Mogwai!

I got to do a poster for one of my favorite progressive rock out fits Mogwai, Scottish ambient rock at its finest. It was a crunch deadline due to... me being an idiot. But it is done and I think it turned out pretty strong considering design, sep, print, and ship all happened within 3 days...rough.



Mogwai poster- 16X26 2 color print on french 80lbs speckletone cream signed and numbered edition of 80, 25 slod out through the band during the tour.
holler at the email to get you one
bchuth@yahoo.com.

OMG poster show at 1988

Just go to do a piece for the required reading show put on by OMG posters over at 1988 gallery in LA. Each artist was able to pick a book and illustrate a version of the cover. I chose one of my favorite tales of teen angst and rebellious youth, Siddhartha. I know if you have read this book you would say there are no tigers or smoke even mentioned in the text. And I would say to that "you are right" but that's the enigmatic symbolism I came up with, so deal with it.


there was also a brown variant that sold out at the show. I have both and several art pint versions that have no text or Damask pattern in the background



Siddhartha- book print from 1988 5 color screen print signed and numbered edition of 80 $25
dreaming tiger- art print edition of 10 5 color screen print signed and numbered as AP's $25
both prints are around 14X22 on 80lbs classic crest celery or sandstorm paper
holler at my email to get some
bchuth@yahoo.com

Lucero yo

Did these posters for Lucero's US tour it was a big tour something like 36 dates over 2 months. We ended up doing 90 of each of the 4 designs and they sold out entirely through the band before the tour was over...then they sold out through me about2 weeks later but enjoy looking and not touching.






each poster was 16X26 on 100lbs classic crest natural edition of 90 artist proof sets were signed and numbered of 10. Some originals may go up for sale depending on local purchasing so stay tuned.

hooded

I just finished painting for Something Independent's "the Art of Winter" show during SIA. This group is bringing together local artists and Colorado based snow sport companies to promote our brands and culture to the broader scope of the industry. This deck will be displayed along Larimer square for the week of SIA 26th-31st and will be auctioned at the reception at Green Russell on the 26th.



This board was really impromptu; no preliminary sketches, little reference, no concepting, just paint and it ended up seeing a few different versions and drastic modifications before it was turned in

5X1 feet acrylic on snowboard opening bid is $300.

the hunt

Exciting Exciting times. Next week Denver will be hosting SIA for the second time. We will be hosting a group art show called "the Hunt" in the new renovation of crema/black cloud workshop. Tons of great artists from all over the snowsports industries and just great artists in general will deck the walls of the new expanded gallery space during the larimer st. block party that will host a rail jam and music events throughout the day on the 28th of January 2011.



Crema/ Black Cloud wrkshp is 2862 Larimer
beers and shnaks during artist reception 1-28-11 from 7pm -11pm

Mongooseded

Finished this painting after 6 months in a holding pattern. I originally made the image back in July for the band Rosetta's show at the hidive but for some reason couldn't hammer out a finish on it until now. Whatever, it will be available next week 1-26-2011 at the "Hunt" group art show at the Larimer block party during SIA. I will post the flier for that as well.


Mongoosed 12X15 acrylic on panel $200



3 color screen print 20X26 $20....i think...let me know and we'll work it out also available at the "Hunt" show.

touch up

Just before thnx gvng I went down to Kaladi to touch up a mural I painted there a number of years ago. Originally designed as a graffiti deterrent the mural was commissioned by the shop to resemble a mix of Catholic Iconography and modern street art and it has really become a landmark in the DU neighborhood. But due to the fact that I incorporated a lot of wheat pasting and wood panel installation the weather in CO has really given this mural a proper beating. Unfortunately I never got good documentation of it while it was fresh on the wall and I only just recently took photos of it. I am omitting the ratty parts to save face but understand the wall is 44FEET X 19FEET and the main character is a good 15feet tall. huge, one man, one ladder, 2.5 months of work.


the patron saint of coffee is, a close up of the main character St. Drogo as he spreads the zen of coffee over his followers.

the electrical boxes at the end of the wall feature small portraits of a number of saints and I have, from time to time, found flowers and rosaries attached to the faced of the mural, and I thought that was pretty neat.

seasons f'ng greetings

Just hand pulled some seasonal cards for Crema coffee and Designer Nigel "3 star"Penhale who broke an uncontested world record for most F-bombs used in a holiday card. Thought they looked nice wanted you to think so to.


so be nice and you might fucking get one.

