Jon Foster: Crowbot

Another purchase made at Spectrum Fantastic Art Live 2. A "grail" piece for us: "Crowbot" by Jon Foster. This was the cover for Jon's first art book, Progressions; we've also used it as a promotional symbol for SFAL for the past two years on banners, billboards, and the entrance to the exhibit hall. It took a few years of talking with Jon to convince him to part with it, but he knew that we'd give it a permanent home and he brought it with him to the show. We could not be more thrilled!

Funny story: Jon brought a number of pieces to sell, both older paintings and several newer ones from the last year or two. I was standing with a group near the close of SFAL2 and we were talking about what we'd all bought. I said I'd bought a Foster painting; another said, "So did I!"; a third said, "Me, too!" So I smiled and said, "Athos, Porthos, Aramis!" just as a fourth person walked by with a Foster in his hands. The three of us pointed at him and yelled, "d'Artagnan!"

20"x39". Oil on board