Kevin Guthrie
(Sold) Betty Boards
Acrylic and pencil on beerbox
10” by 15”
$800
Betty Cantor started working for the Dead in the late 60’s as a roadie and started to archive their live shows utilizing the sound boards. These recordings have become known as Betty boards and are holy grail for Deadheads.
“Sometimes when the cuckoo’s crying
When the moon is halfway down
Sometimes when the night is dying
I take me out and I wander ‘round”
—Sugar Magnolia
Sylvia Robinson
Acrylic and pencil on beerbox,
10” by 15”
$750
Sylvia did it all. A singer, songwriter, producer, label owner, mogul. It wasn’t the first rap record, that distinction goes to “King Tim III” by Fatback, but “Rapper’s Delight” was the most influential record in terms of getting rap music out of the boroughs and into the world and Sylvia deserves 99% of the credit for that. She pissed off a lot of the o.g.’s up in the Bronx by co-opting their work but she was a total boss and kept the label relevant for years.
“Don’t push me ‘cause I’m close to the edge
I’m trying not to lose my head”
—The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five)
Secretariat
aka Big Red
acrylic and pencil on beerbox
10” x 15”
$650
If you know anything about me, you know I love me some sportsball and my all-time favorite sportsballer is this thoroughbred champion with three white socks. Two time horse of the year, "Big Red" smoked all challengers in the 1973 triple crown and set track records that still stand today. He was born and raised right down the road from where I grew up and I'll put my hometown hero up against anybody's.
(Sold) Detroit, Michigan Sept 24 (signed by Pavement)
Acrylic and pencil on beerbox
10” by 15”
$2500
In 2022, Pavement, a rock band formed in Stockton, Cali in 1989, asked me, an analog artist formed in Richmond, Va in 1964, to design some posters for a run of shows they had planned. Here’s what I gave them.
Detroit, Michigan Sept 24 (signed by Pavement)
Acrylic and pencil on beerbox
10” by 15”
$2400
In 2022, Pavement, a rock band formed in Stockton, Cali in 1989, asked me, an analog artist formed in Richmond, Va in 1964, to design some posters for a run of shows they had planned. Here’s what I gave them.
Amsterdam, Netherlands Nov 08 (signed by Pavement)
Acrylic and pencil on beerbox
10” by 15”
$2800
In 2022, Pavement, a rock band formed in Stockton, Cali in 1989, asked me, an analog artist formed in Richmond, Va in 1964, to design some posters for a run of shows they had planned. Here’s what I gave them.
“Are you a cheater in love with your reach?
I know too well the company you keep
‘Cause the proof’s in the pudding
You never should pray
Unless you believe”
—Saginaw
(Sold) I seen’t Elvis over at the Piggly Wiggly last Tuesday
Acrylic and pencil on beerbox
10” by 15”
$800
If you think Elvis died in 1977 you’re a dang fool. You probably think we actually put a man on the moon, too. Miss me with that nonsense, I’m here to tell you that Elvis is alive and doing pretty good. In fact, I seen’t him over at the Piggly Wiggly last Tuesday.
The Schwinn that Shocked the World
Acrylic and pencil on beerbox
10” by 15”
$800
On Christmas Day 1953 an eleven year old Cassius Clay got a new red Schwinn bicycle and his little brother Rudy got some baseball gear. He loved that bike and when it got stolen he freaked out and found the closest policeman to ask for help. It turns out that policeman also trained boxers and suggested Cassius learn to fight before he went looking to whoop somebody. The rest is history and like I’ve said before I think Clay fought every last one of his opponents like they were the one who stole that Schwinn.
Russian Tea Room 91
Acrylic and pencil on beerbox
10” by 15”
$700
I had just moved to NYC and got a job waiting tables at the famed midtown restaurant. I had only been there for three months or so when the actor Michael Douglas came in for lunch. His associate backed in to me as I waited for them to be seated. That motherfucker knocked all this borscht out of my hands and I got fired for it at the end of the day.
