More Suntory time prints now at Gallery1988

Hot off the presses (kinda) more Suntory time! prints have arrived at gallery1988 (with even more on the way for next week). Call for availability as they may have not updated their shop status yet.

Also, Electric Playground has a segment about the show. It starts about 18 minutes and 31 seconds into the program if you don't want to watch the whole thing.



 Don't blink or you may miss my print.

Make it Suntory Time

My piece for the upcoming Post No Bills show at Gallery 1988. Opening night is Thursday, November 3rd. Figured I'd use some Halloween colors since I'm not doing a Halloween piece this year.

Pee Wee Show Pics

Here are some pics from opening night of the Pee Wee Herman Tribute Show at Gallery1988. Pics are courtesy of gallery friend Johnny Cupcakes. The show turned out great!

CMYK Show at A x D Gallery

Show pics from the opening of Attack of the CMYK at A x D Gallery. The show runs till September 3rd.

CMYK Images....Finally

Here are my pieces for the Attack of CMYK show that is currently going on at A x D Gallery in Philadelphia (265 S. 10th Street). This project really kicked my ass. After heading in one direction and not liking where it was going, I did a 180 two weeks before the deadline and completely changed everything. On top of that I had a lot of problems with burning screens. The insane heat and humidity coupled with a new emulsion brand made things very difficult and I ended up having to reburn 9 screen and do all printing in three and a half days. Thankfully, everything was done in time and all the prints look pretty darn good. Above are the digital versions of my pieces. For some reason speedballs Process cyan is way darker than real cyan so the prints look a bit different. But with only three days to get things done, beggers can't be choosers.

Some people may notice that I brought an old favorite out of retirement for this project. When I heard that the name of the show was actually called Attack of CMYK I knew I had to do something with monsters. I felt the Robot flying a kite over Philadelphia piece was a perfect fit. So I based the other two pieces off the same premise. They're not so much attacking as they are just doing their thing.

The show will be up till September 3rd. Enjoy!

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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.

Studio update: A tad messy!

Typical of what my studio looks like mid project. I really enjoyed this project and relearned quite a bit about screen printing in the process. Very little frustration with this one, hopefully the next one goes this smooth.