Scraped Knee: The Art of Matt Leunig

Yeah,… back on the Widespread Panic train,… (pun intended). Been a while since I did something w/ these guys but was happy to do a print for the Richmond, VA (Sept. 19-21 ..The National) stop of this tour.

The print will be 18′x 24′… 5-color… and I have a limited amount of artist prints which are available in the store now.

Below are some of the quick sketches & concepts for this one. Mr. Onion Head unfortunately did not make the cut.

UPDATE -  These are selling pretty fast so grab one before the price goes up.

Here is the first of a small run of Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers posters for his current tour. This is for 6 stops encompassing the whole California run of the tour (LA, Solano Beach, SF, Napa, Arcata & Saratoga)…. is 18′x 24′… 4 colors. Colors came out real bright and who doesn’t like a bear getting wasted on honey.

This is now available in the store for $25.

An interview I did with French website, Crewkoos Rock Artist was just put up so go check it out.  The site has a number of great print artists up and is a good read.

A couple months ago I designed a skateboard deck for a “Sk8 or Die: V” art show at the Youngblood Gallery in Atlanta. It recently was donated to Skater Aid, a charity started to help a young skateboarder Ian Wochatz who was diagnosed with brain cancer. After his passing it became a charity to help pediatric cancer and brain tumor research in minors. This year they are doing an online auction of designed decks with all proceeds going to Skater Aid.

So anyone interested in the “Wizard” deck,… it’s all yours. Bidding ends Sept. 24th. Check it out here along with the other decks here.

The auction will wrap up with a gallery show showing all the decks at the Brickstore Pub in Decatur, GA.

Skateboard.Art.Music Festival
Sunday, Sept. 25, 2-7pm
East Decatur Station
109 New Street, Decatur, GA

Following the success of the first book, Clay over at Gigposters.com is releasing a 2nd volume this Fall (Quirk/Random House books) featuring interviews and tear-out posters from 101 artists. I feel lucky to be included in years book especially because the talent involved in this volume looks insane.

The book is available for pre-sale here and won’t be out until November 2011, right in time for the holidays… hint, hint, nudge, nudge. Gigpostsrs.com is currently offering a free screenprint with pre-order. too…  Not bad.

Check back for updates on this as the books release gets closer. The following is a list of the artists included:

Adam Pobiak, Alan Hynes, Alana Bailey, Altieri Art, Ames Bros, Anville, AS Printing Press, Atzgerei, Baker Prints, Blackheard Studios, Ben Wilson, Broken Press, The Bubble Process, The Bungaloo, Chicken Billy, Clint Wilson, Clinton Reno, The Comet Substance, Concepcion Studios, Craig Horky, Craig Updegrove, David V. D’Andrea, Dead Meat, Dirty Donny Gillies, DKNG, Doe Eyed, Doublenaut, Douze Studio Dresden, Dr. Alderete, Droid, Empire Press, Erick Montes, Frida Clements, Ghost-Town Studio, Graham Pilling, Gunsho, The Half and Half, Hatch Show Print, Hyp Inc, Idiot or Genius?, Insurgentarts, Iron Canvas Studios, Iskra Print Collective, Isle of Printing, Ivan Minsloff, James Flames, Jeral Tidwell, Jeremy Wilson, Jim Mazza, Joe Whyte, John Howard, Johnny Sampson, Justin Santora, Kill Hatsumomo Prints, Kunny van der Ploeg, Landland, Madpixel Art and Design, Mara Piccione, Mark McCormick, Mark Sgarbossa, Marq Spusta, Matt Terich, Maximum Flouride Killustration, Mike Saputo, Mike Weihs, Mile 44, Nat Damm, Nerl Says Design, Nick DuPey, Petting Zoo Prints & Collectables, Pfahlert Creative Labs, Punchgut, R. Black, Rich Kelly, Robbie Fuct, Ryan Duggan, Scott Campbell, Scraped Knee Studios, Scrawled Design, Shawn K. Knight, The Silent Giants, Small Horse Studio, Sonnenzimmer, Spike Press, Standard Deluxe Inc, Standard Design, Status Serigraph, Subject Matter Studio, Switchopen Illustrations, T-Bone & Aljax Production and Design, Tim Huesken, Tom Bagley, Traci Edwards, Two Arms Inc, Two Rabbits Studios, Tyler Stout, Uglybogus, Us & Them, Weapons of Mass Design, Weathermaker Press, Will Ruocco

I’m back from my trip to the West Coast and that means the store is back in business. Those of you that ordered in my absence, your prints will be sent out this weekend. Now get out there… and spend some money.

My trip out to the Bay Area has been an exciting one to say the least. The first 4 nights back in San Francisco, I hit up a show every night… (Soundgarden, Earth, Mammatus & Dolly Parton). Good mix.

The 5th day wasn’t as fun. While I was in the city my folks aprt. was involved in a fire that started at a neighbors place and got destroyed along with 8 other units. Thankfully no one got hurt but it ate up anything in its path. Unfortunately this included all me & my girlfriends travel stuff.. clothes, laptops, original artwork and painfully my sketchbook that held 5 years of concepts, original ink drawings and just work in general. Sucks.

Oh well… back to the drawing board.

Bad timing,.. as the store is currently closed but I am just releasing the new “Buffalo” shirt. There are all sizes for Men & Women.

These will be available when the store opens up again in August…. so keep it in mind.

The store is currently closed as of this morning. I will be traveling/moving so any poster orders recieved will not be sent off until earliest….. August 12th.

- Sincerely, the Management

I am happy to announce my first Black Keys poster. I’ve been wanting to do something for these guys for a while. This is for the Ottawa Bluesfest tonight up in Ontario. Great lineup. I wanted to do something different than what has been coming out of the Keys camp this tour, so worked with them and came up with this.  This is a 4-color screenprint… 18 x 24′… run of 130.

This is available in the store.