$ 2,500.00
“But he who dares not grasp the thorn
Should never crave the rose.”
― ‘Never Crave The Rosé’ 20” x 24”, oil on canvas, by author John Di Donna. 
Model is Shelly Inferno.
Johnny ’Thief’ Di Donna has worked in the visual arts since 1985, in the printing and publishing industries by day, promoting straightedge drug rehab benefit shows by night. He’s best known for screen printed concert posters, created with Jeff Wood of Drowning Creek Studios, that appeared in the Guitar Hero video games, Hard Rock Cafes globally, and the omnibus ‘Art of Modern Rock: The Poster Explosion.’ For twenty years, he's owned and operated Seppuku Tattoo, painted covers for industry magazines, and judged tattoo conventions internationally.
His publishing history includes the #1 Amazon best selling horror anthology ‘The Monsters We Forgot’ (Soteira Press, 2019). Followed by 'Demonic Classics: Once Upon a Debacle’ (Battle Goddess Productions, 2020), 'Jester of Hearts' (Terror Tract Publishing, 2020), ‘Soulmate Syndrome,’ 'Murder On Her Mind,’ ‘Masks Of Sanity’, ‘Halloweenthology: Dia del Muertos,’ and ‘Halloweenthology: Witches Brew’,’ (Wicked Shadow Press, 2023-24), ’They Hunt By Night,’ (Camden Park Press, 2023) and 'The Devil You Know Best’ (Critical Blast 2024). He's also an alumn of The Kubert School, and a member of The Horror Writers Association.
Johnny and Jeff have been comrades in art since the early 90s, when Johnny freelanced designs for Surf The Earth and found that Jeff was the only freelance employer who actually paid in a timely fashion. They we instrumental in the start up of Island Screenworks, a 100,000 sq. ft. screen printing monstrosity in Myrtle Beach, where they took their underground concert poster flyers and adapted them to the screen printed format. Since then, the two have collaborated on projects that ranged from High Times cover art, a video poster for MTV, several lines of T shirts, a Ford-Harley Davidson ad campaign, as well as attending a host of events, such as the first annual Hell City Tattoo Convention, and TRPS Festivals in San Francisco, Woodstock, and Atlanta.
In 2025, a venture capitalist bought the rental property that housed Seppuku Tattoo for fifteen years, and suffering from the COVID lockdown, the industry bubble bursting, and a near-comedic series of thefts and setbacks, the studio was forced to vacate, resulting in the loss of everything they’d worked for since their founding in 2005. When Johnny was hospitalized and was in danger of a stress induced stroke or heart failure, Jeff came to the rescue and quite literally saved his life. Johnny will be using his clout with Vatican City to petition Pope Leo to assure Mr. Wood’s well deserved canonization as saint.