In the private collection. (Click here for entire story!)

The End of an Era, Limited edition silkscreen of 39.

Zac Calbert, A friend of mine in my home town of Sonora CA told me an interesting story the other day after I gave him a silk screen print. He had won a Sam Flores piece recently and I had the honor of hanging next to it in his collection. Here is his story:….. ”

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I am sorry that I have been slackin’ on the posts but I am in the middle of a lot of projects and haven’t finished anything for a while. Here are my new pieces of art that I have acquired over the last month or so. First is the huge ass, completely amazing Sam Flores piece titled Flores y Zorro that I won from UpperPlayground.com. It is a massive 4ft x 6ft acrylic and spray paint on canvas. I won it by simply entering my email address on the Upper Playground site for their 10th Anniversary giveaway. Flores is a well know Bay Area artist who I first discovered in Juxtapoz Magazine. The piece was hand delivered to me by Adam Krohn, the VP or Upper Playground who is a pretty cool guy.

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The next piece was given to me by Forest Stearns when he was in town for the Art Show a couple weeks ago. It is a limited edition, several color, 18in x 23in screen print which I believe is titled The End of an Era. Forest’s work is always enjoyable to look at. There are plenty of little creatures and nuances I discover every time I look at this piece.

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My final piece came when I ordered Mastodon’s deluxe Crack the Skye packaging which came with a 14in x 14in lithograph of Paul Romano’s album art. Romano’s design has made a huge impact on my work since I discover him and Mastodon on a shelf at a Tower Records in Long Beach. The music is great, the packaging is great. Check it out.

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Of course these aren’t in their final and proper hanging devices, but I just wanted ya’ll to see them. If anyone has a sweet baby blue frame to for the Stearns piece let me know!

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Published:: 03.26.09 / 8am

Category:: Art Shows, Zac Calbert, inspiration

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Forest Stearns born the only child of artistically adventurous parents in the vast jungle of the Sierra Nevada, Graduate of Humboldt State now a graduate student at the Academy of Art in San Francisco. Being the founding member of Empire Squared, a monster of an art collective out of Humboldt County, he is amazingly prolific and afraid of nothing. With emphasis on strong line work his work walks the line between spooky organic and super graffiti illmatic. Biomorphic characters infest his works illustrating tales of wanderlust and creepy passion. He is a professional children’s book illustrator and has been part of more than 80 months of fine art shows. Nothing is Safe from use in his artistic arsenal from watercolor to spray paint, sharpie markers to chalk pastels, the embodiment of DRAWEVERYWHERE. He loves to ride his bike on midnight missions eating burritos and rocking pieces.

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