Winter Soiree

So I was asked to do a sow poster for Nataniel Ratliff's 4 annual winter soiree at the Fox theater. It featured performances by Nathaniel Rateliff, the Centennial, Harpoontang, and Paper bird under an alias for booking reasons. here is the poster


playing off of the idea of a field notebook with a winter twist
17X23- 2 color on 65# astrobright
signed and numbered of 45-$15

mod livin it up

So we have a show up till...sometime in January. Its a cool show a lot of diverse work, but it is at a cluttered furniture store way out on colfax called Mod Livin' . Really neat stuff but high prices and low art sales. So I made my contribution to the show more design oriented a few show posters but mostly some nice mono prints.


These are available as a set 4- 12X18 unique one offs each number is hand designed and hand pulled to insure uniqueness. $120 for the set

I also have 2 of my favorite mono prints of all time both are from the last 2 years of art crank prints, hanging in the show either of which I would be happy to part with, unframed, for $200. but I don't have photos so let me know if you are interested and I will see what I can dig up.

anal bum cover process

So this little project for local Denver whu-dup funk band Bop Skizzum took an unforeseen turn for the metal. I had a nice little concept cover designed out for their latest 7" titled Beauty Queen all set to roll when they went off the Pushead deep end and wanted to stick with something a bit more macabra.

here is the full process of what came to be


I was given some images by band of things that they had been kicking around and they were really into album cover for DJ Shadow's-The outsider by The designer Paul Insect . Eventually they picked this image which was crudely thrown together in a matter of minutes just to give the band a concept idea. Bare in mind most clients whom call me are on a tight deadline and we went from concept to final up on itunes in less than a weeks time.



From there they left it up to me to make it a bit more "funky" and add some color and my own kind of touch too it. Of course what I do next is so far above and beyond what I needed to it is kind of pathetic. I made 2 YES TWO different paintings (you know with the brushes and the tactile mediums and all) that I proceeded to discard in the name of the basic line drawing whihc is next.


This is the cleaned up fine line drawing I made from the painting above. I went from full color painting and regressed back to black line drawing. Don't say I never learned process progression while snowboarding, I mean going to art school.


I scanned that drawing; added some "funk" colors; came up with a text based hand drawn logo; slapped it on the ass; and sent it home with mommy...er something. 45+ plus hours to layout front and back of the sleeve and the spindle covers, which are probably the best part of the whole project and I still feel like the concept I preferred would have been not only more appropriate but also more interesting. maybe I will post that someday but that aint today, cause honestly I may sell it to someone at some point. 4 hours billed...thanks local band budgets because of you I can pay almost half my rent...most of the time.

I will be selling the paintings and some hand tinted prints soon, the album is available on itunes now and I will shoot some photos of the actual vinyl when it comes in after the new year. I am sure there will be a an album launch party at some bar but I probably wont be there...cause I'm broke.

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system and station

So some friends of mine in a little band from Portland that you may have heard of called
System and Station did a live show and recorded an album of which all proceeds went to a charity for homeless kids in Oregon. Here is the poster I did for it.



good ole Nigel "ping pong" Penhale threw down on the text and I wrapped it up in illustration town.

12X 23-2 color on 80# nina tarragon paper $15
signed and numbered of 60 also available through the band

Beast of Burden

Its been a good long while since I finished up a painting. Was feeling rusty and this one just didn't want to get tucked in and put to sleep but after about 6 weeks of work its finally at a point where I am tired of changing things back and forth and feel its best to just lock it down as is. So here it is in all its glory.


Beast of Burden 13X15 acrylic on panel-client Kaladi coffee
Price $200 unframed $265 framed in a custom wood frame of my choosing
bchuth@yahoo.com for inquiries.

Junk mail man

If you find one of these in your mail box better run. I have been working on this resume/folio mailer for so long its making my eyes bleed to ensure that it makes your eyes bleed...with awesome.


Some will be sent out via the interweb soon others will be physically mailed out in a nice limited printed envelope with some nice limited goodies included. If you are interested in getting something like that get a hold of me cause I am gonna need to know where you live.

Mountain dew done did dat

Got to do a sweet poster for Mountain Dew's last campaign...back in June...I think. Anyway these were 1 color screen prints done by another printer so I did my best to make it as tough as I could just to see if the guy had an metal, and he sure as shit did even though they are UV ink not acrylic.

18X24 I have a few left if you are interested let me know and we can talk about price.

I just want to draw like this all the damn time. If you have a band or a project you want something like this for better let me know.