A s W l A e K e E p I spent about 50 hours

I spent about 50 hours on the skin and horns alone

there is no other animal that so dramatically symbolizes the West like a bison

There is a dark spirituality that I identify with throughout Nick's work and hoped to capture in the art

For this print I wanted to camouflage him as a part of this murky planet using leaves

We printed a gradient split fountain of yellow blending to reds for this one that came out beautiful we thought

A s W l A e K e E p I spent about 50 hoursThe official title is: A s W l A e K e E p which is 'AWAKE' (all caps) and 'sleep' (all lowercase) intertwined. This image was originally used in a gig poster in 2013 and I reworked the image here, adding new borders to frame it. The idea came while Kristie and I were watching our own children sleep. There's a peacefulness to their rhythmic breathing and relaxed expressions. The snake that surrounds the fox is representative of the impending dangers