Boise Weekly Illustrations

Here are some more select Boise Weekly illustrations that might be pleasing to your eye balls.

New Built To Spill Poster

There was a bit of a "Boise invasion" at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon this past weekend. Legendary Boise rockers Built to Spill played the Ballroom with other great Boise acts like Le Fleur. The CB topped off the Boise connection by asking me to design the poster for the show. I had a lot of fun with this design and was really inspired by the Boise community that fosters great artist like Built To Spill and Le Fleur. You can see the results below. It is available for purchase at my on-line store. I'd like to thank everybody involved with this great Boise/Portland collaboration!

Built To Spill with Le Fleur | 12"X18" inches | Edition of 137
Signed & Numbered | High Quality Off-Set Print | Desert Storm Stock
$20.00 + Shipping | Available at www.benwilsonart.com

Monsters In The Cupboard

The Flying M put together a cool show to benefit the Idaho Foodbank this month called Monsters In The Cupboard. They gave local artists a cupboard door with a charge to create images inspired by the title of the show. Below is the results of my cupboard creation titled Soggy Bread. The cupboards will be up for silent auction through the month of October. There are a lot of amazing artists in this show like Randy Jamison, Erin Ruiz, Cale Cathey, Jerms, Toby Robin, and John Warfel... the list goes on. The Flying M is located in downtown Boise at 500 W. Idaho St.

Soggy Bread | 23"x13" Inches | Mixed Media on Cupboard

Soggy Bread | Detail

The Black Keys Poster

I had the pleasure of working with The Black Keys management in creating a poster for a stop on their tour this fall. They commissioned several amazing designers/artists to create posters for each stop on the tour. I designed the poster for the Seattle show at The Paramount Theatre. I'd like to thank Fielding and everybody in The Black Keys camp for having me participate. If you dig a heavy neo-blues jam, then I would pick up a copy of The Black Keys new album titled Brothers. The are excellent live as well, if you get the opportunity to see them. The poster is currently available in the on-line store at www.benwilsonart.com.

The Black Keys | 17.75" x 12.75" inches | Edition of 197
Signed & Numbered | High Quality Off-Set Print | Natural Felt Stock
$20.00 + Shipping | Available At www.benwilsonart.com

Freaks & Geeks

I did a piece for a very noble individual named Andrew Wycherly quite sometime ago and I recently felt a need to post it. Andrew is extremely knowledgeable when it comes to the wide world of sports and I felt a need to address and honor his vast knowledge through the piece below. It is titled Freaks & Geeks of the NBA. It is an ode to the unsung heroes of the NBA that inspired us in nontraditional ways. There are some stats that just aren't quantifiable, however some of us are certainly keeping tabs regardless of their ambiguity...

Freaks & Geeks of the NBA | Mixed Media on Panel

PangeaSeed 2010

I was pleased to be invited back to participate in PangeaSeed's benefit artshow this year. The event was held in Tokyo, Japan and was appropriately titled Shark Love. I did a special piece for this years event, you can see the results below. It is titled O Toshiyori O Sonchoo Suru or in other words, Respect Your Elders. PangeaSeed is an organization dedicated to protecting sharks and other seaworthy creatures from being eradicated by us greedy humans. They also strive to educate and create awareness about these important issues. You can see pictures from all this years Pangeaseed events here. It looks like they wrangled in a lot of great artists again this year. You can find out more about Pangeaseed over at their website www.pangeaseed.com. Oh, and remember... No Fin, No Future.

O Toshiyori O Sonchoo Suru | Mixed Media on Panel

Framed up and ready for the trip to Japan...

8 New Art Prints Available

I recently released several new art prints in the on-line store at www.benwilsonart.com. They are limited edition giclée prints of the Hairball series, the Space Odyssey series, Café Jargon, and Smell The Wind (which is shown below). Feel free to check them out and plenty of other prints and posters at the website. I appreciate all the on-line support I receive from those of you around the globe making purchases at the website. It helps out my little family a lot!

Smell The Wind | 9"x 25" | Signed & Numbered | $60 USD