Holy cow! It’s been 10yrs since that time I sat in my living room (my current art studio was occupied with music recording equipment I more or less wasn’t even using) and drank and painted a can of Old Style a night from October 29th to November 27th. I had come up with the idea prior in the year, but it wasn’t until Cheri from Revolution Gallery gave me I show that I decided it was time to actually do it. And of course, I drug my feet until the last minute. Finishing only 13 days before the show needed to be hung. Alongside the painting I even included all of the matching cans for each painting. Signed and numbered, I filled them with sand and topped them with “beer colored” crystals. Some people left the sculptural part behind. I currently use those leftovers as bookends and paper weights around the house.
But now 10yrs later, I’m finally releasing the long talked about compilation print. And I’m glad I did. The new version looks so much better than the mock-up I did about 4yrs ago (last image below). We’ll be doing a limited run of 30 (duh!) as an 18”x24” poster size print. They’ll come with some bonus stuff. Are there even 30 people that want one? That’s to be seen. A more standard 11”x14” will be available also. But at that size each can is only like 2” tall. Yawn.
They’re up for pre-order in the shop. Official release on December 11th! Same day as the actual show in 2010…
