Behold, a finished Piggy Piggy portrait

Final wip of my "Piggy Piggy" portrait. This piece is for the upcoming Art for AIDS fundraiser that is going to be held on May 31st at Hartford's Artspace Gallery here in Connecticut. This piece will be the one I donate and the proceeds will go to the foundation. It's 12x12" oil on canvas.

Piggy Piggy 2nd wip

It's been a while since I've done an oil painting . I've almost forgotten how much fun oils are, but I did remember how I prefer to paint on gesso board rather then canvas. I still have the background, teeth, shirt, and eyes left. It's 12x12" on canvas. I'm using oils.

Piggy Piggy painting

First #wip of my "Piggy Piggy" portrait, this piece is for the upcoming Art for AIDS fundraiser that is going to be held on May 31st at Hartford's Artspace Gallery here in Connecticut. This piece will be the one I donate and the proceeds will go to the foundation. It's 12x12" on canvas. I using oils.

Finished Piggy Piggy

I just finished "Piggy Piggy", one of my pieces for the upcoming Art for AIDS fundraiser that is going to be held on May 31st at Hartford's Artspace Gallery here in Connecticut. This piece will be the one for sale with a percentage of the proceeds going to the foundation. It's 8x10" on 150pd Bristol paper. I used copic , prismacolor , pitt markers ,along with some watercolor  and acrylic ink .

Next upcoming show

My next up coming show. Myself, Onoclea Studios and 13 other talented artists will be showing at Atwater studios . So if you can come check out all of our work.

Working on my piece for an upcoming show

Coloring in progress. It's taking longer then I thought, but that's normally the case. I'm using copic markers, ink on 16x20" Bainbridge board.

Finished inking

I finally finished inking my piece for the Atwater show. Tomorrow I start  on the color. I used pen and ink on Bainbridge board. 16x20"

Upcoming Show

My next up coming show. Myself, Carrie and 13 other talented artists will be showing at Atwater Studios . So if you can, come check out all of our work at Atwater Studios.

Creepy Eepy show

I picked up my sculpture along with my other pieces from the creepy eepy show at foe up in noho Massachusetts. It was sculpted with sculpey.

All inked...

...and ready to be scanned for the coloring book. I can't wait to start doping some color on these bad boys. If you would like to see the final colored versions of these or get your hands on the coloring book, come to the Creepy Eepy opening on October 11, 6pm at the FOE Gallery in Northampton, MA.

Pen and Ink on 9x12" 150lb Bristol Paper.

Later - Joe

Dracula!

Here is the final Sketch of my Dracula for the upcoming Creepy Eepy Show at the FOE Gallery. My Vampires don't shimmer in sunlight...they burst into flames and they most definitely feed on the living!

Pencil on 9x12" 150lb bristol paper.

Later - Joe

Trick or Treat!

...I'll take the trick!

Here is the final Sketch of my Trick or Treaters for the upcoming Creepy Eepy Show at the FOE Gallery. I found a lot of photos of Trick or Treaters from 1910 to the 1930's. Real creepy  and cool! mostly because back then they made their costumes out of paper mache and things they could find.

Pencil on 9x12" 150lb bristol paper.

Later - Joe

Behold Frankenstein!

Here is the final Sketch of my Frankenstein for the upcoming Creepy Eepy Show at the FOE Gallery. I'm planning on doing 4 finished full color illustrations plus some sculpts for the show. 3 of which I will scan after I'm done inking them so that they can be used in a coloring book that we are creating for the show to help raise money for autism research.

Pencil on 9x12" 150lb bristol paper.

Later - Joe

Get Creepy Eepy!

I've busy lately trying to get ready for an upcoming show.  The Opening will be on October 11th at 6pm, at the FOE Gallery in Northampton, MA. The show will be featuring  TEN artists from Massachusetts and Connecticut including myself. We all delve into the dark creepy recesses of our brains to create new works based on childhood memories, mysteries, fears and Halloween. Show runs through November 3rd.

If you're interested in what I've been working on for the show, I've been posting a lot of in progress shots on Instagram and Facebook. But for those of you who aren't into Instagram or Facebook, I'll start posting some in progress shots here on the Blog.

I hope you all will be able to join me at the opening. There will be a lot of great work from some very talented artist.

Later - Joe

Custom Munny Show

I've been meaning to post these shots for a while, but I guess it's better late then never. Back in December I took part in a custom Munny Show at the Paris in Plantsville Gallery in Plantsville CT. It was fun. I hadn't done a custom Munny before, so it was a pretty cool experience. Here are a crap-ton of shots of the sculpture, from every angle ever imagined.

 Thanks - Joe

Upcoming show Fri., April 8th!

I'll be showing along with 11 other really talented artist at FOE gallery in Northampton MA, this coming Fri the 8th from 6-9. The show will be up for the month of April. I'll have a few drawings there, along with a sculpture or two and my first crack at my very own resin toy, "The Brain Slug". I'll be posting pics of those and shots off the show after the opening for those of you who can't make it. I hope to see some of you there.

Later - Joe

SCARLET - Art for the Heart - Reception this Sat., Dec. 11th

I hope to see you there!

Later - Joe

Steampunk Bizarre 2

So I know I've been slacking on my post once again, but I'm trying to get back into the swing of blogging again. I'll try and catch you up on some recent work, and I'm hoping in the next few weeks to update the the over all look of The Salty Slug Blog. In the meantime, up above is one of six pieces I did for the Steampunk Bizarre 2 show. It's my version of a post apocalyptic military mech walker. I showed you it in a earlier post while I was working on it. In the next week I'll upload the rest of the work I did for that show plus some sketches, and other bits of art I've been working on.

Later, Joe

Steampunk Sneak Peak...

Here are 2 quick shots I snapped with my cellphone this morning. This is one of my sculptures for the show. It is a Steampunk Walker that I scratch built. The legs are fully articulated, and when it's done it will have a driver and an environment. It stands about 8-9 inches tall, breathes fire, and has a bachelor degree in sports therapy. Since I'm not a "Steampunk Artist" this is my take on the genre. I was trying to go for a post apocalyptic Victorian war set in present day. I drew alot of inspiration from the movie 9, World War One photos, and of course, Tool videos. Between Carrie and I collecting junk (aka found treasures) for this show, our studio is trashed. But there is some pretty cool stuff coming out of there...at least I think so. Check back for more sneak peaks.

Later, Joe

Steampunk Bizarre 2

Come check out my newest work on Saturday July 10th 2010. I've been asked to participate along with many other talented artist in the 2nd annual Steampunk Bizarre. It should be a real cool event. So come check it. In the meantime I'll be posting some sneak peaks of some of my pieces for this show. They won't be finished, so if you want to see them finish, you'll have to come to the show.

Later, Joe