Burn Book 3; finale
Added 8 more smoke bombs to draw with and I think finish this book.
https://www.teplin.com/burn-book-iii
Cowboy (in progress)
I think there’s probably too much going on here. But I’ll treat it as a lesson as I teach myself to do more stuff like this. I’m tempted to (pen &) ink this but I have a feeling it’ll look too comic-booky which I don’t necessarily want - so I might go straight to watercolor and erase the pencil. 22” x 30", graphite.
3 Friends Agree to Make Up After a Fight
Fountain Pen and white-out on paper, 2025. 21” x 15”. Just making it up as I go along. Lately I’ve been interested in drawing cowboys.
My WFMU t-shirt is live
I've been a huge fan and listener of Jersey City radio station WFMU for 30 years. They're a free-form, nonprofit radio station playing all kinds of eclectic music—totally up to the DJ currently on duty. I've heard amazing things there over the years. about 6 months ago they used my tugboat drawing on stickers for donors to their pledge drive, along with a sweatshirt. Today they just released a new one - my Freeform Fluid letters.
Fountain Pen drawings
I bound a sketchbook that's just for fountain pens. It's different paper than I normally draw on, and the drawings are much different than what I make in my sketchbooks with watercolor paper for pages. Fountain pens force me to loosen up which is important for me. The drawings are non-erasable, fast, and don't allow me to perseverate over every little line. I also get to feel close to my dad when I use this particular pen, one he gave me from his cherished collection.
Images for New Artist Book
Kayrock is in the process of printing a 16 page fake firecracker label book of mine. This is a sneak peak at some of the images.
3 color silkscreen, edition of 200, hand bound.
New Prints!
I was so lucky to work with the amazing printers at Powerhouse Arts in Gowanus, Brooklyn last week. We created two editions of fake firecracker labels printed with extra-large color dots using four screens (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black). The original Chinese firecracker labels I fell in love with in the 1980s have a very similar look, and these prints really bring back that nostalgic feeling for me. There are 25 prints in each edition, and each print measures 16” x 20” on 250 gram, 100% cotton rag acid free paper. Each is $350 or $600 for both.
