know it's a little after the fact, but here is mine and Carrie's Costumes this year.

Later,
Joe

Atlantis Ruins

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:28:00 +0000

Back in September LEGO commissioned me to do two large foam sculptures of ruins from Atlantis. The pieces were going to be used for a themed room which was going to be used for the unveiling the new 2010 Atlantis product line. I had to base them some what on the prototype packaging. I busted these suckers out in 29 hours.

Above is the scale model I did for them first.

Later, Joe D.

Sea Monkey or Spud Eye?

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:23:00 +0000

I'm showing again...

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:53:00 +0000

Please come down to MAC 650 Gallery in Middletown CT this Saturday 7-10 and see my newest piece along with many other talented artists work. If you missed "The Addams Family Gathering" show you totally suck. BUT you can redeem yourself by attending this opening! Hope to see all you there even though I probably don't know you.

Later, Joe

The Addams Family Gathering...Opening!

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:56:00 +0000

Let me start off by saying I'm real sorry for taking so frigging long to get this post up, and how I haven't been posting as often as I normally do. I'll get back in the grove, I promise.

Well "The Addams Family Gathering" show was a huge success. We packed the house all night long. The show was from 7-10, but we had people show up at 6:30 and we were kicking people out after 11. All the artist came threw in a big way with kick-ass art and helping with the shows set up. Thanks guys! The show comes down this Sunday, 10/25/09. So if you haven't seen the work in person, and you want to, this Saturday is your last chance.

Below I've posted pics of all my work in the show. After the show comes down I'll throw up pics of the other artist's work that were also in the show. Below my work, I have also included a great article written in the Middletown Press about the show.

The Middletown Press article:

Addams Family inspires creepy exhibit

By LESLIE PARSONS
Press Staff

MIDDLETOWN — A continuous reel of old Addams Family television clips projected on a large screen played in the window of the MAC 650 Gallery welcoming guests to the opening night of “The Addams Family Gathering” Friday night.

Guests and featured artists, many dressed in funeral attire, admired an eclectic assortment of work based on one of television’s beloved families inside the gallery.

The exhibit features art inspired by “The Addams Family” television show and will be shown on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. until Oct. 25.

Artists Joseph Dinunzio and Joseph Galluccio were responsible for bringing the show to the MAC 650 gallery. Dinunzio, who had been watching episodes of “The Addams Family” through Netflix, was inspired to create an exhibit inspired by the show.

“It’s such a wide expanse of a world through their eyes,” said Dinunzio. “They see everything differently.”

Dinunzio and Galluccio sought out members of the local art community to contribute to the show. According to Dinunzio, they were looking for artists whose art had “darkness,” or artists who “could bring something to the genre.” Because of the specific theme of the show, they did not expect artists to already have art in their collections that would fit the show’s theme, so artists asked to show work in the exhibit created new art.

“We have yet to have an artists say no,” he said.

Dinunzio said the show took nearly a year to put together.

“It worked out great,” said Galluccio. “Everyone took to is really easily.”

According to Galluccio, he and Dinunzio chose artists from “a bunch of different disciplines,” which is apparent in the variety of works that make up the exhibit. The exhibit includes sculptures, paintings and even hand-made musical instruments.

“We have everything from fine art to comic book illustrations,” said Galluccio.

Galluccio, who has experience as an impressionist painter, said he enjoyed the opportunity to “experiment more with my darker side.”

Dinunzio’s works in the exhibit were sculptural renderings of Addams Family characters “infused with modern day situations and scenarios. His depictions included Morticia as a dominatrix, Wednesday as “an old woman trapped in a young woman’s body” and Gomez locks in a padded cell.

The exhibit is presented in association with the North End Artist Co-op, an artists’ cooperative that owns the gallery space. The co-op also owns apartments near the gallery that they provide as government-subsidized housing for artists. Dinunzio, a former member of the co-op, said the housing was for “artists trying to get back on their feet.”

Melissa Williams, president of the co-op, said they own nine apartment units that they are currently renting to 11 artists from a variety of different fields.

“The Addams Family Gathering” features the work of Dinunzio, Shannon M. Gagne, Galluccio, Joey Marsocci, Jason May, John McCormack, Katie Osowiecki, Shelley Osowiecki and Carrie Swider. The MAC 650 Gallery is located at 650 Main St. in Middletown.

