PRIMUS

Hey look, it’s 2023.

Where did the time go? No, seriously, can anyone tell me? Another year, another rotation around the sun. Another January, full of promise and opportunity. To kick it off, here’s something I’ve been working on for awhile finally and ready to release out into the world.

“Madness Revealed” is the first print of many slated to release for the Year of the Rabbit. This declaration is both exciting and nerve-wracking, as it forces me to wrap up many of the projects that have been puttering about in limbo: half started, half finished, however you want to look at it. I’ve got my very first employee on staff, and a strong sense of forward-momentum that I hope lasts, as I’m shooting to make this year a big one.

Where was I? Oh yeah:

“Madness Revealed” is the reworked art print version of an image I created for a Primus gig, back in 2018. That feels like a good 13 years ago by my Covid-math. Since then I’ve tweaked elements of the image, adjusted the tonal range, finessed the colors a bit more, and other parts of the boring alchemy that goes into the creation of an image for screenprint. Needless to say, I’m happy with the results.

Printed once again by the crack team at DL Screenprinting, I’m continually grateful for their commitment to printing excellence. I didn’t give a lot of room in regards to plate registration for this print, and they still managed to nail it, without the whole image turning into a blurry mess. Kudos to Steve and the rest of his team for top notch execution. The prints come in three colorways: “Main,” “Vintage” and “Midnight” in various edition sizes/prices. Full details below.

In addition to the new art print, there will also be a new sticker pack available. Lepidoptera 6–10 Pack o’ Stickers is a collection of five stickers: one of each of Lepidoptera 6–10, in a similar format to the previous Lepidoptera Sticker pack (1–5). Thanks to the automatons at Sticker Robot for the phenomenal printing, their high quality screenprinted vinyl stickers have to be seen and held in person to be truly appreciated. Always a joy and an easy going production process working with them. Full details below.

If you are new to my work, welcome! I try to send my newsletter out about once a month to update you with new releases in the storefront, various goings on, and hopefully this year: an insider scoop on the behind-the-scenes of my art making process. I’ve been promising this forever though, hopefully 2023 is the year it finally happens! In the meantime, on to the prints, and thank you as always for the support of my art!

“Madness Revealed” Main colorway
Print size: 18″ x 24″ limited edition of 105.
Seven color screenprint on Cougar 100# natural stock.
Printed by DL Screenprinting.

Each print is hand signed & numbered. $60 each.
STRICT LIMIT OF NO MORE THAN TWO OF EACH COLORWAY PER PERSON/ORDER/HOUSEHOLD.
To purchase this or other available artwork, please swing by the store
.

“Madness Revealed” Vintage colorway
Print size: 18″ x 24″ limited edition of 65.
Seven color screenprint on Cougar 100# natural stock.
Printed by DL Screenprinting.

Each print is hand signed & numbered. $70 each.
STRICT LIMIT OF NO MORE THAN TWO OF EACH COLORWAY PER PERSON/ORDER/HOUSEHOLD.
To purchase this or other available artwork, please swing by the store
.

“Madness Revealed” Midnight colorway
Print size: 18″ x 24″ limited edition of 55.
Seven color screenprint on Cougar 100# natural stock.
Printed by DL Screenprinting.

Each print is hand signed & numbered. $80 each.
STRICT LIMIT OF NO MORE THAN TWO OF EACH COLORWAY PER PERSON/ORDER/HOUSEHOLD.
To purchase this or other available artwork, please swing by the store
.

detail views.

Lepidoptera 6–10 Pack O’ Stickers
Package of screenprinted vinyl stickers, includes one of each of Lepidoptera 6–10.
Printed by Sticker Robot.
Each sticker approximately 3.5″ x 2.6.”
$12 per pack.

No limit on purchase quantity!
To purchase this or other available artwork, please swing by the store.

Sticker pack contains one of each.

*NCW*

New Primus Gig Poster!

by ncwinters on October 6, 2021

New Primus!

Maybe my favorite poster to date. I know I often say “I had an absolute blast working on this one” but this one truly was a total joy, and fun to push in a more natural direction. When I say ‘natural direction’ I mean that I pivoted away from my usual: a heavy focus on the technical setup of designing art for screenprint. Instead, this time I played with a new setup where I was able to focus more purely on just the art side of things. I’m extremely happy with the result.

I do have to give special attention to Isaac and Aleisha at Lady Lazarus for doing more of the heavy lifting on file setup than usual to make this pivot possible. I try to make my files as printer-friendly as possible (not always a victory) but on this one, I left more of the technical to them and they really made the final print sing.

The poster is for last Tuesday’s sold out show at the Beacon Theater in New York City (oh how I miss you sometimes, NYC). For Primus’ “Tribute to Kings” Tour, they’ve been playing Rush’s “A Farewell to Kings” album in its entirety. While AFtK definitely has a different vibe than other Rush albums, I couldn’t help but push the envelope in terms of visual madness as tribute to both bands.

I have a stack of the show copies available for sale as well as very limited quantities in two artist variant colorways: “Ice” (blues) and “Fire” (reds, natch). The foils in the variant colorways turned out extremely well. I used a white base for the main image with strategic cutouts for the foil to pop through. I built the white base into a “marbleized” pattern over the foil which gives the final foil a lava foil look. Extremely happy with the result.

The prints will drop this coming Friday, October 8. As always, to get the exact drop time, be sure you’re signed up to the newsletter in the sidebar. Newsletter subscribers get the exact drop time emailed to them in advance, I will warn that there has been MASSIVE interest in these, and there are quite limited quantities. Keep in mind that there are far more interested buyers than prints, so there are limits of no more than one kind of each print per person. No doubles of any single print available: orders of duplicates will be cancelled.

