Black Keys Brookyn

A new poster for the Black Keys' Brooklyn show at McClarren park Pool!

Available as always in my Etsy Shop

Black Keys poster

The excellent Black Keys commissioned me to make a few posters- here's one from last night's show at the Metro:






available in my Etsy Shop.

Search Party Layer 12

A few more highlight layers to go ....

Prairie Ghost

4 color print on French Tangy Orange Paper. (yes, Tangy Orange) 19 x 26.
available in my Etsy shop.

In Process- Envy/Thursday LP

I was commissioned by Jeremy DeVine and Temporary Residence Records to create the artwork for an upcoming LP/CD Release for Thursday (new Jersey) and Envy (Japan). The art direction is right up my alley...create a tornado of CROWS tearing through the landscape. Uh, yes, where do I sign up? I'm finishing up the gatefold illustration now, here's a few peeks at the cover art process scratchboard illo:

Charlie Parr- Deep Blues Festival

My good friend AmyJo , a terrific designer in Minneapolis put together a series of posters for the Deep Blues Festival this weekend. I took on Charlie Parr.

Color #11

Color #10

Color #9

Metallic gold highlights

Color #8

Color #7

Hard to see but this is a split fountain of two different metallic coppers

Color #6

Color #5

Color #4

Colors #2 and #3

Search Party Progress...

Finally printing this thing. I started the day before Coco was born- lots of pictures to follow this week. Here is the first layer. Split fountain, red-medium yellow. Printing this on 22 x 30 stonehenge.

Limited edition of one

Chloe Marie Coco Grzeca. Born 6/22/08 at 6:01 am. Life is beautiful.

Grant Barnhart Charity Print

My friend Grant Barnhart, a terrifically talented artist, painter, and printmaker has just released a new screenprint called "In The Beginning" Its a tiny edition of 50, with hand painted touches to each print, making each unique. All of the proceeds go to help a friend of Grant's who is battling Cancer. Check it out here.

The Sound at Letterform

Had a nice time on Saturday; Our pals Jen and David at Superkonductor curated a nice show of screenprints from Steve Walters,Kathleen Judge,Delicious,Johnny Sampson, Alana Bailey, Keith Herzik and myself. The show was at Letterform Studios and was a lot of fun. Here's a pic of me and Ella checking out the scene.

Chicago Ghost

"Chicago Ghost"

This is a 4 color screenprint on 19 x 25 Safety Orange French Construction paper. The image is one I've been playing around with over the last year- It came about when I was asked to come up with a poster for a group show last year at a gallery in Chicago. I kept thinking of iconic Chicago/city imagery- Bricks, decay, tires, wood; all wrapped up in a bull emblematic of the Stockyards that closed up decades ago. What better than to make old history into mythology by turning that bull into a cylclops? I used some transparent metallic and white inks on this version and am very happy with the results; referencing the old, yet still something turning into something new.

For sale now in my Etsy Shop.

Black Keys NY

Black Keys DC poster

Final print, 2 colors, 19 x 25. Available in my Etsy shop.

Black Keys Boston Poster

Final print, 4 colors, 18 x 24

Black Keys Boston Line Art

Search Party....

Yep, STILL working on the keyline for this one. Had to put it down for a while due to all the poster work I need to finish. Now I'm ready to wrap up the drawing and start printing. I'll post the final tomorrow and will start posting printing beginning on Monday. I'm thinking this is going to be around 8-10 colors. We'll see how that goes. It usually means its a 12 - 14 color print. I'm going to use Stonehenge again, size will be 22 x 30 inches.

Black Keys DC

Here's the scratchboard drawing for the Black Keys DC poster:

Black keys Europe tour

Here's the scratchboard drawing for the Black Keys Europe poster:



And the final print- 18 x 24 , 4 colors. (Metallic Gold layer is kind of flashing in the photo)\

Explosions in the sky -Chicago Show

Black Keys Chicago Poster

Iron and Wine / Califone Tour poster

From Sketch:




To Final: 3 colors, 18 x 24.

Black Keys LA poster

Finally, finally getting back to posting. Austin and Flatstock were great....more to come.

Here's a new poster for the Black Keys show in Los Angeles at the Wiltern Theatre, the first of a few shows I'm doing for the band.

