My latest paintings invade downtown Cleveland!

Earlier this week my latest paintings are on display at two locations in downtown Cleveland. How long has yet to be determined, but it will be at least a couple months. Check 'em out!

Erie Island Coffee Co.
East 4th Street, Cleveland, OH
216.394.0093
http://erieislandcoffee.com/contact.html
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Phoenix Coffee
1300 W. 9th St
Cleveland, OH 44113
216.771.9696
http://www.phoenixcoffee.com/shop/locations.asp
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Wine Tasting and Art Exhibit Poster

This is the first version of the poster. I was researching other wine tasting posters trying to emulate those styles while making it look cool. Instead it looks kind of cheesy. I like certain parts, but there's way too many ideas going on.



So I started to brainstorm other ideas and really simplify things. I wanted the poster to be clear, crisp and stylish. When working this way, color became an even more important factor.

The illustrations are modeled after real photos, but I stripped them down. I liked this style and wanted to design around a simple drawing.



Since this was a Champagne tasting paired with an art exhibit, I chose to use some straight forward imagery. Once again, the glass and paint brush were modeled after real photos.

The images were set by now, it was only a matter of finding the right lay out.



After much tooling of the design, we decided on this version. Simple, clean, cool! The names of the artists were all kept the same size so as not to show favoritism!

ART and DJ Skillz Converge at Edison's

Here's the poster I designed for a show I did back in September, 2009. Actually it was more than just an art exhibit. I DJed the event as well! I was stretched a bit thin as far as talking to everyone, but it sure was a fun night. It was a chance to merge so many things I love: art, music, friends and beer!

I made a short video of the event too! Check it out below. While you're at it, scope out other art videos on my YouTube channel HERE!