Thanks everyone. Later - Joe

The Addams Family Gathering...Gallery Show 10/2/09

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:12:00 +0000

So here it is, the official announcement for this year's big Joe and Joe production. As always Joseph Galluccio and I have hand picked a group of kick-ass artist to join us in putting together another crazy themed show. This year...you guessed it, The Addams Family. Just when you thought we couldn't top the "Art Under the Big Top" or our "Twinkies and Robots" shows, we came up with this crazy theme. Please spread the word, email this poster that Joey Marsocci who is also in the show illustrated and designed for us. Thank you Joey. So come down to MAC 650 Gallery on Friday October 2nd and join the "Family".

More show updates to come,
Joe D.

More Bestia Phasmatis

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:21:00 +0000

So here are the pieces I did for the Bestia Phasmatis Show Last Saturday. Heather Groen did a kick-ass job of throwing a great event. It's up through the end of the month, so try and go check it out. ArtSpace Hartford is open on Saturdays and Sundays I believe for viewing.

Later, Joe D.

Bestia Phasmatis

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:42:00 +0000

Come check out the two new pieces I did, and all the other great work done by various local artist this Saturday at Artspace in Hartford. The Details are on the card below. Come show your support, it's for a good cause. I'll be there.

Later, Joe D.

Steampunk Duel

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:53:00 +0000

Night of the Dead...

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:38:00 +0000

So Saturday Night I decided to go to an horror convention. I got there a little late in the day, so I didn't really get to meet to many celebs. I did see however Freddy and Bruce Campbell. You can see how close I was able to get to him in the photo below. I also snapped some shots of these awesome sculpted baby movie monsters.

We left there and after a quick bite to eat we decided to go to a monster mini golf. The place was pretty cool. It had a real Tim Burton/Disney Haunted Mansion feel to it. The only bad thing is most of my photos came out like crap, so I only posted the good ones.

Monster Mini Golf

Later, Joe

More Sketches...

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:04:00 +0000

In addition to the Addams Family Show I have coming up, I also have some other shows I've been asked to take part in. So I'm trying to brainstorm to figure out what I want to do next.

This Sketch I did in pencil. I decided to go Dinunzio old-school. It felt good to twist some flesh around again. I think I might try to rework some old ideas and morph them into something new.

These next two are more of the vector influenced marker sketches.

Later, Joe

Addams Family Gathering Show...

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:25:00 +0000

So I'm in my studio this morning trying to work on some freelance stuff and I decided to do a quick sketch with markers. I've been gathering a lot of referrence for the "Addams Family Gathering" Gallery show this October, and I had this one family shot of some of the Addams. I decided to bust out a quick sketch of Uncle Fester using markers. So here it is.

I'll post more sketches of my work for show as it comes along.

Later, Joe

Go Check Out This Opening At MAC 650 Gallery This Friday!

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:34:00 +0000

My little sis Melissa Williams and her man James Day are going to be just two of many up and coming artist showing this Friday at MAC 650 Gallery in Middletown. I won't be showing but I'll be there giving my support. So go check it!

Later, Joe

Messing with Sketches...

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Sun, 31 May 2009 23:17:00 +0000

I've been trying to get back into the swing of things again. I've been so busy with freelance I haven't had time to work on my own stuff. So I've been doing quick sketches and little sculptures to see what I want to do next. Below I did a quick little mixed media sketch. It's a mixture of water color, sharpie, and colored pencil. Then I said what the hell...I scanned it into Photoshop and played with it.

Before Photoshop...

After Photoshop...

Later, Joe D.

Visiting The Past...

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:02:00 +0000

So last weekend I decided to take advantage of the awesome weather and go for a hike with Carrie S. Ya know, give my fat ass some exercise. Anyways I decided to go back to where I used to hang out as a a young slug. Some things were the same and some had changed. When I was in High School and Jr. High, the quarry was considered a no man zone. 17 years ago when I used to hang there it was over grown with hidden paths, smashed abandoned cars and trash. We used to tag up the old mining buildings, play paintball, and have parties. It was perfect, no one went down there except me and my friends.