2008/2009 Subscriptions; American Buffalo Giclee pre-order

First up:

I am working with the fine folks at IoLabs in Rhode Island on a large giclee (16 x 20 inches, which is big for a giclee as they are expensive to produce) edition of the "There is No American Buffalo" drawing. This is a drawing I've had a number of requests for to produce as a print. If you are not familiar with the work of IoLabs, here's a summary: They're awesome. Tiny showcase has been producing thier giclees with them for the last few years, and they look stunning in person. (I'm looking at a beautiful Rachel Sumpter print right now hanging over my desk) This edition will be printed on Hahnemuhle 290 gm Bamboo etching paper- This is a new fine art paper made from Bamboo fibers rather than tree fibers. Fine art meets sustainablity. I'm sold.

Pre-orders for the edition are available for $100 at my Etsy site. (The print will cost $125 for those who don't pre-order.

Secondly:

2008/2009 subscriptions are now available. They will be for March 2008 through March 2009 .
There are 2 options to choose from. Art print only subscriptions are $365 and will be mailed out bi-monthly (6 shipments total). You will receive the featured print of the month as well as bonuses throughout the year. The first 20 subs will also receive the American Buffalo giclee as a bonus. I'm working on some crazy looking prints right now , so it's going to be a fantastic year.

Option #2 is for a total subscription to my work for the same time period. You will receive all art prints, posters (I'm working on a tour series for the Black Keys as well as a few other bands), postcard sets, t shirts and a few other items. This option is $600.




News and upcoming events:

I'll be participating and showing in 2 group shows coming up this March. (opening on the same day!) First is the Mollusk Collectiv exhibition at Bongout's new gallery space in Berlin. If you are not familiar with Bongout's ("Good Taste" in French) work, you need to step up. Meeloo and Anna have been producing artist books, prints and posters for a number of years now as well as publishing a large format art magazine "Mollusk", which is always diverse. They recently built out a nice gallery to complement their printing atelier (that sounds so much fancier than studiio) and should prove to have a major impact on the Berlin gallery scene. Check them out at : http://www.bongout.org

My good friends Chloe and Yannick of Seripop have put together a group exhibition titled "Radar Eyes" which will open March 7th at the Co-Prosperity sphere in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood. The address is Co-Prosperity Sphere 3219 South Morgan St Chicago Il 60608 I'll be showing art prints along with other similarly insane individuals including.....Michael DeForge,The Little Friends of Printmaking, Tim Gough, Ron Liberti, Zeloot, Jesjit Gill, Keith Herzik, Gunsho, Greg Pizzoli, Kuke Frost, Nolen Strals, Sakura Maku, and more...
Chloe and Yannick will have some sort of eye-popping installation set up as well as the launch of a new artist book they put together. Should be a good time for the eyeballs.

Flatstock- SXSW:

I'll be showing my prints and posters at Flatstock 16 @ SXSW this year! I haven't made the trip to Austin in a few years so I am highly looking forward to going and seeing the work of over 100 different artists and printmakers . It will be in the Austin Convention Center from Thurs March 13-Sat March 15th. Hours are 1-6 pm on Thurs, 11-6 pm on Friday and Saturday. If you are there, please stop by to say hi!

Powerhouse Sound

Search Party Progress

Working on the Pelican side of the drawing:

"Search Party" Process pics

Working on the scratchboard drawing for "Search Party" , it will be a 7-9 color print on 22 x 30 inch stonehenge. I'll post the illo process here over the next day as I finish:

Explosions in the Sky Poster

5 colors, 19 x 25 inches on Cement Green paper. Available after 1/27 from my Etsy shop and Explosions in the Sky's Shop.

Explosions in the Sky Line art

Vandermark Five At the Green Mill

Here's a 3 color poster for the Vandermark Five's upcoming pair of shows at the Green Mill, the historic jazz club my Grandfather used to go drink whiskey at ... The shows are in support of the fantastic new V5 Record "Beat Reader" out now on Atavistic. The cd comes with a great bonus disk called "the New York Suite" dedicated to some great dead painters. Pick it up quick.

Umphrey's McGee Poster NYE 2007

Here's the final print. 4 colors, 15 x 22. Dig the metallic layer. I have a few for sale in my Etsy shop.

Umphrey's McGee Art

Keyline drawing for a recent poster for Umphrey's McGee