Kings Dominion 84
Acrylic and pencil on beerbox
10” by 15”
$650
Minimum wage was $3.35 in 1984 and we were happy to get it. I spent the summer working at a big amusement park in central Virginia and my job was being Fred Flintstone. I guess it was my first paid acting gig and I got into character by driving to the park everyday barefooted.
John Hartford’s Tree
Acrylic and pencil on beerbox
10” by 15”
$650
I love this hundred year old hickory tree. It sits in the front yard of musical legend John Hartford, which happens to be directly across the street from my house out here in Madison. I’ve made several paintings and drawings of it and wonder how much basketball he played on it. This tree was strangely a huge comfort to me during the covid lockdown and I hope it stands for another century.
Plantman
Acrylic and pencil on beerbox
10” by 15”
$750
This one’s for Gary Young, one of the most eccentric geniuses I’ve ever met. He was Pavement’s original drummer and set the shambolic tone of a generation. I can’t believe he made it to 70 but he passed away last August, but not before one last blast of recognition with a documentary about him called “Louder than you Think.”
“The plant man knows if the plants will grow
And the plants will know if the plant man knows”
—Plant Man
Dusty Rhodes
Acrylic and pencil on beerbox
10” by 15”
$700
Born Virgil Runnels in 1945 and growing up dirt poor in Houston and faithfully attended a local Baptist church in the black community, Virgil began his wrestling career in Boston in 1967, adopting the stage name Lonesome Rhodes, in honor of the main character in “A Face in the Crowd.” He changed it to Dusty Rhodes because he said he’d always get Dusty but would never be lonesome. In 2010 he retired as one of the most beloved wrestlers of all time.
Roddy Piper
Acrylic and pencil on beerbox
10” by 15”
$700
Born Roderick Toombs in Saskatchewan, Canada, Piper first gained notoriety as a wrestling heel in 1975. He never really retired and if you know what’s good for you, you’ll get this man some bubble gum right away.
Hemingway
Acrylic and pencil on beerbox
10” by 15”
$700
He tried to spit out the truth;
Dry mouthed at first,
He drooled and slobbed in the end;
Truth dribbling his chin.
—Ernest Hemingway
Plath
Acrylic and pencil on beerbox
10” by 15”
$650
Color floods to the spot, dull purple
The rest of the body is all washed-out,
The color of a pearl.
In a pit of a rock
The sea sucks obsessively,
One hollow the whole sea’s pivot.
The size of a fly,
The doom mark
Crawls down the wall.
The heart shuts,
The sea slides back,
The mirrors are sheeted.
—Sylvia Plath
Toronto Maple Leafs 65
Acrylic and pencil on beerbox
10” by 22”
$800
Gary Smith, born February 4, 1944 in Ottawa, Canada, played goalkeeper for over a dozen teams in the NHL from 1965-1980. A fan favorite, the league had to change the rules because of him. When he was a rookie with Toronto in 1965 goalies didn’t wear helmets, much less masks. In 1972, while with Chicago, he won the Vezina trophy and took his squad to the Stanley Cup finals. That offseason he grew his hair out and bought a full length fur coat, wouldn’t you?
1977. Washington Capitals. Face masks were becoming a thing and Gary wore this epic piece of art for one game before management made him stop. The players nicknamed him “Axe” because he was so brutal in the crease. Suitcase is my buddy and I can’t wait to see him next month.
Washington Capitals 77
Acrylic and pencil on beerbox
10” by 22”
$850
Gary Smith, born February 4, 1944 in Ottawa, Canada, played goalkeeper for over a dozen teams in the NHL from 1965-1980. A fan favorite, the league had to change the rules because of him. When he was a rookie with Toronto in 1965 goalies didn’t wear helmets, much less masks. In 1972, while with Chicago, he won the Vezina trophy and took his squad to the Stanley Cup finals. That offseason he grew his hair out and bought a full length fur coat, wouldn’t you?
1977. Washington Capitals. Face masks were becoming a thing and Gary wore this epic piece of art for one game before management made him stop. The players nicknamed him “Axe” because he was so brutal in the crease. Suitcase is my buddy and I can’t wait to see him next month.