-Last Rites 5 Year Show

Tomorrow, Last Rites Gallery turns 5 with a 5 Year Anniversary Show!

Opening Party April 13th, 7pm-12am with the show running till May 18th.

Here's my painting in it.

"Dead General"
11x14 oil on wood

Last Rites Gallery
511 W 33rd St
NYC 10001
212-529-0666
lastritesgallery.com
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-HBO and Mondo Presents: Game of Thrones Show

Hi all! on Saturday in Austin for SXSW I'll be in a tribute show with all these fine folks for HBO's series, THE GAME OF THRONES. Can't post up my image yet, but its a portrait of Samwell Tarly, no suspense. Also there's gonna be a small run of prints of my piece available at the gallery.

All the info is below. Here's the list of artists, if you can't read the jpg.

Audrey Kawasaki!

Bill Sienkiewicz! 

Bruce White!  

Chet Zar! 

Craig Drake! 

Daniel Danger! 

Esao Andrews, 

Jacob Bannon! 

Jason Edmiston! 

Joao Ruas! 

Jock! 

Killian Eng! 

Mia Araujo! 

Mike Mitchell! 

N. C. Winters! 

Rich Kelly! 

Richey Beckett! 

Sanjullán! 

Thomas Hooper! 

Tom Bagshaw! 

Tim Bradstreet! 

Warwick Johnson Cadwell!

Mondo, the collectible art division of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, is partnering with HBO’s “Game of Thrones” for a poster series and gallery event running March 8 – March 12, 2013.  The gallery will be open to the public on March 8 from 7:00 – 10:00pm with regular hours to follow for the show’s duration.  The Mondo Gallery is located at 4115 Guadalupe St. in Austin, TX.

Last year, Mondo and HBO’s “Game of Thrones” collaboration at San Diego Comic-Con was a huge success and this series takes that partnership to the next level with a wide range of spectacular original works and poster art from dozens of Mondo’s world renowned artists including Craig Drake, Daniel Danger, Jason Edmiston, Horkey, Jock, Phantom City Creative, JC Richard, and Ken Taylor. This special gallery event will also launch a Mondo poster series for the acclaimed HBO series, with 8 limited edition screen prints that will be available for purchase.  The exhibit will feature the first two posters in the series along with original fine art. Following the gallery exhibit, two posters will be released digitally each week leading up to the “Game of Thrones” Season 3 premiere on March 31, 2013.

“GAME OF THRONES is a favorite of ours at Mondo.  The gallery event is intended to honor the show’s attention to visual detail and the beautiful world that George R.R. Martin has imagined and series creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have brought to life. After the success of our San Diego Comic-Con initiative with HBO in 2012, we thought this was a perfect fit.  We hope the fans feel our work has done justice to the show,” says Mondo CEO Justin Ishmael.

The gallery event will also see the premiere of Brewery Ommegang’s new “Game of Thrones” beer where attendees, 21 and older, will be the first to taste the new beer.  Launching in tandem with the season three debut on March 31, Iron Throne, a Blonde Ale, is the inaugural beer in the series and the result of a creative partnership between Ommegang and HBO.  The collaboration is focused on developing unique beers that tie into themes and nuances of the medieval-like fantasy realm of Westeros.  Iron Throne is a delicate, but piercing Golden Blonde Ale with Noble hops, a nod to having a Lannister currently on the Throne.  The beer will be nationally available on draft and in 750ml bottles, for the suggested retail price of $8.50 per bottle, beginning in mid to late March and will be followed by the launch of additional beers.

-Sister's and Hope Calling

Hello everyone. I'm offering two new prints that will be available at 1pm California Time on Friday, Dec 7th in the STORE at www.esao.net. Since I am not in the middle of moving and the prints are made and ready to pack, shipping will be very prompt this time.

Please follow Instagram twitter: @poisonousbirds for casual updates or on FACEBOOK

 "Hope Calling"

Paper size: 12" x 12"

Signed Edition of 100. $70

Shipped flat both domestic and international($6-$13)

"Hope Calling" was made to compliment the Hope Pigeon compositionally and sort of spiritually too. As a kid, I always thought the mating display of the Magnificent Frigatebird looked like a heart. Also vaguely knowing that the dove bringing back an olive branch to Noah's Arc signified that there was land somewhere beyond the flood. Together they represent Love and Hope. Happy Holidays!

 "Sister's" was made for the "Anomalies" group show at Copro Gallery in Santa Monica, CA. Words like freaks, human oddities, gaffs, cabinet of curiosities, vaudeville, carnies, gypsies.....were used to inspire some imagery for the invite. I wanted to do something simple and somewhat iconic and using those words I wanted to steer away from anything too goofy and grotesque. So I went with twins conjoined by one head, hugging each other as if they were best friends... note the heart shape in the negative space.

