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Tuesday
Dec022025

Jim Pollock 'The Chase' Print Available

Artist: Jim Pollock
Title: The Chase
Medium: Embossed Print
Size: 18 x 12 Inches
Edition: TIMED
Price: $100

   

*there is also a Pollock branded Baroque portfolio available

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Jim Pollock is a prolific American artist best known for his distinctive and intricate linoleum block prints, particularly those created for the band Phish. A graduate of Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont, Pollock began creating posters for local bands in the 1980s, eventually becoming a cornerstone of Phish's visual identity. His work is instantly recognizable for its dense, detailed imagery, often featuring surreal landscapes populated by whimsical, dancing skeletons, fish, and various mythic creatures. These vibrant, narrative-driven prints capture the improvisational and communal spirit of live music events.
Pollock’s process is laborious and highly traditional. He carves his elaborate designs into linoleum blocks, a technique that requires precision and a clear vision as the image is reversed during printing. Each color in a multi-color print often requires a separate block, which he meticulously layers. The resulting prints, frequently hand-signed and numbered, are produced in limited runs, making them highly coveted items among collectors.
Beyond his association with Phish, Pollock has applied his unique aesthetic to a variety of other projects, including album covers, festival merchandise, and work for other musical acts like moe. and String Cheese Incident. His art has a universal appeal, blending elements of folk art, psychedelic graphic design, and a touch of the macabre. He remains a beloved figure in the live music poster world, influencing a generation of graphic artists with his dedication to craft and his vibrant, imaginative style. His legacy is defined by a deep connection between art and music culture.
Tuesday
Nov252025

Tyler Stout 'Godzilla vs Mothra and King Ghidorah' Prints Release Details

Artist: Tyler Stout
Title: Godzilla vs Mothra and King Ghidorah
Medium: Multi Color Screen Print
Size: 24 x 36 Inches
Edition: 300
Price: $75

*available at Noon EST on Tuesday November 25th, 2025

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Tyler Stout is a contemporary American artist and illustrator widely recognized for his highly intricate, hand-drawn posters, primarily for films and pop culture events. Emerging during the rise of the designer art print movement in the mid-2000s, Stout quickly distinguished himself with a signature style characterized by complex compositions, dense detail, and a vibrant, sometimes limited, color palette.
His work is celebrated for its narrative depth, often weaving multiple scenes and iconic characters from a film into a single, cohesive image that rewards repeat viewing. This meticulous, "Where's Waldo" like approach, combined with a strong command of composition and line work, makes his posters instantly recognizable and highly sought after by collectors.
Stout’s art is a labor of love, known for its extremely long creation process, which contributes to the scarcity and desirability of his limited-edition screen prints. He has produced popular alternative movie posters for a wide array of classic and contemporary films, working with influential galleries and studios. The release of a new Tyler Stout print is often a major event within the collecting community, selling out within minutes due to high demand. His pieces bridge the gap between commercial illustration and fine art, capturing the essence of the films he interprets while showcasing his distinct artistic vision.
Tuesday
Nov182025

AJ Mastay 'Fall Tour' Print Release Details

Artist: AJ Mastay
Title: Fall Tour
Medium: 10 Color Linoblock Print
Size: 12.5 x 10 Inches
Edition: 250
Price: $100

 

*available at 12pm EST on Tuesday November 18th, 2025

Tuesday
Nov182025

AJ Mastay 'I Love The Bunny' Prints Release Details

Artist: AJ Mastay
Title: I Love The Bunny (Blue or Sepia)
Medium: Hand Colored Photopolymer Letterpress Print
Size: 16 x 20 Inches
Edition: 35
Price: $250

 

*available at 12pm EST on Tuesday November 18th, 2025

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AJ Masthay is a contemporary artist best known for his distinctive concert "gig prints" created using the traditional medium of reduction linoleum block printing. A native of Connecticut, Masthay has established himself by embracing a labor-intensive, hand-carved process in an industry dominated by digital design, making his work unique and highly sought after.
His artistic process involves carving a single block of linoleum, printing a color, then carving more from the same block for the next color, and so on, building complexity with each layer. This subtractive method results in limited-edition prints. Masthay's subjects are primarily inspired by live music and bands like the Grateful Dead and Allman Brothers, capturing the vibrant energy and spirit of the music scene.
Masthay's work is valued for its craftsmanship and tangible connection to artisanal methods. His art has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices for original pieces reflecting their collectability. He operates Masthay Studios LLC, from which he sells his original prints and limited edition digital reproductions on Moab Entrada Rag paper. He also engages with the art community as a mentor, sharing his expertise in traditional printmaking.
Thursday
Oct302025

Noriyoshi Ohrai 'Godzilla vs Space Godzilla' Art Print Available

Artist: Noriyoshi Ohrai
Title: Godzilla vs Space Godzilla
Medium: Multi Color Screen Print
Size: 24 x 36 Inches
Edition: 85
Price: $60

*available at Noon EST on Thursday October 30th, 2025

Thursday
Oct302025

Noriyoshi Ohrai 'Godzilla vs Mothra' Art Print Available

Artist: Noriyoshi Ohrai
Title: Godzilla vs Mothra
Medium: Multi Color Screen Print
Size: 24 x 36 Inches
Edition: 85
Price: $60

*available at Noon EST on Thursday October 30th, 2025

Thursday
Oct302025

Noriyoshi Ohrai 'Godzilla vs King Ghidorah' Art Print Available

Artist: Noriyoshi Ohrai
Title: Godzilla vs King Ghidorah
Medium: Multi Color Screen Print
Size: 24 x 36 Inches
Edition: 85
Price: $60

