~ on the rough sees of my eyes ~

fresh from my pen and mouse - johnny o'donnell tour poster

2011-08-20T12:07:00.000-07:00

howdy strangers,
sure has been some time since i've posted something new on this here blog. life's been quite full and i just haven't had too many creative releases these days. been quite a bummer. but i did get to work up something that was a lot of fun for my good pal johnny o'donnell. he's about to head out on the road and asked if i could design a general tour poster that will go out to all the venues. very cool of him. he wanted a southern feel to it so this is what i came up with...there are two versions that we decided on. the first one was the more old timey styled one and the second is a more bold, colorized version. he decided he liked them both and is sending them both out to the venues. i'm including the original sketch, as well as what his current album cover looks like to give you an idea of where the character in the poster came from.
enjoy.

fresh from my happy place - the quarterly mélange: vol. 4

2011-06-16T11:27:00.000-07:00

once again i was thankfully able to produce the next installment of the ongoing comix series, the quarterly mélange, for la record. as always, thanks to tom child for keeping me in check and on deadline. this piece features two paper works that i made using cut out colored paper and dictionary illustrations passed though a xerox machine numerous times, incorporated with a few digital elements.

enjoy

fresh from my happy place - the quarterly mélange: vol. 3

2011-04-21T12:28:00.000-07:00

it's been a while since last posting. unfortunately been quite busy lately with a new full-time gig. not so much of the free time going around these days. but here is the latest in one of the most fun ongoing projects i've had with la record, the quarterly mélange: vol. 3. this one came together from a blending of previous works that were created for a book illustration, now together again for the the first time.

enjoy.

fresh from my happy place - the quarterly mélange 'mini': vol. 1

2011-02-07T16:22:00.000-08:00

it's been some time since my last post, mostly due to the non-stop busy schedule i've been living since the end of the year (and ongoing). unfortunately, the end of the year was when the la record deadline landed for the new issue and i was swamped, so i could only produce a smaller version of the ongoing series, the quarterly mélange, for the comix section. this actually worked out nicely because now i have the option of continuing these smaller versions as their own series. so here is 'the quarterly mélange mini vol. 1'.

enjoy.

fresh from the depths of my mind - sidewalk society ep 7" cover

2010-10-26T02:31:00.000-07:00

i was honored to be asked by my friend and co-worker dan lawrence to design the cover of the new 7" ep for his band sidewalk society, which is being released and manufactured by the uk label fruits de mer. this was a fun project for me to really push color more than i'm used to doing, and dan did a nice job laying out the info text real clean for the cover spread. we also had an option of an insert so i designed an A3 (around 11x17) poster that the label would print and include in each copy of the record. it was great working with the original theme but creating something original for the poster. this is a limited edition release with only 300 copies being pressed so get your pre-order in now.
enjoy.

fresh from my happy place - the quarterly mélange: vol. 2

2010-10-26T02:23:00.000-07:00

here is the second installment of 'the qm' for la record's comix section. thanks again to tom for putting the section together.
enjoy.

fresh from my pen & colored pencil - free moral agents

2010-10-26T02:17:00.000-07:00

this is the redraw of the new free moral agents release 'control this' for the record reviews section in la record's 101st issue. if you don't know about this band, you really oughta.
enjoy.

fresh from my pen & mouse - black mountain & the black angels

2010-10-26T02:09:00.000-07:00

for la record's 101st issue i was asked to create a double spread illustration of the bands black mountain and the black angels, who are on tour together. i really enjoyed working with the symmetry of the two page option.
enjoy.

fresh from my pen & mouse - 'the use of regret' book cover design

2010-10-26T02:00:00.001-07:00

i was very happy to be asked by my friend greggory moore to design the book cover for the novel he has been writing for the last 10 years. i had fun coming up with the concept for this and working with greggory on fitting it so succinctly with the situations in the book. it's been a long process towards completion so we are both really looking forward to seeing the physical copy of this very soon.
enjoy.