 "SISTERS"

Paper size: 14" x 22"

Signed Edition of 200. $80

 Orders are placed in an archival acetate sleeve, taped in place on kraft paper to keep from shifting and shipped in a crush proof tube:) Shipping will be calculated at checkout for all orders both Domestic and International(between $10-$20)

-End of Summer Print.

Hello all.
 In lieu of Summer ending, esao.net is offering a wonderful reproduction of "Joyride to Nettles Summit" as a first ever time-released print. That means on Wednesday, October 10th at 12pm to October 11th 12pm this print will be available in the STORE at www.esao.net and will be signed and numbered to the edition sold in the order they are recieved.

If you've missed out on any prints in the past and if this image is something you think you might want, here is your chance. Please follow Instagram/twitter: poisonousbirds for updates or on FACEBOOK

 "Joyride To Nettles Summit"

 Paper size: 16" x 20"

A super sharp archival reproduction on heavy matte 100% cotton rag

 Signed Edition $85

Orders are placed in an archival acetate sleeve, rolled in kraft paper and shipped in a crush proof tube. Shipping will be calculated at checkout for all orders
Domestic and International(between $10-$20)

-The Mark Inside

I did a spot illustration for Bloomberg Business week a while ago for the book review of "The Mark Inside" by Amy Reading. I haven't read it, but the write up about it sounds really interesting. check it out. Cory Doctorow wrote a bit on it too on Boingboing: HERE

-Anomalies

I'm in a group show in Los Angeles in two weeks.
Anomalies – beinArt Collective Group Exhibition at Copro Gallery

Opening Reception, Saturday, October 13th, 8pm – 11:30pm.
Exhibit runs: October 13th – November 3th, 2012.

 
 Here's the Press Release and check out the line up!

 "Anomalies" will be the third beinArt Collective group show at Copro Gallery, curated by Jon Beinart. The participating artists have been hand picked for their natural disposition towards the strange and deranged. This exhibition will showcase over 50 artists' interpretations of "Anomalies" and sideshow/carny culture. There will be paintings, drawings and sculptures of subjects that will deviate, distort and mystify. Human oddities, anatomical wonders, freaks, geeks & gaffs. Step right up and peek inside the beinArt Collective's cabinet of curiosities!

Participating artists include: Travis Louie, Esao Andrews, Chris Mars, David Stoupakis, Chet Zar, Christian Van Minnen, Scott Scheidly, Jessica Joslin, Turf One (Jean Labourdette), Naoto Hattori, Gregory Jacobsen, David Choquette, Brendan Danielson, Sandra Yagi, Tom Bagshaw, Pamela Wilson, Scott G Brooks, Peter Gric, Dietmar Gross, Heidi Taillefer, John Brophy, Richard A Kirk, Mia Araujo, Santiago Caruso, Tom Kuebler, Karl Persson, Jana Brike, Beau White, Heather Nevay, Erik Thorsandberg, Jason Montinola, Stephanie Henderson, Jennybird Alcantara, Jessica Ward, Jeff Christensen, Macsorro, Matt Dangler, Leslie Ditto, Lee Roswell, Sarina Brewer, Jennifer Knaus, Tim French, Agostino Arrivabene, Caitlin Hackett, Cliff Wallace, Mark Elliott, Brian Smith, Hector Javier Ramirez, Larkin, Murielle Belin, Erik Alos & Mark Gleason.

The beinArt Collective was formed to increase public awareness of strange figurative art, in galleries, online and in print. Each artist has been selected for their ability to express themselves imaginatively with exceptional technique and uncompromising individuality. The beinArt Collective is testimony to a huge international movement of figurative artists who have resisted current trends in the art world and remained true to their artistic vision.

beinArt Collective: http://beinart.org/
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/280689912041906/

Press release on the Copro Gallery site: http://www.copronason.com/oct_12_pr.html

Press Release on beinArt.org: http://beinart.org/art-news/2012/09/20/anomalies-beinart-collective-group-show-at-copro-gallery/

-Inside The Sketchbook on Hi Fructose.

JL Schnabel of BloodMilk asked me a few questions about my sketchbooks on HiFructose.com for their ongoing series "Inside The Sketchbook". More images on the link.

Circa Survive/Violent Waves.

Circa Survive has announced their new, self-released album titled Violent Waves slated for August 28th. They have some cool bundles on hand, a special 100 edition of the album will be a hand painted collaboration with the guys in the band and my silk-screened drawings.

For everyone who knows Circa Survive, they are unbelievably personable with their audience. They're doing a few with handwritten lyrics and all sorts of stuff to make this album a truly unique package. See the video and visit www.circasurvive.com for all the details.



Box set cover.


detail.