Opal - Grateful Dead - The Beekeeper Stickers 2015 at Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre

2015 at Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre in Englewood

I came up with this idea of representing the vastness of the audience by creating an interconnected image of the 12 animals in the zodiac

learning that size matters not

NOTES: 18 x 24 inches /// 5 screens /// numbered edition of 260 (51-260 sold at shows) /// signed and numbered refractor holofoil edition of 34 /// March 20-22

The colors really vibrate in person on this

Opal - Grateful Dead - The Beekeeper Stickers 2015 at Fiddler's Green AmphitheatreI tentatively titled this Grateful Dead art as "The Beekeeper" during the illustration process. I knew the band had encouraged bee and butterfly conservation in the past thru milkweed seeds and garden pollinator packs being distributed at shows. That idea stuck with me and a single bee ended up being the genesis of the art here. The sunflower was drawn next as a symbol rooted in psychedelia. The radial lines from the sun are meant to mirror the petals