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

Here, We Fill Up A Bucket E'ry Day

"Loserville" Clip by Freakwater of Chicago Listen

      Freakwater, as my late night bourbon and country music partner Scott told me one evening, is a lady band outta Chi town. They sing song old style country twangin' songs or as Wikipedia wants me to say, they are 'American Alternative Country.'

     Sure. Anyway one of the founding members has the last name of 'Bean' so I was sold.

     We weren't actually sippin' on bourbon, Scott and I, at the time.. I believe it was a chilly evening appropriate only for a tawny port. Jack Kerouac would be proud.

     Anyway, good ol' Scott likes those women howlers and threw on this song, Loserville where they sing of a distant land where the bourbon flows like a river so deep and still.

     I tried buying train tickets later that night. Needless to say I was unsuccessful.

     So here we are, my wind-ow 'bout bourbon. ALSO I've included some installation photos to show some ways of displaying these charming glass things.

     The frame has been refinished as well and there is documentation of frame before and frame after.

"Bourbon River" Approx 24 inches x 33 inches SOLD

 

Nice detail. Some xmas lights in the background..

Close up of detailed wood and using open hooks for hanging. I like a chain or a rope to hang.

Here we are at "High Design Holiday". I was showed 4 windows and 3 photographs. My favorite hang, 2 screws, 2 hooks, 2 sets of links of chain.

Here is my roommate's decorating xmas style, on her record cabinet. Bourbon River looks great just hanging out behind the knick knacks.

So I watched Ken Burns' Documentary, Prohibition. And I feel my home resembles a Speakeasy.

I don't know if  a speakeasy is where I lay my head at night but what a neat 3 part documentary by Ken Burns. Never failing at creating an interesting and educational flick, Prohibition talked about some of my subjects: whiskey, speakeasies, jazz, and Cincinnati. Check it out.
Here we have a similar representation of fonts that were used in banks and government offices around the 1910s, 1920s. This is a great thick window that has a refinished frame.
Perfect for a bar, or above my front door.

Speakeasy Measures approx. 34in x 14in with a refinished wood frame SOLD

Classic Boozin'

A 4 pane window will bring creative difficulty, believe it or not. In response to the unique 4 pane style, I went with a classic boozin' paintin'.
Perfect for a bar or restaurant.

LIQUOR BEER WINE SPIRITS 32inx26in SOLD

Moonshine

 My other life is as a bicycle mechanic at a small shop in Chicago. Every year, sometimes twice, we will host a swap meet or big bicycle parts sale. We deal mostly in vintage parts and bicycles and will host several other bicycle buddy vendors to come out and sell/swap.

It's a two day event, with that evening full of celebration and fun with our buddies and sale success. The next morning, I am up early feeling groggy and drag myself to the shop to prepare for the second day of our sale.

Coffee in hand I mosey up to the door and a shop buddy, Adam, looks at me and says, Well goodmorning Moonshine!

Apparently I shine better while the moon is out.

Or I like moonshine.
Either way he calls me that to this day. Here it is, MOONSHINE. Approx 28in x 15in SOLD

I got a mind to ramble

"I'M A RAMBLIN' MAN
WITH A RAMBLIN' MIND"

I heard this song from some three day studio recordings produced by CBS in 1966.
Painting is approx 17 1/2 x 17 1/2in  (SOLD)