Wow…so crazy to close the chapter on this year (and DECADE!!!)
THANK YOU to everyone for the encouragement and support. I’m not doing anything special or life-saving so I appreciate the time people put in to supporting me (and other artists) this year. BIG BIG THANKS to all of my clients and patrons for taking a chance and hiring me. I hope to do more work with you guys soon!
I have no idea how 2020 is going to turn out. All I can really do is work my ass off and remember to sleep. I just really want to grow as an artist (and begrudgingly as an adult) this year!
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• I was a guest artist at @sonictemplefestival this year and they asked to use my #marilyn artwork on the side of the stadium! That blew my mind! They asked me back for 2020! So stoked! Thanks Keith and Danny!
• A few years back I had done an art print for an art show. I decided to do a portrait of #KurtCobain from the #heartshapedbox video. I was getting a lot of requests to do a new colorway - so I did. This then lead to some new projects that I hope to announce some time in 2020.
• I had some extra space on a print run so I decided to take this unpublished drawing and make a screen print of it. There are a million portraits of #edgarallenpoe I was trying to go in a different direction on this. Plus I was heavily influenced by @artofmm for this piece.
• #HPLOVECRAFT is one of my favorite authors. His work and #lovecraftian #cosmichorror style has had a BIG influence on the many projects I’ve done. This print glows in the dark. I made this into an art print after the #METALLICA print sold out.
• @METALLICA are one of those bands EVERYONE has heard of. When Tim at @nakatomi_inc hit me up to do a poster for their European tour I sent in a million ideas including the anatomical portrait of #Lovecraft I new the band was a big fan of the author and even though there are Metallica posters with #cthulu on it no one ever bothered to design a poster with the author on it. Thanks again time and Metallica for the opportunity!!!
• This was for @iggypopofficial BIG THANKS to Spelly for hiring me to do this. I knew that everyone was going to a portrait of #iggypop so I went the opposite direction. I’m glad I did. It stood out amongst the other posters (mostly portraits). #LUSTFORLIFE is my favorite album by Iggy. The pose of the #clown reminded me of all the #religiousart I grew up with. And in a way it’s also tragic. Kinda like the characters in Pop‘s music. Or even Iggy himself - a doomed romantic. A clown who can make everyone happy but himself.
• The #TAXIDRIVER piece was originally done for the #martinscorcese show curated by Ken of spoke_art at #boldhypegallery ! Still proud of this piece.
• At the beginning of 2019 @kerrangmagazine_ hit me up to design their cover and interior artwork to celebrate @gerardway (of@mychemicalromance) and his new series on @netflix " @umbrellaacad “! Such a FUN project! I hope to do more with Kerrang or MCR!!
• In 2019 I started making pillows of some of my back catalog of work. Thanks to EVERYONE who picked them up. Expect more for 2020.
That’s about it. THANKS to everyone who stuck around for the year and this novel-length post!!!