NEW WORK: RVA Krampusnacht

Check out this large format poster piece in person at the annual RVA Krampusnacht to coincide with Richmond’s annual Krampus walk in Carytown the following day, Dec 5th. The exhibition is up for the month of December. Opens 7PM, December 4th, at Gallery5 (200 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220). I’ll also have smaller versions  at 11″ X 17″ available at the event.  More info here.

Here is the tentative list of amazing artists in the group show: Brit Austin, Richard Becker, Audrey Benjaminsen, Charles Berger, Sishir Bommakanti, Mickael Broth, Nick Bryant, Erin Conley, Brad Douglas, Melissa Duffy, Jacob Eveland, Parker Galore, Autumn Haynes, Adam Juresko, Kyle Katterjohn, Bizhan Khodabandeh, Ish Keller, Lily Lamberta, Amelia Blair Langford, Abigail Larson, Al Lukehart, Onca O'Leary, Jeff Pageau, Dave Parrish, Scott Parsons, Bryan Patterson, Nicole Pisaniello. Sam Randolph, Oura Sananikone, Morgan Sawyer, Andrew Slater, Tim Sinclair, Emily Schy, Courtney Elizabeth Stowell, Jean-baptiste Stowell, Beth Stratton, Will Towles, Ross Trimmer, Cathyrn Virginia, Steven Warrick, and more TBA

New Work: Localore

Identity for one of 15 Localore: Finding America projects. The point of departure is conversations with locals leading to monuments of forgotten sites and people in the city of Richmond. To represent this, I used two human profiles creating a monument to a citizen. The lettering is custom. This project is titled, “UnMonumental” and is being executed by independent producer, Kelley Libby in Richmond, VA.

About Localore
“The program, run by AIR, partners independent producers with public media stations and provides them with funding through July to cover underserved communities.”

About UnMonumental
“Richmond’s African Burial Ground rests under I-95 and at the center of debate about where to place a new stadium. It’s the first stop for a public radio and art enterprise that introduces us to many of Richmond’s hidden or forgotten sites and the people who cross these spaces.”

Blue Grass Festival Poster

My Richmond Bluegrass Festival poster was selected to be in this years Society of Illustrators annual as well as the exhibition!

RVA Yart Sale

This coming Sunday, I’ll be at this event tabling my books, prints, boards, shirts and more! Get a peek at my stuff here in my store!

1-5pm Oct 18th, at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, 2408 Ownby Lane, Richmond, VA, 23220.

New Work

Designed and Illustrated with the talented David Pijor and myself. This is a great Halloween series of events coming up. More info here.

SINK/SWIM’s Comic Creator EXPO!!!!

OCT 17th 11AM-5PM at Gallery5 200 W Marshall St. More info here.

The tentative list of participants:
Chris Visions (Dead Letters, Constantine),  Rick Spears (The Auteur, Carnage, Black Metal, Wolverine), Richie Pope (Spera, Time Magazine, New York Times), Jim Callahan (The Auteur, Strange Detective Tales, Rotting In Dirtville), Scott Wegner (Atomic Robo), Brian Clevenger (Atomic Robo), Matt Dembicki (XOC, DC Conspiracy), Frans Boukas (Bartkira, Goon),  Ian Sampson (Pep Talk, Up To the Top, Ignatz Award Nominee), Morgan Sawyer (Hyper Slum), Jared Cullum (Baba’s Accordion, You’re a good Bear, Bear),  Brian Funk (The Enforcer), Sishir Bommakanti, Al Lukehart, Autumn Haynes (Tea for Trolls), Cathryn Virginia, Abigail Larson, VCU Comics Anthology, Chris Kindred (The Nib),  Shannon Wright (The Guardian),  Ameorry Lou, Oura Sananikone, Jacob Eveland, Amelia Blair Langford,  Dashiell Kirk (Consumption [RELEASE AT EVENT]), Ellie Gill, Ian Bodkin (The Savage Lyrics), William Bennett, Chase Beasley (Crud City), Jake Ziemba (Yukon Glory, Mt Olyphant), Christine Skelly (Mt Olyphant), Greg Steele (Harrington Comics), Adam Juresko (No Supervision), Adrian Todd (Mr. Toast Comics),  James Moffitt (The Little Red Fish [RELEASE AT EVENT], What To Do When You Give Up), Bizhan Khodabandeh (The Little Red Fish [RELEASE AT EVENT], The Little Black Fish, Kitty Meow Meow, SI Silver Medal Awardee),  Christian Leaf

Richmond Folk Festival Poster

Richmond Folk Festival poster design with and without the figure and type. The image on the left is the one being used of course, but I thought that I’d show it without the b-girl. Also working on the shirts for this year’s event.

If you haven’t see it, here is some press about the poster design for this years event.  http://www.richmond.com/entertainment/article_92152bb0-9ed6-513c-b19b-9c39e0923b8b.htmlhttp://wtvr.com/2015/09/09/richmond-folk-festival-poster/

http://www.styleweekly.com/Studi/archives/2015/09/09/the-2015-richmond-folk-fest-poster-revealed

NEW WORK: Richmond Young Writers

Just finished this guy for Richmond Young Writers. 29 young writers were paired up with 28 artists to illustrate their stories through art. An exhibition of all the participants will be up at ArtSpace kicking off on Sept 18th. I was paired with the above 14 year old author.

More info below:
“We’ve matched 29 Richmond Young Writers with 28 of Richmond’s most fantastic creative artists in a collaborative arts show at ARTSPACE gallery (0 East 4th St Richmond, VA 23224 USA) … for 30 days! Join us on Friday, September 18th for opening night in the main gallery room to see how the artists add 2 and 3 dimensional life to text.”

Fri, Sep 18, 2015 6:00pm
Up Till Sun, Oct 18, 2015 5:00pm

Finished up this logo for the Mathews Film Society. This non-profit regularly shows films in Mathews, VA. I chose to use a crab as a point of departure because the city is in the Chesapeake Bay region and known for their sea life. The society’s next film screening will be the 1962 adaptation of To Kill A Mocking Bird on August 20th. At the screening, attendees will have the opportunity to meet the actress, Mary Badham, who played Scout in the film.

UCI Championships

Did this illustration for the 2015 Road World Championships in collaboration with Proof Integrated Communications for Dominion Power. It was a lot of fun having the point of departure to combine some of the elements of my previous work with classic French cycling posters. More of my work can be found at: www.mendedarrow.com