Beery Method Studios is honored to be part of another epic screen print show curated by the talented Matt Dye of Blunt Graffix. The show titled Blunt Fink features pop-culture themed fine art prints in the infamous style of the all time custom car design maestro Ed “Big Daddy” Roth. You know, that zany artist who created the fiendish Rat Fink character and decked out his rides with swooping fins, busty curves, mega-engine blocks, and fire blasting exhaust systems. Mashing up a trifecta of my most beloved treasures, Beery recreated Cheech and Chong’s Up In Smoke in the befitting style of Big Daddy’s Rat Fink characters. RSVP to the Blunt Fink Eugene Oregon exhibit: Blunt Fink.
Digging further into the pureprint love of Ed Roth’s work I decided to create the piece as a extremely limited edition 8 color screen print poster. These 18×24″ posters are hand signed and numbered, NB signed in gold, and printed on a heavyweight raglan watercolor paper. Only 20 of these posters exist. Twenty fortunate collectors will have a rare piece of tribute art all hand printed by the artist Beery. Interested purchasers please EMAIL BEERY directly.
The ode to Cheech and Chong in correlation to Ed Roth was like mixing chocolate and coffee. Two extraordinary tastes with similarly addicting qualities. Up In Smoke is my favorite movie the stoned duo created back in the day. Recreating Cheech’s Love Machine lowrider in Roth’s style was like a (nice)dream come true. Getting all the details into the car such as the MUF DVR license plate, fuzzy red balls and blue fur, that gold-winged hood ornament, the mariachi horns on the grill, and even the rust spots and front end dents were a pleasure to produce.
Cheech is completely “Rat Finked” out with the bulging eyes, hanging salivating tongue, red cap and vato suspenders, and insanely intense posture. Purple Chong dually holds that ostentatious joint that so prominently made their meeting a higher condition in the film is garbed out in his Hawaiian shirt and red bandana. Smoke rolls from the cab and of course the racing wheels of the lowrider to spell out Up In Smoke at the top of the poster. Love Machine and my trademarked NB Splat grace the bottom.
For more info on the show please check out Blunt Graffix. Show opening is 12.7.2012.
Below is a complete list of the Blunt Fink lineup:
Adam Smasher
AJ Masthay
Alan Forbes
Alex R Kirzhner
Angryblue
Arik Roper
Beery Method
Bicicleta Sem Freio
Brad McGinty
Brian Ewing
Brent Cheshire
David Welker
Frank Kozik
Godmachine
Gum Ball
Jared Moraitis
Jason Abraham Smith
Jason Edmiston
Jim Mazza
Joshua Budich
Justin Anvil
Lars P. Krause
Malleus
Marco Almera
Morning Breath
Neal Williams
Rhys Cooper
Scarecrowoven
Skummie
Swamp Yankee
Tbone & Aljax
Zoltron Black
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