“Mad as Hell” is a three-color letterpress print by DWRI Letterpress. Part of the ongoing Tiny Showcase letterpress print series, the artwork has been printed on an archival 300gsm Somerset printmaking paper. Each print is blind debossed with the edition number, the artist’s name and the print shop’s insignia.
I have chosen the Red Cross’ Haitian Relief and Development Fund as my artwork’s charity. This branch of the Red Cross is working to support emergency relief and recovery efforts to help those people affected by the earthquake in Haiti. The Red Cross is currently working to provide personnel, relief supplies, and financial resources to the people of Haiti. $250 dollars from the sale of his print will be donated to the organization.
“Mad As Hell” letterpress print edition of 100. Measures 9″ x 7″ $25.00
Back in 2008 I was asked by John Shipman of the University of Maryland to create some installation art for a huge show getting together some of the best gig poster artist around. The direction was totally open I was only asked to included the name of the show, and told that I would working on a huge 10 foot square cube in the middle of the gallery. Below is a short process post walking you through the massive project.
Starting in the sketchbook, I really struggled with how to design installation art and signage on a four sided cube. I had few loose ideas about the creative process of interpreting music into visual poster, but realized that people still need to read the name of the exhibit and it would not read well stretched across four sides of this cube.
I refined my concept in illustrator, scaling the image from feet to inches allowed me to work in a document at a very manageable size. I decided to use CMYK as my color palette as a reference to the printing process and added an eye to the layout that help solidify the idea of artist using music to inspire the visuals created for poster art.
When I showed up at the University of Maryland I used a digital projector and a laptop and traced the image on all four sides, all that was left to do was color in all the lines. After 2 days of non-stop painting, the help of many students and a final late night push from Kris Chau and Kevin Mercer we wrapped this hours before the gallery opening. Below is a short time laps video of the painting process and some final pictures from the gallery:
Here is a new poster I made for local area rockers Organ Blues check them out here: http://www.organblues.com/ their guitar player also built this site for me check his work out here.
I just got my copy of McSweeney’s Panorama in the mail. It is a beast, ill be devouring this thing over the next couple weeks. The team over at McSweeney’s definitely demonstrate all the great things print journalism can (still) do, with as much first-rate writing and reportage and design. I am very excited to have an illustration in this issue.
Welcome to the new site, after months of reorganizing its finally together. Have a look around, check out the updated portfolio and new items available in the store, drop me a line and let me know what you think.
December 5, 2009 – January 6, 2010
Reception: Saturday, December 5, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
The latest installment of the popular Printed Matter series of art shows will feature nearly 50 artists with a wide variety of aesthetic styles and printmaking techniques. Limited-edition prints are one of the best ways for budget-minded and new collectors to acquire artwork and support independent artists, and we are committed to providing this venue on a recurring basis. Prints will be cash-and-carry, making this an excellent resource for unique holiday shopping (more…)