fresh from my hands and ears - soundwalk 2010 installation

2010-10-26T01:48:00.000-07:00

for this year's soundwalk event, i wanted to take people back to simpler times with a rocking chair, a porch (unobtained), crickets and a bug zapper. thanks to kamran for the blue lightbulb and kim for the use of the rocking chair.
enjoy.

fresh from my hands and ears - TAM installation

2010-10-26T01:15:00.000-07:00

visual output also includes physical installations so the next two posts will be of two that i've created recently (using similar materials). FLOOD was asked to curate the torrance museum of art for a weekend in july of 2010, so in addition to inviting other artists to participate, each member of FLOOD came up with their own piece to display in one room together. my piece was titled 'water and oil' and featured a soundtrack resonating from the tubes of field recordings of the open ocean at night and the oil rigs of signal hill. here is a link to a track using some of those sounds.
enjoy.

fresh from my pen - johnny & ann's wedding invitation

2010-10-26T00:57:00.000-07:00

i was truly honored when johnny o'donnell and ann hadlock asked me to design their wedding invitations. the drawing is of the actual church where they got married in mexico. here is a pic of how they came out.
enjoy.

fresh from my colored pencil - la record review covers issue 100

2010-10-26T00:22:00.000-07:00

so the always-right-on folks at la record decided that for their 100th issue (and beyond) they would have the issue illustrators redraw the cover of the records that they would be reviewing, instead of just printing the actual covers. brilliant! so i had some quick fun with these. they are (in order) avi buffalo, magic lantern, brown & blue, and fraction.
enjoy.

fresh from my pen/blade/mouse - ty segall

2010-10-26T00:09:00.000-07:00

this illustration of san fran's one-man-band, ty segall, was created for la record's 100th issue!!! (congrats to them) most is a physical collage with some mouse manipulation added. it was printed (very unfortunately) in black & white, so here for you now is the proper full-color version.
enjoy.

fresh from my recap - productive explosion

2010-10-26T00:03:00.000-07:00

it has been way too long since my last entry. this is mainly do to how busy i have been over the last few months...busy being productive! posts to follow will include some of the recent designs and illustrations i've had a good time working on.
enjoy.

fresh from my mouse - another for johnny

2010-06-10T02:01:00.000-07:00

here's the lastest poster installment for good 'ol johnny o'donnell. there is a definite casual nod to the inspiration of art chantry in this design. thanks art and as always, thanks johnny.
enjoy.

fresh from my happy place - the quarterly mélange: vol. 1 for the new la record comix section

2010-05-31T21:30:00.000-07:00

well, i have to start by thanking tom from la.record for the hugely appreciated twisting of my arm to come up with something for the magazine's new comix section when the mag comes back with a Life magazine sized quarterly issue of goodness this month. (pick one up at {open}) the result is the first installment of 'the QM'. there will also be more frequent web comix coming soon on larecord.com.
tom, this one is for you.
enjoy.

fresh from my mouse - surf city saloon

2010-05-31T00:27:00.000-07:00

here's the latest design i've worked up for daniela deneault (thru mike galaxy).
enjoy.

fresh from my pen - johnny o'donnell & big whup

2010-04-27T18:15:00.000-07:00

here's the lastest installment for my good buddy johnny o'donnell and the great band big whup.
enjoy.

fresh from my pen & mouse - leopold & his fiction

2010-04-22T15:42:00.000-07:00

here's my latest poster design for the san francisco group leopold & his fiction. thanks to mike galaxy for asking me to do this one. here are two versions.
enjoy.

fresh from my mouse - 3 years on 4th st. poster

2010-03-30T17:58:00.001-07:00

here is the poster i designed for {open}'s 3 year anniversary on 4th st. and book release/music/poetry celebration.
enjoy.

fresh from my pencil / pen / mouse - flyer design

2010-03-23T01:06:00.000-07:00

here is the second design i've put together for johnny o'donnell. it's nice to be working with a theme for his show posters (see first design here).
enjoy.

