Artist: Marq Spusta
Title: Dazzled
Medium: Multi Color Screen Prints
Size: 12 x 16 Inches
Edition: 140
Price: $100
*the black and other awesome color variants will be released through Spoke Art
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Marq Spusta is an American illustrator and painter born in Wisconsin in 1977. After earning a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Wisconsin–Stout, he relocated to the California coast, where he now lives with his wife and three children while maintaining a prolific studio practice from his seaside home. Spusta first gained recognition within the gig poster scene, crafting wildly colorful, intricately detailed screen printed posters for bands such as Dinosaur Jr., My Morning Jacket, and The Black Keys. His imagery drifts between dream and nightmare: kindly monsters, swirling plant life, and wide-eyed figures rendered in delicate ink linework that he finishes with rich, layered palettes in Photoshop before sending files to trusted screen-printers. Influences range from Dr. Seuss and Jim Henson to classic rock poster masters Rick Griffin and Stanley Mouse, resulting in a visual language that feels simultaneously nostalgic and fresh.
Beyond concert ephemera, Spusta produces limited edition prints, album packaging, toys, children’s books, and large gallery paintings that sell out within minutes online. Recent exhibitions at Spoke Art and Decadent Gallery showcase his shift toward more intricate compositions dense ecosystems where characters morph into foliage and hidden symbols reward close inspection. Whether designing a tiny enamel pin or a sprawling mural, he approaches each project with the same playful curiosity, absorbing music, nature, and comics until new hybrids emerge. By balancing commercial commissions with personal explorations, Spusta continues to evolve his universe of gentle monsters, inviting viewers to rediscover the wonder they felt as children encountering colorful, slightly strange worlds for the first time.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 