Iron and Wine Tour Poster on Sale Now

I have my artist copies of the Iron and Wine April Tour poster available now for purchase in my Shop now. I have about 50 of the edition to sell.

6ft High and Rising Process

Six Feet High and Rising preliminary drawing

Iron and Wine Tour Poster

I was hired by Iron and Wine to create a tour poster along with 4 other poster artists, Landland, Nate Duval, The Bubble Process, and Doe-Eyed Design. The poster is available through the end of April at their US Dates, and will be available through my site after tour is over.

Scratchboard for Tweedy poster

Jeff Tweedy

Working on "The Stranger"

When I was asked by Mitch at OMGposters to contribute a piece to the ''Required Reading" show at Gallery 1988 I knew immediately which books would be at the top of the list for me to want to interpret visually. I've been working on a few drawings for a book related series of prints later this year, so I had ideas and sketches at the ready.

Albert Camus' novel "the Stranger" is one of those books I read in High School, re-read in college a few times and then picked up again recently. For such a short read, its a powerful book. Exploring Camus' concepts of absurdism and existentialism, the main character, Mersault, an Algerian Frenchman is sort of sleepwalking through his life- nonchalantly showing up at his mother's wake in pajamas and smoking a cigar at the beginning and then committing a murder almost casually at the climax. The murder scene of the Arab being shot on the beach describes the heat and the sun being the main concerns for Mersault rather than the potential threat of a knife-wielding assailant. I knew that I wanted to use this scene for the poster / Faux Book Cover.

I've been drawn to making abstract skyscapes/landscapes over the past year or so and this seemed a perfect opportunity to do it in a different way. I went through a few different versions, some showing Mersault vividly drawn rather than a chunky silhouette, some with him standing over the body of the dead Arab. In the end I kept stripping away information- until you are left with the scene of Mersault wandering down the beach after the murder, staring at the sun and the beach.

I'm pretty happy with the result- I used a transparent metallic gold/yellow that really worked nicely on the second layer.

Thanks to Mitch Putnam, Rob Jones and Jensen at Gallery 1988 for the opportunity.

This is the final image for "The Stranger", my contribution to Gallery 1988LA's Required Reading show, curated by Rob Jones and OMGposters.
It opens tonight in LA! Featuring work from 40 artists including Rob Jones, Kevin Tong, Ken Taylor, Delicious Design League, Justin Santora and more....

The Stranger, second layer

the stranger first color

Tiny Trifecta show at Cotton Candy Machine

This little guy is Navigator #11, from a line of little paintings I've been doing while screens dry at the shop. This one is headed to Tara McPherson's new gallery The Cotton Candy Machine to be part of the inaugural show Tiny Trifecta, a show of tiny art from an impressive list of 100 excellent artists, including Jeff Soto, Casey Burns, Mark Ryden, Jay Ryan....etc etc. All pieces are $100. Crazy!

The Stranger

Rough sketch preview for my print of the existentialist novel opus by eternal optimist Albert Camus. The final print will be part of Gallery 1988 LA's "Required Reading " show curated by snappy dresser / witty fellow / grammy winner Rob Jones and OMGPosters maven Mitch Putnam . I'll post an image of the final print after the show opens.

Iron and Wine process

Working

The beginnings of a new poster

Stacking prints