CityBeat cover artist Dec. 10
This week’s cover artist is painter-and-illustrator woman Jasmine Worth. It’s an illustration titled “Catwoman” and it was made specifically for a Batman-themed art show at M-Modern Gallery.
“The concept for the painting is based on Catwoman being caught at home by Batman while she drinks a cup of hot chocolate and relaxes with her cat after a long night of cat burglarizing,” says Worth. “Batman is obviously very surprised to catch Catwoman in such a domestic setting.”
Personally, I love it and think Worth should be credited with making the concept of being a “Cat Woman” a whole lot cooler.
Check out more of Worth’s work here and in person at Junc Boutique and Gallery (2205 Fern St. in South Park) through the end of the month.
Also, for more info on the Nov. 26 and Dec. 3 cover artists, click below:
CityBeat’s Nov. 26 cover artist
Mike Maxwell is getting to the point where he needs no introduction. Not only is his art poppy and surreal (two things that the art market is really into these days); his work is also smart and shows that Maxwell actually does some studying and thinking before he begins a piece. The work we ran on our cover, “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” is obviously a reference to the main character in John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath.
“The piece was in a show I did at Upper Playground PDX called ‘Memories for Memoirs’,” says Maxwell. “The show revolved around the theme of ancestry and the importance of our families history. The piece is about our support structures and the trials and tribulations we go experience throughout our personal history but also that of the history of the people who came before us.”
CityBeat‘s Dec. 3 cover artist
Jordan Josafat is an emerging painter and designer. His piece, “Block Party,” is interesting (far better in it’s full, un-cropped form) and is part of a series called House Warming, which, according to Josafat, “is a stab at the deterioration of neighborhoods.”
“Each piece has a significance to cliche neighborhoods or areas where I have experienced a memorable moment or event,” continues Josafat. “As for the piece on the cover, it was meant to portray the innocence of a neighborhood as well as to be reminiscent of the days when a neighborhood could come together as one, which I believe is slowly being diminished from our lives each and every day due to the deconstruction of our society.”
Bio-
Jordan Josafat-Born in Vallejo Ca 1982… a city just outside of San Francisco, moved to San Diego at the age 5, lived in San Diego most of my life and attended school, joined an independent studies program for painting in college, moved to San Francisco for a few months in 2007 to gain inspiration-had a short internship with artist Doze Green-moved back to San Diego to pursue more shows and to continue on with my journey as an artist.
