Sharon Epic Hodgson

I’m way way behind on blogging these things. I know, I know… you wait three weeks and everything is old news… but I’ve just been too busy painting to blog about it. Crazy problem to have, really. This was a blacklight live painting I did at a rave at Espace Griffintown. I love painting events there.

For this party, there were oversized inflatable crayons everywhere. Thousands of candies were thrown to the crowd, fitting with the theme.

Note: There was plenty of movement and candy, but I did not witness any sex.

Here is the blacklight version….

I painted this piece under regular lighting for some of the night and blacklight the rest of the time, so that you see two different paintings depending on the lighting.

For the rave effect, you should light this thing up with blacklights and a strobe so it flips between both versions.

I must have painted the faces of several hundred people that night. People think I’m a facepainter.

Here’s a few videos from the night.

8×10″ stretched canvas. Acrylic. $25

I’ve known Construct since before he was Construct. I’ve known him since before he was a DJ or I was a live painter.

I met him in the electronic music scene back in Halifax years ago. Seven years ago, I think.

This is another solid person who works hard at what he does. He’s a designer as well as DJ.

Check out his stuff at J’aime le Dubstep.

Acrylic on stretched canvas. 10×8″. For sale. $25

This is Ryan Orphan.

Here’s a DJ that’s made a big impression on me in the time I’ve been in Montreal. He’s a great DJ and a great person. Very friendly.

This is one of the individuals who has helped me to feel more at home here… despite my wandering hear. I have followed him to a number of events in the last few weeks.

Again… I am doing a bunch of these little pieces based off of local talent to showcase what I’ve found here and raise funds for an upcoming adventure.

8×10″, acrylic on stretched canvas.

This is a painting of local Montreal DJ sensation Vilify.

Now you KNOW that any photos of sexy female DJs are going to sell right away.

I should know this by now. This one is already gone.

Expect more paintings of Vilify because she’s so photogenic… and people love her.

8×10″ acrylic on stretched canvas. $25

I have been painting electronic music events for the last few months more and more. I feel like the summer is a time for music festivals and existing outdoors more than inside.

The winter is a harsh, bitter time spent painting raves, bars or sitting at home producing commissioned work upon request. Can you blame me for having DJs on the brain with all that white stuff on the ground?

I keep telling myself that if I’m smart enough, next winter I won’t “do” winter at all.

This is one of several small DJ-themed works I’ve done from home in the last couple weeks. I am selling these on the cheap to fund an upcoming adventure if you like any of them.

6×12″ stretched canvas. Acrylic.

I don’t know what I was thinking when I did this piece.

It was something along the lines of “what do people want to see? Why not a topless female DJ?”

This one is from imagination rather than from reality.

It’s a movement study.

I haven’t actually seen this.

24×30″ gallery-thick stretched canvas, commission. 2012

I did this as a commission for someone while I was in Halifax last week. I painted it from a photo. It’s apparently someone’s grandmother’s house, and she wanted the painting to remember the place.

I did this in a hotel room.

(Why not paint in my hotel room…? Why… what do you do in hotel rooms? :-X )

I am well on my way to getting 250+ paintings done this year…

The next night – the first day of 2012 – I painted a rave at Espace Griffintown. I used a 24×48″ canvas for this… and it’s in acrylic as usual.

This piece features local event photographer Impulsively Braindead on the right side of the canvas.

Here is a photo she took of me pointing at her and pointing at the painting, which she is in.

What a bizarre cosmic feedback loop I have going on with this lady… her taking pictures of everyone  and me painting pictures of everyone and her. Hehe.

She’s everywhere… trust me, I would know.

Here I am live painting in a music video for FM HI LOW! I think it’s weird to see me painting something in black and white like this.

This event was called Winter Warmer and it took place at Casa del Popolo in Montreal. This was the last painting of 2011 [if you don't count the one I finished up in the first moments of 2012 from my epic living room]. This was a 30×40″ piece.

For this show, I was live painting while Annie Becker, FM HI LOW and Pan el Salam performed.

I almost forgot to blog this one. Every painting is an illustration of my life. I am doing so many paintings now I can’t keep up with blogging. As I aim to do 250+ paintings this year, the backlog is just going to get bigger.

Here’s some clips from the Winter Warmer at Casa del Popolo: