cover my face.

i've been a long time fan of jon todd's work. check out a mini review i wrote over at hi-fructose.

xo

jon todd X martin wittfooth

my favorite canadian artist jon todd, has been hand pulling these amazing screen prints. newest in the series is the above martin wittfooth 3 color silkscreen printed on vintage card stock and numbered to only 20. if you're interested in snapping one of these up before they're all gone, email jon todd at info@jontodd.ca.

also, check out jon's blog. there's enviable studio shots and some new work of his posted.

xo

my favorite canadian artist, jon todd, has a new website up! he'll also be showing with NY's martin wittfooth this summer in montreal at yves laroche gallery. the two person show, 'Babylon' will have paintings, sculpture and drawings as well as collaborative pieces based around the apocalyptic themes of the tower of babel. o how i long to be there on opening night! 

also, jon has these amazing prints available as custom panels or loose prints on the elliptic  website, an interesting and fresh take on those 'keep calm and carry on' posters that have been floating around for a while now.

Love for moody Russians......

It's only ever so often that I find an artist who's entire catalog of past paintings and anticipation of future paintings so irresistibly mouth watering. One of my biggest influences is Canadian artist Jon Todd. He's having a new state side show, 'Life Sentence' over at the pop surrealist mecca ThinkSpace gallery, which opens December 12 for all you lucky L.A folk. The new work seems to contain the trademarks of his older works: tattooed females cavorting with snakes and menacing men against highly patterned backgrounds, but with a more specific focus on Russian prison tattoos and political culture, implying much more darker moods. Above is 'Snake Pit', his impressive new painting used in all the press for the show and below is 'The Snake Handler", which I was lucky to purchase last year. I look forward to seeing the show in its entirety, but thankfully for me and you, there is a sneak preview over here.

XOXO