Look at that freaking line.

Ken Harman, the owner/ operator of Spoke Art was kind enough to fly me and the wife out to San Fran for the weekend for the West Coast debut of Quentin V. Coen. They gave away my Big Lebowski Handbill set, “Sometimes There’s a Man”, to the first 50 attendees, and that did not last long!

The show on Thursday was a blast, and it was really great meeting and talking to everyone who came out. I got to meet a couple of artists at the show, including Greg Gigart, Serge Gay Jr, and Oliver Barret. Let me say one thing, Serge Gay Jr. is a handsome, handsome dude. I will have to steal his powers.

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I was asked to participate this year in Poster Cabaret’s annual Bike Print show, and my piece is pictured above!

The gallery opening was on 5/5 at Gallery Black Lagoon here in Austin, and it was a killer show, with over 60 prints by artists from all over the globe.

Poster Cabaret has just listed the show on line, and all prints are now available for purchase.  My print, “Vietnam on Wheels” is a 3 color 16×20 hand printed poster, signed and numbered in an edition of 75.  Poster Cabaret has the entire edition, so if they sell out there, none will be available on my site!

You can pick them up HERE.

Thank you,

Tim Doyle

Note- this was originally written by me for use on Slashfilm.com, and their coverage of the art show discussed below.  I’m reproducing it here with permission from myself.

The fine folks over at SpokeArt.net have put together a MASSIVE art show celebrating the films of Quentin Tarantino and the Coen Bros. and they’ve asked me to participate.  Since I did five prints for their previous show, a Wes Anderson tribute (called “Bad Dads”), I decided that I had to go even bigger this time around and set out to create SEVEN pieces.  As hard as it was to choose, I went with doing all seven of Tarantino’s features, and leave the Coens aside for now.  A heartbreaking choice, as Raising Arizona is in my top 5 desert island films- along with Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, Robocop, Blade Runner, and Babe 2: Pig in the City.  (SERIOUSLY.)  But it did give me a chance to re-watch all of Quentin’s films, and see a couple for the first time.  I do realize that ‘having’ to watch movies being a large part of my job is just about the craziest thing that could happen to me, but I digress.

I’ve met and talked to Tarantino several times in the past, having been a manager/ creative type person at the Alamo Drafthouse at my last job.  And let me say, the guy is every bit as energetic and crazed as he appears to be in all those DVD special features.  He is a fanboy in the extreme.  A giant, tall, animated weirdo who will talk over and through you, and you just have to nod and hold on to the conversation for dear life.  In my limited experience, he’s exhausting to be around.  But, it’s that crazy passion and energy that he pours into his work and it comes screaming off the screen at you.  </namedrop>

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The Sea Also Rises t-shirts are finally here!

It’s been a while since we’ve had some new T-shirts here at Nakatomi, and we’re super-happy to announce our new line! Based on art from my ‘The Sea Also Rises’ series of prints, these 100% ringspun cotton t-shirts feature BIG BIG printing with machine-washable waterbased inks for that super-soft fit! (No plastic crackly ink!)

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Back in Early December, I was asked to produce a print for the always-excellent-to-deal-with TommyGood.com to promote the Astor Theatre’s screening of Apocalypse Now coming up in February.  The Astor is in Australia, and I’m stuck here in dumb ‘ol Austin.  Sigh.  My artwork goes all the cool places, and I’m here.

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