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Phil Lesh & Friends at Terrapin Crossroads… January 2016
A couple months ago in October, I was saddened to hear the news that Grateful Dead bassist, Phil Lesh was battling a bout of bladder cancer and cancelled a number of tour dates. Among them was a show at his venue, Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, CA playing with his band, Phil Lesh & Friends which I had been asked to do a print for. The print was at the presses when the news came in and we decided to put it on hold.
Luckily he has been feeling better again and is back on tour so we reworked the poster for a recent gig last week at the Crossroads.
The name of the venue, Terrapin Crossroads, conjures up a lot of imagery not just relating to The Grateful Dead but from the Blues in general such as the “Crossroads”, which to me is a reference to the crossroads in which bluesman Robert Johnson met the devil to trade his soul for his guitar prowess. This was the basis for most of my concepts. I usually do not try to go too literal with the artwork in relation to a band name or venue name but the terrapin-bluesman sitting at the crossroads seemed fitting this time.
The final poster is a 5-color, (18’x 24′) print printed by the folks at Monolith Press and has a print run of 150 which will be available by the band at the show. I will have a small Artist Edition run of 25 Signed & Numbered for sale on (Mon) January 25th @ 11AM (PST).
I am glad Phil is back and look forward to many more shows…
String Cheese Incident NYE foil variants!!!!
A number of you have been asking if there will be any variants of this years String Cheese Incident – New Years 2015 triptych and the answer is… (drum roll please)… but of course!!!!! What is the point of making a gigposter without the now obligatory foil release. For this special of special Alice in Wonderland themed prints I will be releasing an extremely limited amount of “lava” & “sparkle” foils.
Both will be available on (Mon) January 18th @ 11AM (PST)…. All will be signed / numbered
String Cheese Incident New Years triptych … 2015!!!! – Round 3
This will be my third year in a row doing a New Years triptych for The String Cheese Incident for their big New Years Eve blast in Broomfield, CO. The previous two sets were quite successful which puts a lot pressure on oneself to not only match the previous but come up with something fresh & new.
In the past I tried to keep the prints very symmetrical with the center being the focus and elements mirroring each other. I found it got harder to try and design a symmetrical design again and it became quite limiting, so I decided to treat each print as a stand-alone that could work in a row. Consulting with the band we decided to go w/ an “Alice in Winter Wonderland” theme that would be trippy, colorful and give off the vibe of a crazy party.
Original concept sketch
I once again made a trip out to Boulder to work with the badasses over at Good Thoughts Printing and got to see their new mega-screenprinting machine in action. A site to behold.
Each poster is 12′ x 24′, combining for a triptych total of 36′ x 24′ and is in a print run of 330. All numbered copies were sold by the band the nights of the show and I have my own personal copies that will be signed & AP (Artist Print) available …. Friday, January 8, 2015 @ 11AM (PST).
There will be an extremely limited amount of “UNCUT” sheets as well as B&W’s for those interesting in participating in the COLORING NOOK…
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