fresh from my mouse - matty byloos postcard

2010-03-21T01:26:00.000-07:00

here's a recent design for an art exhibition / special event for the amazing artist and writer, matty byloos. come and see the show at {open} starting march 27th and going thru may 23rd. (photo of work supplied by the artist)
enjoy.

fresh from my mouse - SXSW poster

2010-03-21T00:49:00.000-07:00

thanks to mike galaxy for asking me to design the poster for his 11th annual day party at this year's SXSW festival. here are two versions. and check out other posters from the event here.
enjoy.

fresh from my pencil - fulgeance

2010-01-31T16:29:00.000-08:00

here's my latest installment for la record of the french producer/beat maker fulgeance.
enjoy.

fresh from my pencil - flyer design

2010-01-12T16:11:00.000-08:00

so i met a very nice guy named johnny o'donnell while hanging my prints up for the la record xmas party. he liked the work and even bought a hunter s. thompson print as i was putting them on the wall. very cool. so he asked if i would be interested in doing an illustration of his band. i said yes, of course. that one is in the works, but in the meantime he asked if i could do up a flyer for their upcoming show. and here it is.
enjoy.

fresh from my pen - julie doiron

2010-01-03T23:39:00.000-08:00

here's the latest piece for la record of singer julie doiron. it was drawn with a bic pen and re-realized enjoying the shading it has to offer. the backdrop is paisley wallpaper.
enjoy.

LA RECORD x-mas party / art show '09

2009-12-30T00:29:00.000-08:00

this year's LA Record x-mas party had an added bonus, an art show featuring it's visual contributers (curated by drew denny). for the occasion, i made a limited edition of 10 illustrations and sold them for $5. (prints still available. if interested in purchasing, please contact.) got a pretty decent response given the crowd and incredible distractions (most were of a liquid form.) here's a few pics after install and of the evening.
enjoy.

fresh from my pen - the books

2009-12-06T15:59:00.000-08:00

here be the latest installment to la record of the duet the books.

enjoy.

sketchbook scan v.04

2009-11-10T17:42:00.000-08:00

it's been a while since posts so i thought i would just throw this one out there.

enjoy.

fresh from my pen - billy bragg

2009-08-12T17:43:00.000-07:00

here be the latest piece for la record. it's of longtime songman billy bragg. in the interview he talks of his appreciation with and performing of beethoven. (the sheet music in the background is beethoven's last piece of written music.)
enjoy.

fresh from my pen - car pit

2009-07-24T01:39:00.000-07:00

this is an illustration i did for kevin ferguson's blog car pit, about the frustrations of owning a car and parking in los angeles. i hope to animate it one day.
enjoy.

fresh from my pen - the pains of being pure of heart

2009-07-08T01:07:00.000-07:00

here is my (grayscale) version of the pains of being pure at heart (out of new york)
enjoy.

just for fun, enjoy

2009-06-09T18:21:00.000-07:00

fresh from my pen - the shins

2009-06-02T01:30:00.000-07:00

here's the latest installment illustration for la record of the down-right good-time guys, the shins.
enjoy.

just for fun, enjoy

2009-05-22T01:15:00.000-07:00

fresh from my pencil, pen & mouse - animal collective

2009-05-04T17:41:00.000-07:00

here's the color and grayscale versions of my latest installment for the fine folks at la record. it is of animal collective... one of the most adventurous bands to hit the scene for some time. keep 'em coming guys.
enjoy.

fresh from my mouse - hello, out there... cd packaging

2009-04-22T15:12:00.000-07:00

here is the recently completed cd packaging for steve de france's poetry reading collection titled "hello, out there...". (shown are the front cover, back cover and cd designs. plus logos created for the production company.)
enjoy.

fresh from my pen & mouse - the monks

2009-04-05T15:50:00.001-07:00

here is the latest installment for la record. it's the legendary 60's garage-rock band the monks. also known as 'the anti-beatles'.
enjoy.

