APATOW TRIBUTE TONIGHT!

Tonight is G1988's Judd Apatow Tribute group show, hosted by the man himself: Judd Apatow.  It's a great line up, and should be a great show.  Very excited for the opening.

My screenprint "Fogell" has been given a second chance at life and it's all thanks to Jensen and Katie at G1988.  Originally intended for a different (and significantly more disastrous) Apatow tribute show, my Superbad inspired piece will be on display at G1988 tonight and I couldn't be more stoked.

The print pays tribute to the greatest character in what may very well be my favorite Apatow movie of all time.  It is entitled "Fogell", is printed with 3 colors on cool gray Strathmore paper, and is available in an edition of only 20 prints, with the final print in the series for sale in frame.  Printed as always by yours truly, in my lovely garage.

"Fogell"

Edition of 20 prints, inspired by "Superbad"

FOGELL

Well hello there.  I have been very busy the past few days making and screenprinting some posters for an upcoming show at Kato Gallery in San Diego.  The show is taking place July 14th and 15th at the Firehouse Gallery in San Diego, so if you happen to be in the area for Comic Con, you should definitely go check it out, its only a couple blocks away.  The show is called 'The Apatow Effect' and focuses on the films and television shows produced by Judd Apatow, the man responsible for such classics as '40 Year Old Virgin', 'Pineapple Express', 'Step Brothers', etc, etc.

My piece is based on the best character from 'Superbad', a movie that resonated with me on a very deep level when I saw it back in the day.  It is entitled, "Fogell", and is available in an edition of 20 prints.

This was actually the fastest I've ever turned out a poster as I left myself very little time to do a piece for this show.  I started sketching out the first layer Friday evening, and had the last poster printed by Tuesday night.  With such a tight deadline I tried to keep things very simple and stick to a tight schedule (Saturday: finish pencil drawing and ink first layer, Sunday: draw/ink 2nd and third layers, scan layers and print transparencies, Monday: Gather supplies, coat/expose 3 screens, Tuesday: Cut paper and print posters.) 

For the most part I was able to keep to this, although I inevitably ran into problems with my emulsion and wasted almost a full day trying over and over to get decent exposures on my only 3 screens.  Anyone that has dealt with silkscreening knows how annoying this is.  All these technical issues have made me really appreciate and yearn for the days of my art schooling where I had access to equipment that makes all of these stupid tasks very easy and fast.  Instead I have had to work with the very limited resources I do have to replicate these processes.  The two machines I miss the most are replaced by embarrassingly lower quality solutions:

So all you art school folks out there, just cherish it okay?  CHERISH IT!

Ok I'm done with that.  And the posters came out alright too, I guess:

"FOGELL"

Thanks for reading.