Good luck, and on to the prints!

Primus “A Tribute to Kings” gig poster:
September 28, 2021 Beacon Theater in New York, New York

Show Version
Print size: 18″ x 24″ limited edition of 335 (only 60 available).

Seven color screenprint on Cougar 100# natural stock.
Printed by Lady Lazarus.

Each print is hand signed & numbered. $60 each.
STRICT LIMIT OF ONE OF EACH KIND OF PRINT PER PERSON/PURCHASE/HOUSEHOLD!
To purchase this or other available artwork, please swing by the store.

Artist Variant: “Ice” version
Print size: 18″ x 24″ limited edition of 55.

Seven color screenprint on Cougar 100# natural stock.
Printed by Lady Lazarus.

Each print is hand signed & numbered. $75 each.
Hand Embellished version (edition of 5): $275 each.
STRICT LIMIT OF ONE OF EACH KIND OF PRINT PER PERSON/PURCHASE/HOUSEHOLD!
To purchase this or other available artwork, please swing by the store.

Artist Variant: “Fire” version
Print size: 18″ x 24″ limited edition of 35.

Seven color screenprint on Cougar 100# natural stock.
Printed by Lady Lazarus.

Each print is hand signed & numbered. $85 each.
Hand Embellished version (edition of 5): $275 each.
STRICT LIMIT OF ONE OF EACH KIND OF PRINT PER PERSON/PURCHASE/HOUSEHOLD!
To purchase this or other available artwork, please swing by the store.

“Ice” version on holographic rainbow foil
Print size: 18″ x 24″ limited edition of 25.

Eight color screenprint on holographic rainbow foil.
Printed by Lady Lazarus.

Each print is hand signed & numbered. $175 each.
STRICT LIMIT OF ONE OF EACH KIND OF PRINT PER PERSON/PURCHASE/HOUSEHOLD!
To purchase this or other available artwork, please swing by the store.

“Fire” version on holographic rainbow foil
Print size: 18″ x 24″ limited edition of 10.

Seven color screenprint on holographic rainbow foil.
Printed by Lady Lazarus.

Each print is hand signed & numbered. $200 each.
STRICT LIMIT OF ONE OF EACH KIND OF PRINT PER PERSON/PURCHASE/HOUSEHOLD!
To purchase this or other available artwork, please swing by the store.

detail views.

*NCW*

New PRIMUS Gig Poster: July 5, Los Angeles!

by ncwinters on July 6, 2018

Brand new madness.

I’m back, and hitting the ground running after taking off for a last minute holiday jaunt to Hawaii. The next day back means it’s right back to work! No complaints, I absolutely love my job. I am beyond excited to finally be able to reveal this poster. Fresh off the success of the juggernaut of my recent Grateful Dead poster (thank you all!), this PRIMUS gig poster has gone through quite the gauntlet of work, and is part of why I may have shaved a year or so off my life from the end of 2017 into the early part of 2018.

Using every gig poster to constantly try and push my skills, experiment and see how much I can completely break the screenprinting process in the efforts to create something new, I’m pleased to present this bucket of madness, the poster for the Primus gig last Thursday, July 5 in LA. I worked super dense and went for a rich range of shading on this one, and indeed utilized a total of 4 black inks to round out the gamut. One solid black, and three separate transparent blacks were all painstakingly split out to go over three different rich colors. Ultimately the print is four colors, with seven screens used. Special shout out to Jon Smith for his help on some of the finer tweaks for the blacks. DL Screenprinting handled the final printing, and absolutely knocked it out of the park. Special thanks to them.

In addition to the main show edition, I’ll have a couple color variants along with two foil versions available from my online shop, dropping this Monday, July 9th at a random time. As always, to get the exact info about drop time, you MUST be subscribed to my online newsletter, to which you can sign up in the sidebar. Full info about each print below. Thanks as always for the incredible support! On to the posters!

PRIMUS gig poster July 5, 2018 
Greek Theatre at Los Angeles, California
Main show edition
Print size: 18″ x 24″ show edition of 300. Only 50 available
Four colors, seven screens screenprint on natural stock.
Printed by DL Screenprinting.

Each print is hand signed & numbered. $50 each.
To purchase this or other available artwork, please swing by the store.

detail views.

PRIMUS gig poster July 5, 2018 
Greek Theatre at Los Angeles, California
“Midnight” variant
Print size: 18″ x 24″ edition of 40.
Four colors, seven screens screenprint on natural stock.
Printed by DL Screenprinting.

Each print is hand signed & numbered. $65 each.
To purchase this or other available artwork, please swing by the store.

PRIMUS gig poster July 5, 2018 
Greek Theatre at Los Angeles, California
“Vintage” variant
Print size: 18″ x 24″ edition of 30.
Four colors, seven screens screenprint on natural stock.
Printed by DL Screenprinting.

Each print is hand signed & numbered. $75 each.
To purchase this or other available artwork, please swing by the store.

PRIMUS gig poster July 5, 2018 
Greek Theatre at Los Angeles, California
Rainbow foil variant
Print size: 18″ x 24″ edition of 30.
Three colors, six screens screenprint on rainbow foil.
Printed by DL Screenprinting.

Each print is hand signed & numbered. $125 each.
To purchase this or other available artwork, please swing by the store.

PRIMUS gig poster July 5, 2018 
Greek Theatre at Los Angeles, California
Gold Mirri foil variant
Print size: 18″ x 24″ edition of 25.
Three colors, six screens screenprint on mirri Gold foil.
Printed by DL Screenprinting.

Each print is hand signed & numbered. $150 each.
To purchase this or other available artwork, please swing by the store.

*NCW*