But now it's all cleaned up, and has marked hiking trails all over it. No more trash or smashed cars, except for one real old classic car. The paths leading to the Caves were almost completely gone. The Cave seemed to be lost, but I made my way back up to them and found them in pretty much the same shape as 17 years ago. The old mining building near the railroad tracks where we spent most of our time was still there but covered with this generations graffiti. I couldn't find any traces of our tags. I did find some old rusted CO2 cartridges from back when we played paintball.

So I took some pics of the place, and the new art on the walls. Check them out.

The old mining building.

Some of the tags. I really liked the figures.

The Caves.

The old school car I was talking about.

I hope you dug my little trip down memory lane.

Later - Joe D.

Is this gay?

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:48:00 +0000

Do Bunnies Lay Eggs?

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:57:00 +0000

So yesterday was Easter, and as I do every year, I wonder why the Hell is it bunnies and eggs. After thinking about for a while I started to wonder what it wound be like if bunnies did lay eggs. I also imagined that the Easter Bunny would have to lay eggs on the run, seeing how many stops he is required to make. So here is my quick drawing I did for a visual, for all those who ponder the very same question.

Also one final note. For all of you following the illustrations I was doing for the Hartford Advocates News of the Weird column, I am NO longer illustrating for them. My term of service for the Advocate came to an end a few weeks back, and they decided to go with an illustrator who would do it for basically free. I can understand their decision in these times, and my time isn't free. So it was kind of fun while it lasted.

Later, Joe

The Odd Ball...

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:06:00 +0000

So this past Saturday I had the honor of being asked by Real Artways to come and do one of my paintings on a nude model for the Odd Ball runway show. They really had to bend my armto get me to agree to take on such a task, yeah right. So I asked the lovely and Talented fellow artist Carrie Swider if she would be willing to come and give me a hand. So we were paired up with our model Miss Nicole, and we got to work. About an hour and an half into it we were informed that the runway show had been moved up an hour earlier. So I called in the big guns, Heather Groenstein, to help us finish our model. Luckily Heather had already finished her own model, so with her help we were able to get Nicole done in the half hour so she could hit the runway. Now is the time when I dork out and give a shout out to a few peeps. I would like to thank the following: Carrie Swider for all her support and painting. Heather Groenstein for her last minute back-up. Nicole for being awesome model who never moved, and was awesome to work with. Steven Laschever for the photos, and finally Real Artways for asking me to participate. So here are all the photos I have so far, I'm hoping to get some of the painting on Nicole's back side. Please enjoy!

Later-Joe D.

Nicole and me.

The photo above is Carrie, Nicole, and I. And Below is Nicole and her good friend, who also happened to be a fellow Model

Drawing on Walls

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:47:00 +0000

Ever since I was a kid, I've loved drawing on walls. This is a pic of a quick drawing I did late at night about a year ago in my last studio. It took about 6 coats of killz to cover that sucker up. He kept bleeding through.

Later - Joe

I'mmmmm Back!

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:21:00 +0000

I know it's been almost a month since I last wrote, and to the 2.5 people that read this blog I apologize! A lot of things have been going down in the last month. I moved my studio again and I am still in the process getting it up and running. It should be kick-ass when I'm done. I now can call myself an so called internationally known artist now. I just finished a commissioned sculpture for a client over in Israel. I'll try and get some photos up of that soon. And I just participated in the Libertine Collectives Reart Show. I do have pics of that piece down below. It's a big sucker, about 6 feet wide. It has been a long time since I did an assemblage, so it felt good to do it once again. Don't be surprised if you so more assemblages from me in the near future. So enough of my bullshit...check out all the pics. I tried to get every angle you could imagine.

Later - Joe

I put this photo in, cause I'm a jack-ass. Can you see me?

Tool - Stinkfist (Nightmare Before Christmas)

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:50:00 +0000

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Things have been crazy. I'm working on a 6 foot long, wall mounted assemblage. I haven't really done to mainly true assemblages since I had my show at CBGB's. I hope to be done with it by tonight and then I'll take so photos. So between that peice, freelance, and of course work I haven't had the time to keep the Slug up to date. Sorry peeps.

I hope this cool little vid holds you over. It takes one of my favorite Movies and sinks it up to my favorite band. Enjoy...

A Little Bit of Footage From The Twinkies and Robots Show

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph A. Dinunzio) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:51:00 +0000

Jason May did this cool little video of the setting up of the Twinkies and Robots show back in November 2008. So check it...