"I'm not much on Rear Window ethics" print for upcoming Gallery1988 Suspense&Gallows show

This is my piece for the upcoming Gallery 1988 show "Suspense&Gallows:a tribute to Hitchcock" opening friday April. 13th in Santa Monica, Ca (Gallery1988 Venice location).

I was foruntate to be able to base my piece on the Alfred Hitchcock classic 'Rear Window'.

Always loved watching this one growing up!

The prints namesake, a quote from Grace Kelly in the film, offered quite a prophetic parallel to our current voyeuristic culture.

As you can see the colors came out quite beautiful and more vibrant than anticipated(good thing:) Printed by the lovely folks at The Half and Half.

I'll have copies of this available in my store toward the end of April.

Gallery 1988 Adult Swim show print

Below is my print for Gallery 1988's Adult Swim show which opened January.3 in Los Angeles.

I was asked to have the print combine elements/characters from 3 of their live actions show...Children's Hospital, NTSF:SD:SUV and Eagleheart.

The result was the print entitiled "The Healing power of Mayhem". Features 16 characters from the 3 shows.

Its a 3-color, 13x25", printed on 100lb French poptone Berrylicious.

For progress shots of the illustration process go to my Flickr page

2 new concert posters

Thought I'd post these 2 most recent posters as a nice wrap up to 2012.

First up...Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears.....19x25, 3-color silk screen, printed on 100lb speckletone Brown paper by Half and Half, run of 50.

Second...Is my poster for legendary punk band X. This is a hand stippled illustration.

The poster measures 19x25, 3-color, printed on100lb French speckletone Kraft paper, run of 50

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Both of these will be up shortly in the webstore along with some older prints.

Bad Dads 2: Needle in the Hay..

This is a print for the upcoming Spokeart "Bad Dads 2" show opening Oct. 30 in San Francisco.

Its a 18x24", 4-color silk screen, edition of 40.

The print is based on the Wes Anderson classic "The Royal Tenenbaums" and is entitled "Needle in the Hay.."

The print explores Richie's struggle as he comes to terms with being true to his feelings, no matter the consequence. The piece explores the parallell between Richie confronting his feelings in personal relations and the liberation of Mordecai.

Later in the film we see an older Mordecai return to Richie. Both Mordecai and Richie, wiser and truer.

As you can see one of the layers is printed in metallic gold. These will be made available in the next few weeks. Stay tuned!

Spokeart's Bad Dads 2

A few months ago I was asked to participate in the upcoming sequel to Spokeart's hit Bad Dads

show from Fall 2010.

I chose to do a print which focused on a personal favorite Wes Anderson movie The Royal

Tenenbaum's.

I wanted to explore and illustrate the results of these characters in the pursuit of their desires.

How in some cases the truth set them free. Which is why I decided to include Mordecai. Richie

setting Mordecai free is as much a representation of his independence as Richie slitting his wrists

or confronting Margoux, Royal and Eli with his true feelings.

Anyway...more to come:)

Check out my Flickr photoset for now

Sketches! Upcoming!

Just uploaded a lot more sketch/concept art to my Flickr account.

Check them out. You might be surprised!

A Lesson in Collaboration:Steven Speir/Charles Moran

I recently participated in Masthead Gallery "A Lesson in Collaboration" with Steven Speir.

The collab was featured on "Inside the Rock Poster Frame". The link to the post is here