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May 27, 2026 By squirt

Chuck Sperry’s Danaïde Blotter EQL Release

“Danaïde” Blotter 2026 • Edition of 300 • 6.25 x 9 • Shakedown Gallery • (without border)
Perforated into 900 quarter-inch squares • Signed and Numbered

In celebration of Bicycle Day 2026, I released my newest blotter “Danaïde” through Shakedown Gallery – now I’m making it available to my friends and supporters through EQL!

I will make a limited online launch of “Danaïde” through EQL opening on Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 9 am PST. The launch closes on Friday, May 29, 2026 at 9 pm PST. The ballot will be open for 36 hours. As long as you enter during this timeframe, time of entry does not impact your chances of purchase.

You are free to register once for the launch. Multiple entries per launch will be penalized. You may only win 1 blotter from the live launch within this 36 hour period. One per household.

Join the Launch, countdown, and Set a “Notify Me” Reminder:

JOIN EQL LAUNCH

“Danaïde” wears early spring flowers and carries her terracotta amphora decorated with the winged horse Pegasus. As Pegasus stamps the earth, so bursts a spring; as Hippocrene flows on Mt Helicon, so flows inspiration from the source of the muses.

The myth of the 50 Danaïdes, condemned for all eternity to toil, to endlessly carry water to fill a leaking vessel. Sisyphus fated to bear his heavy stone uphill, only to lose his burden near the hilltop, and to begin again. 

This is our struggle for equal rights, for our democracy. To paraphrase Albert Camus: the struggle itself — to continually work to fill the leaking jar — is enough to fill her heart. One must imagine the Danaïdes happy.

Filed Under: Rock Posters Tagged With: Bicycle Day, Chuck Sperry, Danaide Blotter, Shakedown Street, Sphere

April 15, 2025 By squirt

Chuck Sperry’s “The Mystic” & “Iphigenia” Blotters • 
Online Release with EQL

“The Mystic” • Edition of 300 • 6.25 x 9 • Shakedown Gallery • (without border)

Perforated into 900 quarter-inch squares • Signed and Numbered

In celebration of Bicycle Day 2025, my two newest blotters “The Mystic” and “Iphigenia” will be made available to my friends and supporters through EQL!

I will make a limited online launch of “The Mystic” and “Iphigenia” through EQL launch opening on Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 9 am PST. The launch closes on Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 9 pm PST. The ballot will be open for 36 hours. As long as you enter during this timeframe, time of entry does not impact your chances of purchase.

There will be two live launches: 1 launch for each blotter edition (“The Mystic” and “Iphigenia”).

You are free to register once for each launch. Multiple entries per launch will be penalized.

You may only win 1 blotter from each of the live launches within this 36 hour period. One per household. I will not match numbers.

Visit the launch page for the release (countdown and launch)

JOIN EQL LAUNCH

“Iphigenia” • Edition of 300 • 9 x 11.25 • BC Blotter Co • (with border)

Vegetable based inks • 80# unbleached cotton paper • Signed and Numbered

 

BICYCLE DAY CELEBRATIONS:

LIVE RELEASE: Join Shakedown Gallery on Shakedown Street behind The Tuscany in Las Vegas during the Dead and Company Sphere run on Bicycle Day weekend, April 17-19th – where “The Mystic” will be available.

LIVE RELEASE: Join BC Blotter Co. and celebrate Bicycle Day Saturday, 4/19 and 4/20 at Psychedelic SF Gallery at 1399 Haight Street, San Francisco – where “Iphigenia” will be available.

Filed Under: Art Prints Tagged With: BC Blotter Co, Bicycle Day, Chuck Sperry, Dead & Company, Iphigenia Blotter, Psychedelic SF, Shakedown Street, Sphere, The Mystic Blotter

April 18, 2021 By squirt

Albert Hofmann, Bicycle Day 2021

Albert Hofmann, Bicycle Day 2021
21 x 30.5
Edition of 300
5 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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Albert Hofmann, Bicycle Day 2021
21 x 30.5
Silver Edition of 20
5 colors on silver metallic paper
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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Albert Hofmann, Bicycle Day 2021
21 x 30.5
Gold Edition of 10
5 colors on gold metallic paper
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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In celebration of Bicycle Day 2021 here is my screen print portrait of Albert Hofmann the father of psychedelic medicine. On April 19, 1943 the Swiss chemist and creator of lysergic acid diethylamide, dropped his novel invention LSD and went on a bike trip, and became the first person to trip on acid.

I will be making a very limited online release of this poster and its variants on Monday, April 19, 2021 at 10-11 am PST.

Limited to one (1) per household. Subsequent orders will be cancelled. 

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Shakedown Gallery invited me aboard their psychelicious celebration of the 78th Anniversary of Bicycle Day inspiring my art print (above).

Shakedown will be making an online release of a blotter art version of my portrait of Albert Hofmann (an hour earlier) at 9 am PST on April 19, 2021. 

LINK HERE

So don’t miss the opportunity to get both blotter and art print!

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Chuck Sperry’s books are available HERE

Filed Under: Rock Posters Tagged With: Albert Hofmann, Bicycle Day, Chuck Sperry

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Chuck Sperry lives in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, where he’s made his particular style of rock poster designs for over 20 years. He operates Hangar 18, a silkscreen print studio, located in Oakland. Learn More…

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