NY Night Train New Years Ball

The 15th annual NY Night Train New Years Ball is upon us and here is my new poster for it! You'll notice in some process pics there is already a poster with Kid Congo Powers that I am using for reference. Well, last year, Kid was scheduled to headline the party but had to back out last minute due to an injury. He's all healed up and back for the party this year so I created a new background with new information and just slapped the drawing of him from last year's poster onto this one. 

It was a bit tricky, color-wise, working on it without a central figure this time but I think I got it put together ok. I stuck with the pink and green elements that I pulled from the Gun Club classic, Fire of Love but wanted to add some elements that referenced another one of their albums: The 1984 classic, Las Vegas Story.

This baby will sell out so get those tickets asap ----> TICKETS!

 

Drawing the Things I Want To (11-15)

    

Flix Bus Station. 31st and 8 ave. (11/15)

4 x 6"

"Oh, Look! The Mother Rhino is Giving Birth!" (12/15)

4 x 6"

70mph McDonald's. I-17 Arizona. (13/15)

4 x 7"

Motel. Holbrook, AZ. (14/15)

4 X 6"

Hopi Travel Plaza. Holbrook, AZ. (15/15)

6 X 9 "

"Signs on The Road" #7 - 9

Recently wrapped up a few more pieces in the "Signs on The Road" series. I was originally thinking I would only make 6 but, the world keeps turning and I keep writing down little observations so I'm thinking this will just be an ongoing series until I'm absolutely tired of making these. I can't claim credit for one of these because I pulled it from Neil Young's "Sail Away" one of my favorite songs off Rust Never Sleeps. It felt like doing a cover song that fit in with the concept of an album I'm working on.

There's a pic of the 8 out of 9 pieces I have (1 of them sold last year so I no longer have that framed original) down below so you can see the time changing through the series. 

 

Preliminary Sketches

Over the last year I've had a growing desire to get back into painting on my free time so I've been gathering photos, both digital and film, of possible subjects I want to work on through the cold winter months. This is a small selection of places I'm strongly considering and some preliminary sketches. 

The first two photos are from my day trip through Holbrook, AZ, a very interesting and surreal place, and the last 2 are from Rochester, NY and Durham, NC. The restaurant in Durham, NC was my cousin's place and they sadly had to close their doors due to a terminated lease back in the fall. Rumor on the street is the building will be demolished for...you guessed it, luxury apartments. I know, same old story everywhere right now. We figured we should immortalize the beloved restaurant and the building that housed it since they both will no longer exist in downtown Durham.

 

Yaki Tiki A-Frames

Just whipped up a batch of a-frames for the new restaurant, YAKI TIKI in the Greepoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. The restaurant kicked off on Saturday, June 1st and we had limited time to get all the signs completed so I spent an entire afternoon churning these out as I was fed ice cream, beer, coffee and some pizza as I wrapped up the menu. I was psyched when they mentioned they enjoyed my neon work and wanted to shoot for something along those lines. Combining that with the kitsch of vintage tiki bar illustrations was right up my alley. Thanks again to George for asking me to contribute. Be sure to check Yaki Tiki out this summer in the backyard of the A/D/O building. Saturday and Sunday 12-8PM.