Cat Trap!

I had the privilege of being part of the Hellboy official 20th anniversary show. I had a blast working on this. It's a 3 color, hand pulled screen print. The 20th anniversary special edition print has already sold out but more will be available shortly through my Etsy shop. For more info and to see some great art, please visit: herocomplexgallery.com/collections/hellboy. You can also visit the official blog of the show at: hellboy20thartshow.tumblr.com. The show runs till the 23rd of May.

Shaun and ED

Here's my piece for g1988's upcoming Crazy4Cult: NYC show. It's inspired by Shaun of the Dead. It's a four color, hand pulled screen print that measures about 12"x 18". This signed and numbered edition of 30 will go on sale tonight at g1988's NYC pop up gallery located at 355A Bowery, New York, NY 10003. For more info, please visit nineteeneightyeight.com

Stay Puft

Here's my piece for the upcoming g1988 show, Crazy4Cult Presents: Say Hi to the Bad Guy. Its Inspired by ghostbusters and one of my favorite bad guys when I was growing up. This is a two color, hand pulled screen print that measures about 12" x 18". It is a signed and numbered edition of 25. The show opens this Friday and runs for about a month at g1988(west0. For more info, please visit nineteeneightyeight.com.

I just blue myself

A little late to the party as the show opened last Friday (sorry, combination of vacation and laziness). Here is my piece for Gallery1988's show "There is Always Money in the Banana Stand". I (and it seems many others) have a special appreciation for David Cross and his Tobias Fünke character. I wanted to recreate his head shot from the series and show off the characters acting range.

The show is up for a month. Bad news- gallery1988 is already sold out of the unframed prints I sent them. Good news- I have more! They'll be on my etsy page after the show comes down. Enjoy!

"Excuuuuse Meeeeeeeee" a tribute to Steve Martin

Here's my print for Gallery 1988's upcoming tribute show to Steve Martin. It's a three color, hand pulled screen print. It measures about 10.25" x 16" and has an edition of 35.

This was a lot of fun to work on. Not only is Mr. Martin one of my favorite actors but Parenthood is one of my favorite movies from my childhood. Although after re-watching it I can safely say that I didn't understand half the movie or the jokes when I was a kid. Especially grandmas innuendoes. Anyway, hopefully people get the reference as I know its not one of his most well known films.

The show opens Friday, June 9th and runs for about a month at Gallery 1988, Venice.

He went Extinct for your sins!

Here is my contribution to the upcoming g1988 show "Memes, a tribute to the internet's favorite creations". The show opens this friday at 7020 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038. Its one of the more ridiculous show ideas in a while and I'm glad I could be a part of it. Its also g1988's 8th anniversary so its sure to be a good time. I had a lot of fun with this project. This handsome Raptor Jesus is a 4 color hand pulled screen print. Show runs for about a month and remember to hide your sin, he's learned to open doors.

LA Weekly

Thanks L.A. Weekly! Click the link below.

Top 10 Artworks Inspired by Paul Reubens' Famed TV Character at Gallery 1988

Blick Mini Art Show Fun Time Thing

Small update, not sure what you would call this, but Blick Art Store in Philadelphia has a local artist feature wall and this month I have a piece on it (as well as other Autumn Society members). Should be up for at least a month and possibly longer.

Pee-Wee Tribute Show

Hello all, here is the piece I did for the Gallery1988 Pee-Wee Herman Tribute Show. Before I started, I re-watched the movie to get inspiration and I had forgotten how much bike and dinosaur goodies are in it. Being a dinosaur and bicycle guy myself I just had to add them to my tribute piece. Its a five color screen print and is about 8.5" x 16". Look for it come August at gallery1988! Enjoy!

Doug LaRocca

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From Whence We Came Show Pic

Show turned out great! Thanks again Ryann for putting this together. The Show is up till August 10th incase you missed the opening. Still plenty of time to buy some great art for a great cause.

An Ocean life for me!

Hey all! Here's my new screen print for the upcoming Benefit show: From Whence We Came. It runs from July 8th to August 10th at Benna’s café (1236 South 8th ST, Philly) and is curated by Ryann Casey. The opening is Friday, July 8 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. All proceed from the show go to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society & Oceana. Please come out and help a good cause.

For More info visit:
From Whence We Came Facebook page
http://na.oceana.org/,
http://www.seashepherd.org/

Turtle Power!

Here is my piece for the TMNT tribute Show. Shell Shocked opens June 3rd at Brave New Worlds Comic shop from 6-9pm. Should be a good time, lots of good pieces so far.

This piece fought me a bit, I'm still re-learning how to screen print. Still I think it came out alright. Brave New Worlds is located 42 N 2nd ST, Philadelphia and is part of Old Cities First Friday. Hope to see you out there!