Joe Castro (mightyjoecastro)

Backhand (For Sale)

Joe Castro (mightyjoecastro) — Thu, 30 May 2013 07:55:23 -0700

mixed media collage on paper. original is 20" x 26". May 2013

the nerium spring (For Sale)

Joe Castro (mightyjoecastro) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:07:36 -0700

mixed media collage on paper. Original is 30" x 22". April 2013.

Ghosts Returning

Joe Castro (mightyjoecastro) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:55:43 -0700

custom painted skateboard for the Montana Skatepark Organization's On Deck VIII art auction & fundraiser at the Brink Gallery in Missoula, MT. oil on board. March 2013

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Joe Castro (mightyjoecastro) — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:01:48 -0700

I was super stoked to design a poster for one of my favorite bands of late, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, for their gig last night at the Keswick Theatre. It’s a 3 color silkscreen on 100lb Black French Construction paper and only 50 were produced. These were specially commissioned by the promoter, AEG Live, and were given to the band as a gift and were not for sale at the venue. The illustration is an ominous drawing of an Australian magpie, a songbird native to the continent. They are extremely intelligent and often referred to as “the cunning prophet” in certain witch craft circles, and generally considered to be a bad omen – an image I thought that fit well with the band’s music. The tops of the clouds were shaped to mimic knuckles on a fist, to help tie in the title of the band’s latest album, Push the Sky Away. And the ties on the barb wire represent the sign language symbol for “I Love You” (known less formally as the “heavy metal sign”), which represents the band’s loyal following.

Everything we love is slowly becoming fiction (For Sale)

Joe Castro (mightyjoecastro) — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:06:23 -0800

mixed media collage on paper 15" x 15" original February 2013

Wrap us in a blanket of nightshade (For Sale)

Joe Castro (mightyjoecastro) — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:11:56 -0800

mixed media collage on paper. 12" x 18" December 2012

Congratulations, you caught the bouquet.... (For Sale)

Joe Castro (mightyjoecastro) — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:50:15 -0800

mixed media on paper. 14" x 17" November 2012

Dylan

Joe Castro (mightyjoecastro) — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:13:49 -0700

Commissioned painting of Bob Dylan I did for a friend's birthday, based on a series of photos by Richard Avedon. 36" x36". Oil on canvas. September 2012.

tornado alley (For Sale)

Joe Castro (mightyjoecastro) — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:01:07 -0700

mixed media on paper. July 2012

Aftershock (For Sale)

Joe Castro (mightyjoecastro) — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:36:28 -0700

original is mixed media on paper. 12" x 16" April 2012

Blind Exodus (For Sale)

Joe Castro (mightyjoecastro) — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:40:31 -0800

another recent collage - mixed media on paper. 16" x 18". March 2012

grip

Joe Castro (mightyjoecastro) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:06:04 -0800

oil on canvas 24" x 12" February 2012

The Rushing Fog (For Sale)

Joe Castro (mightyjoecastro) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:11:24 -0800

Been working on a couple of new collages recently, including this one - it's entitled "The Rushing Fog" and is mixed media on paper. Jan 2012 .

Iodine (For Sale)

Joe Castro (mightyjoecastro) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:51:07 -0800

Original painting is oil on canvas. 24" x 12". December 2011.

Switch

Joe Castro (mightyjoecastro) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:15:21 -0800

I was super stoked when the guys at Switch skate shop in Delaware contacted me about doing a painting for a shop board graphic. The original painting is 12" x 36", oil on board. You can pick one of the boards up at their new location, 54 East Main Street, Newark Delaware. The decks are available in 8″, 8.125″, 8.25″ sizes as well as a really cool old school shape so grab one before the holiday shopping rush hits. Thanks again to Tyler and Joey at Switch Skateboarding for making this happen.

Put us on MTV, all we really need...

Joe Castro (mightyjoecastro) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:15:11 -0700

Sometime this past August, I was approached by the MTV World Design Studio in Buenos Aires to create a "gig-poster style" print ad for their 2011 European Music Awards, which will feature a live performance by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Now, as a late 80's skate rat, I grew up on the Chili Peppers, picking up the Uplift Mofo Party Plan on cassette after watching them live via VHS at the Vision Skate Escape, and even though I haven't really followed the group over the past few years, I was still stoked to work on something for the band. MTV provided a specific reference photo for the illustration, as well as the EMA logo, a style guide and three specific colors that needed to be used (the pink, purple and dark purple that you see in the poster, which, as you might imagine, proved a little difficult to work with.) After a few rounds of back and forth, what you see to your left is what we came up with. Internally the folks at MTV Design dug it, but higher-ups in the company decided to go a totally different direction, preferring to use a photo of the soon-to-be-announced host instead. A bummer for sure but what can you do. So, instead of leaving this to languish in some digital graveyard, I decided to post it here for your enjoyment. Like Kurtis Blow said, these are the breaks.

Steely Dan poster

Joe Castro (mightyjoecastro) — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:48:38 -0700

I’ll be honest, I never really got into Steely Dan – I’d heard stuff over the years of course, but they never really moved me and it just wasn’t my thing, no big deal – so when I was asked to create a poster for their sold-out performance at the Tower Theater, I was a bit at a loss on how to approach it. Doing some research though, I found out they took their name from a line in William Burroughs‘ infamous novel, Naked Lunch. Being a fan of Burroughs, I decide to take the whole thing full circle and do an illustration of the famous author. I hope the band dig it. These were printed by the guys at ABNRML and were presented to the band as a gift from Live Nation. It’s a two color screen print on 130lb Black French Construction paper, size 12.5″ x 19″.

Death Cab for Cutie (rejected design)

Joe Castro (mightyjoecastro) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:43:03 -0700

The original poster I designed for Death Cab for Cutie's show at the Mann in Philadelphia, which was later rejected by, well, The Man. I don't know - I thought it was funny. Enjoy.

Death Cab for Cutie

Joe Castro (mightyjoecastro) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:42:20 -0700

I was recently asked to design a limited edition poster for Death Cab for Cutie's show at the Mann in Philadelphia. 2 color screen print on 100# Construction Steel Blue French paper. Printed by ABNRML. These were limited to a run of 40 and were a gift to the band from AEG.

Friday Morning (For Sale)

Joe Castro (mightyjoecastro) — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:35:08 -0700

Just finished a new painting - oil on wood. 16" x 16". July 2011. Hope you dig it.