Ships Were Made for Sinking... Whiskey for Drinking!

Here we are with an excerpt from a Squirrel Nut Zippers song.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Big beautiful Chicago bungalow window with a lightly refurbished frame and fresh clear coat.
Hope you're not a sailor!

Listen to the song and watch the video here.

Original drawing and design. Old time sailor tattoo lettering on top and railroad lettering on the bottom. The water is drawn from an old 30s record label.
And yeah,  flipped and reversed the water to mirror as a whiskey ocean to hold the bottom lettering.
First window to sell at the Renegade Art Fair.

"Ships were made for Sinking, Whiskey for Drinking!" SOLD

A Look Back at The Celebratory End of Prohibition

I've always wanted to make a window in the style of a newspaper headline. What's more celebratory than the end of prohibition!? All original writing, although, I am sure there was a headline that read "Prohibition Has Been Repealed." The tagline was written by me and the date, price, and one copy is the same as on original newspapers from that day in history.
'Cause, if you can imagine, if this day never came... we wouldn't have booze today! Aaahh!
Frame is stripped, stained, and clear coated.
Sold at Renegade Handmade Art Fair.
"Extra! Extra! Prohibition has been Repealed!" SOLD

You Scream... and then I'll Scream Even Louder 'Cuz I Want Some Damn Ice Cream!

Man, I love ice cream in the summer time. Yeah, I'm a simple classic person and enjoy plain ol vanilla bean ice cream.
Get me in the freezer aisle at the grocery store and I'm all over whatever pint is on sale. Cincinnati's flavor is Graeter's Ice Cream which has made it across Indiana and into Chicago's Jewel grocery store. Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip is my jam.
Karamel Sutra, Americone Dream, Coffee, Pistachio, Vanilla Bean Espresso, Chocolate Chip... I'm making myself hungry!
Here is a neat classic 50s, 60s ice cream sign. Lettering is that of classic sign painters. Painted wood frame. Sold at Renegade Art Fair.

"Ice Cream, One Scoop!" SOLD

Double Pain - Bourbon Whiskey

I've said before, paned wind-ows are always a pain. But this guy wasn't a trouble. Why not paint two of my favorite things? Haha, simple and to the point. A nice couple picked up this window at the Renegade Art Fair. 

'Whiskey' is a lettering similar to bank signs from the late 1800s, early 1900s. And the 'Bourbon' lettering is from railroad signage. The frame has been stripped, stained and clear coated.

Check out some of these lovely afternoon sunny photos!

"Bourbon Whiskey" SOLD

Photos in the Sun-Times

My booth had TWO photos featured in the Sun-Times..

http://www.suntimes.com/photos/galleries/index.html?story=14998660

'[Signs By Bean], a "Super Maker" of a lost art'

Pretty cool!
On the top of the page, too!
http://www.renegadecraft.com/super-makers-super-handmade