Red Hot Chili Peppers

This is for the version on white Quartz Stardream paper stock.

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My first sketch to the band featured a wild climate change concept featuring polar bears and dinosaurs that may have left the band scratching their heads. It wasn’t approved but rest assured I’ll be reworking it into something special in the future. What spurred my second concept along was an article I read about Flea’s passion for beekeeping. I then began building a piece of art influenced by some of the inks tattooed onto each band member. There’s some tribal influence in the design along with Haida art which I’ve always loved. The trick is really to get all these disparate elements of bees, bears, coyotes and the star of affinity (band logo) to blend together harmoniously into one image. If you do it right it’ll feel like the pieces start to hum and vibrate together in synchronicity.

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Please allow roughly 2 weeks for shipping. It’s just Kristie and me packing and it sometimes takes us a minute. We always pack them with love for you all. Cheers.

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NOTES: 18 x 24 inches /// 5 screens /// signed and numbered artist edition of 200 on Stardream Quartz paper and 50 artist copies on foil paper  /// numbered show copies are printed with 4 colors in CMYK on white paper in an edition of 800 and 275 foils that were sold at the show /// May 14, 2023 at State Farm Stadium in Phoenix, AZ /// Art is dedicated to all the keepers of the bees /// created in collaboration with Collectionzz