fresh from my mouse - parasitic fantasy band & smgsap/metal rouge

2009-04-02T15:08:00.000-07:00

here is the flyer i put together for an upcoming show that scott and i will be performing for. it will be a very unique night of sights and sounds featuring new zealand's parasitic fantasy band and smgsap playing together with metal rouge to a short film by paul clipson.
enjoy.

fresh from my mouse - alessi's ark

2009-04-02T14:58:00.000-07:00

here is the flyer i put together for a recent performance at the shop with alessi's ark, lili de la mora & michael wysong, and DJ fando y lis.
enjoy.

fresh from my pen & mouse - dazed & confused

2009-03-07T13:33:00.000-08:00

this is a piece i got to do for the '09 issue of the annual mag "off the wookie" pulled together by the amazing ice cream man.
enjoy.

sketchbook scans v.03

2009-02-18T00:25:00.000-08:00

fresh from my mouse then screenprinted - ISOP @ 3rd Thusday

2009-01-16T17:40:00.000-08:00

designed the poster for the I.S.O.P. performance for january's 3rd thurs at {open}. then scott and i screenprinted them at the shop. came out real nice.

enjoy.

filler photo

2009-01-08T02:00:00.001-08:00

fresh from my pen & mouse - tom verlaine & johnny rip

2009-01-08T01:11:00.000-08:00

latest for la record of former television founder tom verlaine and johnny rip. their current project together is creating live soundtracks to silent films.
enjoy.

Happy Owlidays!!!

2008-12-25T11:01:00.001-08:00

holiday cards to friends and family. more soon to come...

fresh from my pencil - holly golightly

2008-11-23T19:30:00.001-08:00

most recent illustration for la record of holly golightly. her current project is 'holly golightly and the brokeoffs'. previous project was 'the greenhornes feat. holly golightly'. great sound, great voice.
enjoy.

filler photo

2008-11-23T19:26:00.000-08:00

taken in the basement of the lafayette building.
enjoy.

fresh from my pencil - dungen

2008-10-30T16:09:00.000-07:00

here is the latest installment for la record of the swedish band dungen. excellent stuff. definitely take a listen.
enjoy.

fresh from my mouse - good things...book

2008-10-14T18:44:00.000-07:00

there were two photo collage pieces realized to accompany a poem by michael sarnowski (below) for inclusion in a new book published by write bloody & ISM called "The Good Things About America" (out soon).
first, is the full-color version titled "locationally affectionate".
second is the final grayscale version titled "_at ends.for you_".
enjoy.

Michael Sarnowski
The Geography of Love in America

1. Northern Girls
love like a thawing glacier. They exhale fog
to match the tremolo of your shivers. Each moves
like wind off water, a lake effect sweep to leave you numb.
You will find comfort in the snow day of their arms.
You will lose control like their bodies are black ice
on familiar roads. They are danger and permanence,
reassured. It’s the road salt rusted metal frailty
you hear in every refrain. It’s the receding ice ages
you can taste in every kiss. It’s the promise
that the four valves of their hearts,
in decrescendo every winter, will churn like cylinders
to meet you when the seasons are ready to shift.

2. Southern Girls
speak like slide guitars, necks warped
by the sun’s slow burn. These are love song girls,
daughters of dumbstruck heartbreak. They sing, sing, sing
until their braided nickel strings saturate in distortion.
Each smile rises like a wave of heat from the streets.
They are lightning bugs that set the evening on fire,
bring their warmth in from the tree line, flutter
from broken boughs to panes of glass. They are tradition
revised, a history of lives patient as the search teams
that wake at dawn, to begin at the banks
and drag the river. To sift through miles of silt
for any sign of love left in the riverbed.

fresh from my pen - nick cave

2008-10-08T11:44:00.000-07:00

the latest illustration for la record of the one and only...mr. nick cave.

enjoy.

sketchbook scans v.02

2008-09-06T19:45:00.001-07:00

enjoy.

fresh from my pencil - lee "scratch" perry

2008-09-03T22:44:00.001-07:00

here is my latest drawing for la record of the great 'upsetter' himself...mr. lee "scratch" perry.
enjoy.

fresh from my pen - matmos

2008-07-07T11:09:00.001-07:00

most recent illustration for la record of san francisco duo matmos.
enjoy.

