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Widespread Panic “Winter” Variant Editions

Widespread Panic “Winter”

Speckled Frost Edition

22 x 33

Edition of 25

7 color silkscreen (metallics, glazes and rich hand-mixed colors)

Printed on Speckled Frost Paper

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Widespread Panic “Winter”

White Marble Parchment Edition

22 x 33

Edition of 23

7 color silkscreen (metallics, glazes and rich hand-mixed colors)

Printed on White Marble Parchment

SOLD OUT – Thank You!

Widespread Panic “Winter”

Snowflake Edition

22 x 33

Edition of 9

7 color silkscreen (metallics, glazes and rich hand-mixed colors)

Printed on Snowflake Patterned Paper

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Widespread Panic “Winter”

Mirror Foil Edition

22 x 33

Edition of 12

7 color silkscreen (metallics, glazes and rich hand-mixed colors)

Printed on Mirror Foil

SOLD OUT – Thank You!

I’ll be making a very limited release of the variant editions on Sunday, January 9, 2011 at a random time.

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A portion of the sale of the Widespread Panic variant editions will go to help my dear friend Charles Bock and family.

You may remember, I designed the cover of his novel “Beautiful Children.” Check out the book cover design and the poster here.

I’ll quote Charles McGrath about Charles and his situation from the New York Times: “The writer Charles Bock made a great many literary friendships during the years while he struggled to complete his first novel, “Beautiful Children.” When Mr. Bock’s wife, Diana Colbert, was discovered to have leukemia and underwent a bone marrow transplant in the fall of 2009, many of those friends pitched in to offer household help. In October, Ms. Colbert’s leukemia returned (she is scheduled for another transplant next month), and three of the Bocks’ friends, the novelists Fiona Maazel and Mary-Beth Hughes and the writer Leigh Newman, decided they needed to help even more. “We said everything that can be done, should be done,” Ms. Maazel recalled. So on Feb. 6th, at P.S. 122 in the East Village, the Bock friends are throwing what they’re calling “the most literary rent party ever.” Full article

Article in The New Yorker

Here’s a link to donate to Charles Bock and his family.


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Moonalice at Slim’s SF Poster – January 3,4,5 – Moonalice TV Live

Moonalice is starting 2011 with a live three night Moonalice TV engagement at Slim’s in San Francisco. I made this silkscreened poster for the event at the request of the band, art directed by Chris Shaw.

The subject in my poster is hanging a poem or prayer in a tree. This is an ancient human ritual. People have been doing this in every quarter of the world forever. I was in England with Chris Hopewell from Jacknife posters and he took me to the Avesbury Stones (the little Stonehenge), and the oak trees around the site were streaming with prayer ribbons. My girlfriend Nancy hangs ribbons in the tree across the street. The ancient ritual again. It’s 2011, so we hang posters on telephone poles. And Moonalice, they livestream their rock show – and since we live in a technological new millennium – their poems are hung electronically on the air.

Moonalice at Slim’s San Francisco (M333)

January 3, 4, 5, 2011

Silkscreen Poster

16.25 x 33

Edition of 125

5 Color Silkscreen on archival cream paper

Signed and Numbered

SOLD OUT

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Moonalice 333 Speckled Variant

Silkscreen Poster

16.25 x 33

Edition of 13

5 Color Silkscreen on speckled paper

Signed and Numbered

SOLD OUT

I’ll be making a very limited release of this poster on Thursday, January 6, 2011 at noon PST.



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Grinderman at The Warfield, November 29, 2010

Grinderman rocked it tonight! Nick Cave was so good. The band has an undefinable sound. The only word to use to describe it is: excellent. I was led into the dressing room to show the poster to Nick Cave, and his reaction was, “Wow! That’s beautiful.” Told Cave the image was based on “Heathen Child” and showed him her Eye of Horus make-up, and he cracked a smile and said, “Right on.” Great night!

I printed this with Eye-Fry deluxe, hitting the red two times to make it extra rich. The background metallic is a beautiful blend from blue-silver to green-silver.

Grinderman, Armen Ra at The Warfield, Monday, November 29, 2010

Firehouse Goldenvoice Poster Series Number 126

22 x 33

4 colors on archival cream paper

Signed and Numbered

SOLD OUT – Thank You!

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GWAR at The Regency, November 21, 2010

Part flesh-eating zombie / part Glenn Beck portrait, my poster for Gwar at The Regency Ballroom is printed on Abrasive 150 Grit Sandpaper in an edition of 125. Perfect for rounding wood corners and for fixing uneven table legs.

I made two variants:

There is an edition of 12 on Very Fine 220 Grit Sandpaper – The best choice for sanding after priming, staining and sealing.

There is also an edition of 12 on Extra Fine 320 Grit Sandpaper – Ideal for sanding between coats of finish.

It seemed appropriate to make a poster for Gwar that would destroy all other posters. And given the abrasive personality of Glenn Beck only harsh sandpaper paper would do. I printed this by hand at Hangar 18, with extra care, applying four coats of ink on the bottom layer, three coats of ink on the second color, and two coats of ink on the last (sanding lightly between each layer – just kidding). One unintentional coolness that happened while printing this is that the clear blue final color picked up texture and luminosity from the emory and sand – and shines like a metallic ink. Even when I try to use regular colors they go metallic on me!

Gwar at The Regency Ballroom, Sunday, November 21, 2010

Firehouse Goldenvoice Poster Series Number 124

9 x 11

Edition of 125

3 colors on Abrasive 150 Grit Sandpaper

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

Gwar at The Regency Ballroom, Sunday, November 21, 2010

Firehouse Goldenvoice Poster Series Number 124

9 x 11

Edition of 12

3 colors on Very Fine 220 Grit Sandpaper

Signed and Numbered

SOLD OUT

Gwar at The Regency Ballroom, Sunday, November 21, 2010

Firehouse Goldenvoice Poster Series Number 124

9 x 11

Edition of 12

3 colors on Extra Fine 320 Grit Sandpaper

Signed and Numbered

SOLD OUT

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