More Sketches...

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...

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!

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...

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...

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?

Do Bunnies Lay Eggs?

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...

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

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!

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?