'shots in the night' e-chap

2008-06-03T18:13:00.000-07:00

edited and illustrated a new book for poet steve de france. (a sub-book to the previously published "night falls".)
published as an e-chapbook by why vandalism?.
to read click here.

fresh from my pen - holy fuck

2008-05-05T22:15:00.000-07:00

for the may issue of la record of the toronto band holy fuck.
enjoy.

fresh from my pen - hunter s. thompson

2008-05-05T22:03:00.000-07:00

this will hopefully be appearing in a near future issue of la record. it would accompany a piece written about the possibilities of hunter having been "deep throat". the text is hunter's suicide note in it's entirety. (click image to read)
enjoy.

***note***

this one finally found a home. (yaaaay!!!)

i did the layout for the new brian ellis poetry book called "uncontrolled experiments in freedom", put out by write bloody publishing, and the quote he picked at the the beginning of the book was the last line to hunter's suicide note. sooooo, i included the drawing into the book. worked out quite nice.

enjoy (again).

filler photo

2008-05-05T21:46:00.000-07:00

a one year old me. camera shy?

sketchbook scans v.01

2008-05-05T21:40:00.001-07:00

new ongoing feature of random sketches.
enjoy.

fresh from my pen - indian jewelry

2008-05-05T17:36:00.000-07:00

recent illustration for the april issue of la record of the band indian jewelry.
enjoy.

the dramatick

2008-02-14T22:32:00.000-08:00

realized in 2006 for an exhibition at {open} books.music.magazines.art.
now owned by j.frede.
enjoy.

filler photo

2007-12-29T16:25:00.000-08:00

fresh from my pen - prefuse 73

2007-12-08T01:57:00.001-08:00

this illustration didn't make it into La Record because mr. scott (prefuse 73) flaked on the interview. bummer.
enjoy.

filler photo

2007-12-08T01:55:00.001-08:00

fresh from my pen - white magic

2007-11-21T00:35:00.001-08:00

this week's la record illustration for the brooklyn band white magic.
enjoy.

filler photo

2007-11-16T00:43:00.001-08:00

fresh from my pen - the strange boys

2007-11-14T19:10:00.001-08:00

this week's LA Record illustration for the texas group the strange boys.
enjoy.

fresh from my mouse - crystal antlers

2007-11-13T16:12:00.000-08:00

here is an image that i put together for the district weekly for the long beach band crystal antlers.
enjoy.

filler photo

2007-11-13T15:45:00.000-08:00

fresh from my pen - citay & calvin johnson

2007-11-08T01:09:00.001-08:00

the latest in the LA Record illustration installments. this week i had to double-up. the first is citay (san fran) and the second is calvin johnson (pnw).
enjoy.

filler misc.

2007-11-08T00:55:00.000-08:00

fresh from my pen - witchcraft

2007-10-31T19:46:00.000-07:00

here is the latest piece for la record. the group is a swedish rock band called witchcraft.
enjoy.

filler photo

2007-10-28T01:09:00.001-07:00

Night Falls: interior images

2007-10-27T23:21:00.000-07:00

these are a few of the 20 interior images that i created for the poetry book "Night Falls" by Steve De France (due out this winter). i also designed the cover but you'll have to buy the book to see that (available now at {open}...)
enjoy.

filler photo

2007-10-25T22:21:00.000-07:00

these will be random posts of pictures/graphics/sketches and any number of miscellany.
enjoy.

