Rich Kelly Illustration

New work for the Trey Anastasio Band. Info on how to get one here.

I made this painting for Mondo’s official Game of Thrones show that went down over SXSW. I’m going to be selling 10 of these prints today. Each print comes with a small sketch of your favorite Game of Thrones character. Details here:http://richkelly.bigcartel.com/product/ambush

On sale today, Friday 19, at 2pm EST.

New work for The New Republic. The Place Beyond the Pines.

I was recently tasked with creating a Django Unchained poster for Mondo’s annual Oscar-themed release event. The scheduling of this job put me in the position of having to create this image before the movie was even in theaters. Therefore, I essentially was left to pull from two distinct sources for the idea and visual reference. For the latter, I was basically limited to a couple of high-res trailers (which turned out to be more than enough.) The idea, however, came from reading the final draft of Tarantino’s script (which somehow found it’s way online.) This was the first time I had to create a poster before seeing the film, and I found the experience to actually be quite liberating. I wasn’t a slave to screen shots and I was allowed to inject a little more of my own personality and thought process into the final product. I suppose that some of the more talented illustrators are able to do that anyway, but I often find myself struggling to get beyond the carefully chosen visuals selected for the audience by the cinematographer and director. After reading and processing the script I focused on two central ideas. One being that a shooter’s speed can make all the difference between living to fight another day or taking a dirt nap. Therefore, I have Django frozen in that split second, right before he’s about to fan his revolver and consequently vanquish his foes. The other facet that I wanted to represent was Dr. Schultz’s German legend of Broomhilda and Siegfried. Instead of a mountain, I have the forlorn Broomhilda trapped in a castle-like plantation, the southern gothic pillars acting as bars imprisoning her in a cell. Standing in for the dragon are Candy’s henchmen, guns loaded, awaiting the inevitable battle.

These will be available for purchase on Friday, March 1, 2013 at 11:00 am EST.

Variant: Edition of 135. 24”x36” screen print. Signed and numbered. Six colors on French Construction Steel Blue paper. $110.

Regular: Edition of 290. 24”x36” screen print. Signed and numbered. Six colors on French Speckletone Old Green paper. $85.

The variant can be found here, and the regular here.

(note: I do not have these prints in hand yet. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.)

Beasts of the Southern Wild. New work for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Gallery 1988 teamed up with the Oscars to create posters for the Best Picture nominees. See the rest of them here.

Availability info for my recent Dave Matthews Band poster

Recently completed work for the Dave Matthews Band. Keeping it loose for better or worse, I’m extremely please with how this one came out. If you are interested in purchasing a copy be sure to sign up for my mailing list here. On-sale info to follow.

Breaking Bad, The Black Keys, Distant Winter prints.

I will be putting some copies of some recent prints up for sale tomorrow, Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 11am EST.

Head on over to the store for all of the details.

working on building a bear head/helmet/mask. these things have huge domes.

Ahoy!

Here is a poster I made for Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds at CMAC in New York over the weekend. I’ll have some available for purchase soon and am planning on a more elaborate art print version release in the near future, maybe a timed release as I have no idea how many people actually want one, we’ll see.

In other news, I’ll be getting the Phish Bonnaroo prints out today, and will have an update on the availability of my Phish SPAC posters soon. 

I updated my website with the prints from the Distant Winter show. In addition to the finished images, I also placed some sketches and process work to show how I go from roughs to final.

Thanks to everyone that came out to the Distant Winter show. I met some amazing artists, collectors, and all around cool folks. A huge thanks goes out to Garry for putting this together and everyone who helped out at the gallery and promoted the show. What’s left of my prints and paintings are available at the gallery website. Have a look, I’m extremely proud of the work that I created for the show.

This coming Saturday I will be exhibiting some work alongside Ken Taylor and Martin Ansin at the Phone Booth Gallery in Long Beach, California. I will be flying over from Pittsburgh, Martin is coming in from Uruguay, and Ken is making the trek from Australia. So if you’re in the area stop by, as we’re all looking forward to meeting our fellow artists, collectors, and all around cool dudes and chicks. The opening is from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm on Saturday June 23. The details can be found here.