*available at Noon EST on Thursday October 30th, 2025

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Noriyoshi Ohrai was a Japanese illustrator celebrated for his vivid, cinematic artwork that blended science fiction, fantasy and meticulous realism. Born in Akashi on November 17, 1935, he briefly studied painting at Tokyo University of the Arts before leaving in 1957 to pursue commercial illustration. After early struggles exhibiting oil paintings in Ginza, he joined the Tokyu Agency in 1962 and soon became one of Japan’s most prolific cover artists, producing over 1,300 book and magazine covers noted for their dynamic colour and exhaustive research.
Ohrai’s international breakthrough came when George Lucas saw his Star Wars illustrations in a Japanese magazine and invited him to create the global poster for The Empire Strikes Back. The resulting image, featuring a heroic Luke Skywalker and looming Darth Vader rendered in luminous acrylics, won the 1980 Seiun Award and cemented Ohrai’s reputation overseas. He followed this success with a series of powerful posters for the Godzilla films of the 1980s and 1990s, each depicting the monster with muscular intensity audiences said surpassed the on-screen creature.
Working from a packed studio in Miyazaki, Ohrai approached every commission like a historian, studying blueprints, weather data and period photographs to ensure accuracy in every bolt, shadow and starfield. His palette ranged from molten oranges and cyans for explosions to subtle earth tones for historical scenes, all applied with brushes and airbrushes on illustration board. Later projects included box art for Koei strategy games and premium booklets for Metal Gear Solid, bringing his cinematic style to a new generation of fans.
After a stroke forced his retirement in 2011, retrospective exhibitions and lavish art books introduced his work to younger artists. Ohrai died on October 27, 2015, yet his posters continue to circulate online, inspiring illustrators with their perfect marriage of meticulous craft and unbridled imagination.
Monday
Oct202025

Jason Raish 'Destroy All Monsters' Prints Release Details

Artist: Jason Raish
Title: Destroy All Monsters
Medium: Giclee Print on Card
Size: 24 x 36 Inches
Edition: 100
Prices: $65

*available with a couple variants at Noon EST on Monday October 20th, 2025

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Jason Raish is a New York based illustrator whose hyper real, fashion-forward images merge couture flair with subtle social commentary. Born in Seoul and raised amid the forests of western New York, he spent six years freelancing across Beijing, Tokyo, Barcelona, Seoul, London and Paris before settling in Brooklyn, where he now jogs each morning with his rescue Husky Dubuchim. His style is self described as hyper-realistic, colourful and stylish, built with delicate ink linework and luminous digital colour that makes fabric shimmer and skin appear lit from within.
Raish’s breakout personal project, Croquet & Ink, blends his love of fashion illustration with observations on class and race, depicting genteel croquet matches populated by models of diverse heritage. The series earned a Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators and opened the door to major editorial and advertising commissions, including the New York Times, Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett and The Times of London. He approaches each brief as a narrative vignette, researching period costumes, contemporary runway looks and symbolic props to create scenes that feel both aspirational and quietly subversive.
Working from a cluttered IKEA desk in a shared apartment studio, he combines a 2014 Mac Mini, Wacom tablet and vertical mouse, preferring the tactile friction of pen on screen to achieve hair-thin detail. Recent self-initiated work includes a tarot deck that weaves Korean folk motifs with modern divination imagery, further expanding his exploration of identity and heritage. Whether illustrating a silent WALL-E for the Criterion Collection or crafting a glamorous magazine cover, Jason Raish invites viewers to look twice, discovering that beneath the gloss lies a thoughtful commentary on who gets to sit at the garden party of contemporary culture.
Friday
Oct102025

Marq Spusta 'Frustrated Flower' (BLUE) Release Details

Artist: Marq Spusta
Title: Frustrated Flower (Blue)
Medium: Hand Painted Resin Statue
Size: 7.5 x 5 x 5 Inches
Edition: 250
Price: $175

 

*available at Noon EST on Friday October 10th, 2025

Friday
Oct102025

Marq Spusta 'Frustrated Flower' (RED) Release Details

Artist: Marq Spusta
Title: Frustrated Flower (Red)
Medium: Hand Painted Resin Statue
Size: 7.5 x 5 x 5 Inches
Edition: 350
Price: $150

 

*available at Noon EST on Friday October 10th, 2025

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Marq Spusta is an American artist born in 1977 who grew up in rural Wisconsin and earned a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Wisconsin. Stout before settling in California. He is best known for wildly colorful, intricately detailed concert posters and fine-art screen-prints that merge visionary landscapes with whimsical characters reminiscent of Dr. Seuss and Jim Henson.

His early gig-poster work for bands such as Widespread Panic, Phish, Tom Petty and the Rolling Stones quickly made him a mainstay of the rock-poster community, while his sell-out solo shows at Spoke Art, Bottleneck Gallery, Gabba Gallery and Decadent Art Gallery have pushed his imagery into the contemporary art market. Working primarily in acrylic and ink, Spusta builds layers of translucent pigment and metallic overlays until trees shimmer and creatures appear to glow from within, a technique he honed during years of hand-pulled screen-printing.

Recent projects include a mini-documentary shot at Further Frames in Denver, limited resin sculptures and large canvas paintings exhibited in Los Angeles, Seattle and San Francisco. Whether designing a festival poster or a gallery painting, Spusta approaches each piece as a portal to an enchanted ecosystem, inviting viewers to step inside radiant forests where music, memory and imagination echo in every leaf.