Of Site & Sound: a SoundWalk2007 art exhibition

2007-10-24T18:05:00.000-07:00

two mixed media pieces for the SoundWalk2007 art exhibit "Of Site & Sound" at Viento Y Agua september 8 - 29, 2007. show also included works from Noah Thomas and Phillip Stearns.

for or of fire
2007

here is where you hear
2007

gallery view with Noah Thomas sculptures.

fresh from my pen - caribou

2007-10-24T16:30:00.000-07:00

this is my most current work:
an illustration for the great la record and it's interview with daniel snaith aka caribou.
enjoy.

an intro

2007-10-24T15:34:00.000-07:00

hello...and welcome to the blog of shea M gauer.
this will serve as a depository for all things visual.

i will post as often as i can and in no particular order the previous three decades of output along with current works and future projects in the works.

enjoy.

~~~ on the rough sees of my eyes ~~~

fresh from my pen and mouse - johnny o'donnell tour poster

fresh from my happy place - the quarterly mélange: vol. 4

fresh from my happy place - the quarterly mélange: vol. 3

fresh from my happy place - the quarterly mélange 'mini': vol. 1

fresh from the depths of my mind - sidewalk society ep 7" cover

fresh from my happy place - the quarterly mélange: vol. 2

fresh from my pen & colored pencil - free moral agents

fresh from my pen & mouse - black mountain & the black angels

fresh from my pen & mouse - 'the use of regret' book cover design

fresh from my hands and ears - soundwalk 2010 installation

fresh from my hands and ears - TAM installation

fresh from my pen - johnny & ann's wedding invitation

fresh from my colored pencil - la record review covers issue 100

fresh from my pen/blade/mouse - ty segall

fresh from my recap - productive explosion

fresh from my mouse - another for johnny

fresh from my happy place - the quarterly mélange: vol. 1 for the new la record comix section

fresh from my mouse - surf city saloon

fresh from my pen - johnny o'donnell & big whup

fresh from my pen & mouse - leopold & his fiction

fresh from my mouse - 3 years on 4th st. poster

fresh from my pencil / pen / mouse - flyer design

fresh from my mouse - matty byloos postcard

fresh from my mouse - SXSW poster

fresh from my pencil - fulgeance

fresh from my pencil - flyer design

fresh from my pen - julie doiron

LA RECORD x-mas party / art show '09

fresh from my pen - the books

sketchbook scan v.04

fresh from my pen - billy bragg

fresh from my pen - car pit

fresh from my pen - the pains of being pure of heart

just for fun, enjoy

fresh from my pen - the shins

just for fun, enjoy

fresh from my pencil, pen & mouse - animal collective

fresh from my mouse - hello, out there... cd packaging

fresh from my pen & mouse - the monks

fresh from my mouse - parasitic fantasy band & smgsap/metal rouge

fresh from my mouse - alessi's ark

fresh from my pen & mouse - dazed & confused

sketchbook scans v.03

fresh from my mouse then screenprinted - ISOP @ 3rd Thusday

filler photo

fresh from my pen & mouse - tom verlaine & johnny rip

Happy Owlidays!!!

fresh from my pencil - holly golightly

filler photo

fresh from my pencil - dungen

fresh from my mouse - good things...book

fresh from my pen - nick cave

sketchbook scans v.02

fresh from my pencil - lee "scratch" perry

fresh from my pen - matmos

'shots in the night' e-chap

fresh from my pen - holy fuck

fresh from my pen - hunter s. thompson

filler photo

sketchbook scans v.01

fresh from my pen - indian jewelry

the dramatick

filler photo

fresh from my pen - prefuse 73

filler photo

fresh from my pen - white magic

filler photo

fresh from my pen - the strange boys

fresh from my mouse - crystal antlers

filler photo

fresh from my pen - citay & calvin johnson

filler misc.

fresh from my pen - witchcraft

filler photo

Night Falls: interior images

filler photo

Of Site & Sound: a SoundWalk2007 art exhibition

fresh from my pen - caribou

an intro

~ on the rough sees of my eyes ~