Little Feature

Got a little feature from Art Bastard today all the way over in Germany.  Check it out!

http://www.iloveartbastard.com/en/artists/161-graham-franciose

The Drawing Show

This Saturday I will have 3 new pieces in The Drawing Show at Pump Project in Austin TX.  Come say hi if you are in the area.  Here are the pieces I will be showing.

 "The Search"

11" x 14"

ink, watercolor, and acrylic on coffee stained paper

 "Friends Like These"

6" x 6"

graphite and acrylic on coffee stained paper

"Scalawag"

6" x 6"

graphite and acrylic on coffee stained paper

New Prints

I just released 9 new giclee prints on my Etsy.  They are professionally printed on the highest quality 100% cotton paper with archival inks, signed and numbered in small editions.

One A Day til 30 project

On January 4th I turned 29 years old and I decided I was going to do a drawing a day for the rest of the year and the rest of my 20's.  I am on day 30 and still going strong, (although sometimes I really don't feel like doing it!)  You can follow along on my Facebook page for it, or on the Tumblr. that I set up.

 day 1

 day 18

 day 22

day 28

New Prints

Ahoy there folks, Just released SIX new prints on my Etsy shop!  Go ahead, check em out...Click HERE

Monster Show 6!

Every year around this time Domy Books here in Austin, as well as their Houston location, put together one of the best and funnest group shows I have ever been a part of.   This Monster themed show has some great artists from all over and it's right before Halloween so almost everyone that attends is dressed up.  If you live in Austin or Houston you should definitely be there!

You can see the full lineup of artists right over HERE

Here are the pieces I just finished for the show:

"What Are You?"

10" x 10" oil and ink on panel

"She Raised It As Her Own"

10" x 10" oil and ink on panel

New Prints and Free Shipping!

Three new Hand-finished screenprints on my Etsy shop.  Free shipping through September with the coupon code COOLBREEZE on all orders!  Right over HERE

Neopopstreetfunk 3

Next weekend is the opening for Neopopstreetfunk 3 in Houston.  Great line up of artists, it's gonna be a good one if you are in the area.  Here is a link to the event info:  http://www.facebook.com/profile.php#!/event.php?eid=178973492167062
And here is a little sampler of the new work I am going to be showing...

Hope to see you there!

New Hand Finished Screenprints

Ive been doing some hand finishing to some of the extra screenprints I just made.  Here are the first 3 that I have finished:

 screenprint on coffee stained paper hand finished with acrylics and inkwash

 Screenprint on coffee stained paper hand finished with acrylics, acrylic washes, and ink washes

Screenprint on coffee stained paper hand finished with watercolors

They are all available on my Etsy shop

More to com...

The Mistress Of The Wetlands screenprint now available

Now available on my Etsy shop, a limited edition, one color (dark greenish brown) screenprint on 90lb (250 gsm) 100% cotton Fawn Stonehenge paper. I hand stained each sheet of paper with coffee and then hand tore each sheet to an 11" x 14" easily frameable size before hand pulling the print. Each print is unique in that each one has its own coffee stained patterns and the hand tearing leaves nice varying rough edges. Each print is signed and numbered in a limited edition of only 25.

You can see my whole process here

3 New Pieces

I just finished these three new oil pieces on oval panels.  I guess it's kind of a series about people who have pet's that are similar to their names.  Maybe they thought it was fate that they were named so and thought they were destined to have these pets, and maybe now they are regretting that logic.

" Aunt Hopus"

oil and ink on 5 3/4" x 7 3/4" panel

 "Gail"

oil and ink on 5 3/4" x 7 3/4" panel 

"Merle"

oil and ink on 5 3/4" x 7 3/4" panel

Gravelmouth Show

This Saturday at Gravelmouth Art Space in San Antonio!  Come check out 3 very different artists sharing one space.  Mez One,  Dave Lowell and myself will all be coming down from Austin for a unique show with a whole bunch of different techniques.  I have been working on some new stuff that I am excited to unveil here.  Come check it out if you are in the area

Looking For Answers In All The Right Places

I released this new print on my Etsy shop here:  http://www.etsy.com/listing/74745011/looking-for-answers-in-all-the-right

Looking For Answers In All The Right Places

16" x 20"

ink and acrylic on coffee stained paper

Bob Dylan turns 70 today

To commemorate Bob Dylan's birthday I am releasing two versions of a screenprint I did a few years back on my Etsy shop here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/74731269/young-bob-dylan-2-color-screenprint

Massachusetts Audubon

I recently had the pleasure of working on an add campaign for the Massachusetts Audubon Society. My college roommate works as a designer for Full Contact Advertising and when they got the client he convinced them to hire an illustrator (thanks Kevin!). I grew up in rural Massachusetts and spent a whole bunch of my childhood roaming about different Audubon wildlife sanctuaries and I really treasure those memories so it was a real honor to be a part of this project.

Basically my job was to illustrate different landscapes and animals in different states of movement and then the guys at Full Contact would animate them. It was a little different than the work I have been doing because everything had to be scientifically accurate, but it was a nice change of pace.
Here are some of my sketches of a Ruby Throated Hummingbird in flight:





And here is the final animation




Here are some more sketches for the Monarch Butterfly





...and the final animation


You can see them all on the Mass Audubon website right HERE