Test Print Sale Blowout !

 

Ok.  Did I really just use the word "Blowout"?  Sigh.  Well, I am listing a ton of really rad test prints we have had in the flat files for a while.  Ive listed about 65 so far, more going up over the next few days.  Check em out in the store! http://groundup.bigcartel.com/category/test-prints

Retribution Gospel Choir Revolution Tour poster

5 color screenprint tour poster for Retribution Gospel Choir

Tour poster for the excellent Retribution Gospel Choir.  Pick one up this week at one of their shows!!!  And go to their site to download the new Revolution EP for free!

3 Floyds Dark Lord Day Poster 2012

Original Scratchboard drawing, 16 x 20 inches.

2 Color Screenprint on White Stock

2 Color Screenprint on Manila Stock

Commissioned by the honchos at the Mighty 3 Floyds Brewing Co for this year's Dark Lord Day party.  Each year , for those of you not in the know, 3 Floyds brews up and releases for ONE DAY a very special brew known as DARK LORD.  Its delicious and inspires many around the country to come in for this annual event just over the border in Munster , IN.
The art direction received on this poster asked for Cold War era russian and american ski troops embroiled in a struggle over the Alaskan Prudhoe Bay Oil Fields.  My mind immediately went to the Eagle and the Bear Symbols, which quickly devolved into a Russian Bear and Sam the Eagle (from Muppets Fame) engaged in a stiff Karate fight.
In addition I was inspired by 1950's comics and Gary Panter's comics from the 1980s  to make it a faux 3-D looking poster, adding to the jarring beer goggles effect.

The poster is 18 x 24 inches and is a signed and numbered edition  of 650.  Most of the edition was sold at the Brewery on DLD.  I have my remaining copies for sale here in my shop.

Test print /first layer

In addition, the first 20 orders will also get a bonus test print showing the first layer in red!

Fought Dog!

The Fought Dog. My dedication to the massive ongoing argument: Mustard or Ketchup.

18 x 24 on Red stock, edition of 200. UP now in the store.

Trampled By Turtles!

I love this band. Their new LP Stars and Satellites just came out, and its great, building on the greatness of Palomino. I was pleased, very pleased to make this poster featuring an outhouse rocket and a snowy owlstronaut for tonight's show at the Metro.

Scratchboard original:


Finished 3 color poster (Metallic silver doesn't show up too well in this jpg)



Close up of OG:

White Denim at Lincoln Hall

Nonagon

a poster for the excellent Chicago Band, Nonagon!

Post Flatstock SXSW SALE!

Post SXSW Sale!
To help out those who couldn't get some of the deals I offered at SXSW, here's one for the next two days- Spend at least $60 in the shop (2 prints, essentially) and you get a $10 discount! Enter the code: GIMMIETEN at checkout to receive the deal. Good till midnight Weds!

The Great Washington Heron (Monument Removal Technician #2)

So, a few years back I made this super rad poster for Dinosaur Jr. At the time I wanted to republish it as an art print, and made plans to do so....and of course it went on the back burner. Finally got around to publishing it and it turned out great! There will be a series of these over the next few weeks. (#1 is the Buffalo from my Sonic Youth Poster from 2008) These are Monument Removal Technicians, creatures from my superfuture mythos that spins in my head. Beasts whose job it is to gather up the giant detritus of man and remanufacture and remount it somewhere else.

This guy is the Great Washington Heron, basically a Great Blue Heron evolved into a beast that moves the Washington Monument from location to location in perpetuity. The print is 4 colors, with 3 split fountains. (fancy print talk ) and is 18 x 24. S/N edition of 175. Up now in the store!

Spring Cleaning Tube Sale!

5 prints picked at Random! From 1999-2011. Work that needs to move out of the shop, dog eared prints, prints with a thumbprint on them, test prints, Almost perfect prints, comically mis-registered prints, you name it, this tube has it. There are some special surpises in almost all of these!

Buy them HERE

#@*! You, Mask Man!

"#@*! You, Mask Man!" Lenny Bruce piece for "Is This Thing On? 2" at Gallery 1988 Los Angeles . The Title refers to a classic Bruce skit: "Thank you Maskman"

Lawrence Peters Outfit/ Cloudbirds

A poster for the most excellent Lawrence Peters Outfit and Cloudbirds , at the Hideout!

The Kills Riviera Theatre Chicago

I was commissioned by The Kills to make a poster for their Chicago show at the Rivera Theatre. Its a three color poster with a metallic gold overlay, 12 x 24 inches. It is up for sale in the shop for $20!

Umphrey's McGee NYC poster

This a poster commissioned by Umphrey's McGee for a pair of sold out shows in NYC. The poster is 3 colors (2 split fountains, one metallic gold/silver) and is 18 x 24 inches. Artist edition, signed and numbered edition of 40, there are 25 of these for sale in the shop.

Year of the Dragon!

On January 23rd , the Chinese New Year begins. The year of the dragon. In honor of this, I rebooted a print from a couple of years ago in a new colorway. I think this was more successful than the original on green. Up in my shop now!


Some Camera Phone pics from the shop as we printed each layer:

Last Sale of the year! 20% Off

I'm running one last promotion for the year- 20% off any order in the bigcartel shop- use the code "THANKS" when checking out to redeem!

Four Sticks Artist Editions

This is an artist's edition of the "Four Sticks" print. I was asked by the Flood Gallery of London to contribute a piece to the "Led Zeppelin 4 at 40" show, where 8 artists were tasked with creating a print based on one song from the epic LP.
The original edition was exclusively available through the gallery and was a run of 200. There are two artist editions: Safety Orange (Deep Gold) and Charcoal Brown paper. Gold Metallic Ink is used, 3 layers total. Signed and numbered edition of 100 and 50 respectively.
This was a really challenging piece for me to make. The power of the songs opening riffs, with the relentless rhythms from the entire band set the pace. Reading how Page and Co. took to creating the song as an abstract, I latched onto this as I’ve been making prints of semi-abstract landscapes recently. Taking imagery from the night, and the woods, the belly of an owl filled with a river in the English Countryside I hope I conveyed at least a part of what the song brings out emotionally.
These are now up in the shop.

Holiday Mystery Tube with the chance to get a Wood Monoprint!!

I put together some pretty special assortments of prints here- Each tube has a really nice art print, 2 mint posters, 1 sweet monoprint and 2 "bargain" prints. I pulled some nice work out for these, so its a bargain. One of the tubes will be a BOX- which includes a hand-painted 18 x 24 monoprint on wood, ready to hang on your wall. (Hand Embellished, paint/ink) I have 35 of these, so go for it! I hope you get the one with the wood mono!

Buy em here in the shop!

Free Print with every order this weekend!

Well, just because you missed my 25% off sale there is no reason to lose hope on cool free stuff. With every order this weekend in my bigcartel store I am giving away a copy of my Gypsy Wagon Print, in several different colorways. No code or secret handshake needed. One included with every order until I run out!

Three Floyds XV Poster

I was hired by the most excellent folks at Three Floyd's Brewing to make a poster for their fifteenth anniversary party/beer release/day of rock music. They brewed up a combo of Dark beers from their own Dark Lord, Surly's Darkness, and brews from Mikkeller and Die Struise Brouwers. Music from the Melvins, Sweet Cobra, Municipal Waste, Young Widows, Gorch Fock and Sybaris. The poster is BIG, 24 x 24 inches, 3 colors with metallic Inks, featuring the ghost of a roman soldier enlivened by a deal with a wolf. Edition of 650, most of these were purchased by 3FFF, so here's your chance to nab one while I still have a few. Up in the shop, now!