There has been a lot going on this past month. I have been busy at work preparing for this years Art Walk. This years Art Walk is July 15 - 17 from 10AM - 5PM rain or shine. Once again I will be in front of Etzio Womens Wear at 10338 82 AVE NW. Thanks again to the fine folks at Etzio for having me back. I really appreciate it. I have been focusing on my Rainbow Series and have been steadily working away at it. For this part of the series I focused on Classic Album Covers. I really pushed the medium and pushed myself. This year I am even introducing gold foil into some of the pieces. These will be among some of my strongest pieces to date. I am really excited about them and proud to see how this series is evolving and where it will end up. Even though the pieces are growing in execution and scope the mandate remains the same. To make vibrant original pop art on a reclaimed album cover using one spray stencil accented by the foil and rainbow elements. The way these elements interact and effect each other will get more and more stunning and creative as the series goes on.
Since I have been so busy and have spent the past few months working on my art pieces I have decided that instead of launching a new product at the Saturday May 28 Handmade Mafia Market at the Strathcona Baptist Church at 8318 - 104 Street from 10AM-4PM that I would leak some info about my new pieces to be launched at Art Walk on Friday July 15.
I have made 14 new pieces based on Classic Album Covers. These will be released in Editions of 3 per piece. That makes 42 pieces of original art in total. These are all Handmade Multiples or HPMs. They are all original pieces based on the same image and will be signed and numbered. The reason I decided to Edition my work is to make my original pieces available to more then one person and to keep the prices of these pieces as affordable as possible. It is important to me to make my work accessible to everyone and editioning is a great way to do that. Now without further ado here are the album covers that will be available for purchase on Friday July 15 through to Sunday July 17. These will go for $100 each and they are:
The Beatles A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles Help!
The Clash London Calling
The Dandy Warhols Welcome To The Monkey House (GOLD foil)
The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico (GOLD foil)
David Bowie Aladdin Sane
Led Zeppelin Houses Of The Holy (GOLD & SILVER foil)
Madonna True Blue
Nirvana Nevermind
Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon
The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers
Rush Retrospective I
Rush Retrospective II
The Who Who's Next
This will be the first time I introduce the GOLD foil and I will post pictures of all the pieces as I complete them.
The EVENT this Saturday is always a good opportunity to check out my work and chat. I love meeting people and fans of my work. I will have plenty of original art, greeting cards, stickers, stuffed toys, and magnets available for sale. I hope to see you there!
-Lon
