John Prine Chicago Theatre 2018 Gigposter

Commemorative poster commissioned by the promoter, NS2, as a gift to Mr. Prine and crew. I imagined the animals from the Chicago Zoo escaping and taking over the town. The cow is a nod to Mr. Prine’s love of ice cream.

4-colors, screen printed on 18x24 white stock.

Artist edition of 25, signed and numbered.

Poster for Mandolin Orange's show on 4.28.18 at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater in Wilmington, NC.

Inspired by the flora and fauna of Greenfield Lake. The deer and the buck represent Andrew and Emily.

5-colors, screen printed on 18x24 white stock.

Artist edition of 20, signed and numbered.

The Avett Brothers North Myrtle Beach 2018 Gigposter

5-color screenprinted triptych poster for The Avett Brothers 3-night run at the House of Blues in North Myrtle Beach, SC. The artwork is inspired by The Point at Cherry Grove near North Myrtle Beach, where the fresh water meets the sea.

1) Uncut Triptych- Edition of 80, signed and numbered. (Individual prints of each panel were available for their respective nights.)

2) Foil Variant- Edition of 10, signed and numbered.

VIP poster and variants for The Avett Brothers show on 12.31.17 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC. The doves represent generations of peace.

1) VIP Show Edition- Edition of 415, 4-color screen print on off-white paper. These were only available to VIP ticket holders at the show.

2) Artist Variant- Edition of 60, 4-color screen print on white paper

3) Silver Shimmer Variant- Edition of 10, 4-color screen print on silver shimmer satin stock

4) White Shimmer Variant- Edition of 10, 4-color screen print on white shimmer satin stock

5) Rainbow Foil Variant- Edition of 10, 4-color screen print on holographic rainbow foil stock

The Avett Brothers Red Rocks 2017 Gigposter

4-color screenprinted hexaptych for The Avett Brothers show at Red Rocks July 7-9 2017. When put together, the 6 panels form one image. These were created for the VIP and GA ticket holders. The posters available at the show were printed on off-white, and the Artist Variants were printed on white.

The artwork is a tribute to my cat companion of 17 years who passed away a few months before this show. It shows the cat and girl communicating through nature and magic, over the passage of time, while great spirit animals look on and protect.

1) Full hexaptych -Artist Variant. Edition of 50 uncut (2 24x36) and 20 cut 12X 24 of each panel, signed and numbered.

2) VIP Show edition- Edition of 355 of each panel, cut to 12x24, signed and numbered. Only available to the VIP ticket holders.

3) GA Show edition- Edition of 50 uncut 24x36, signed and numbered. And 150 of each panel, signed and numbered.

4) VIP Foil Variant- Edition of 15 uncut 24x36, signed and numbered.

5) GA Foil Variant- Edition of 15 uncut 24x36, signed and numbered.

6) VIP Birch Variant- Edition of 15 uncut 24x36, signed and numbered.

7) GA Birch Variant- Edition of 15 uncut 24x36, signed and numbered.

4 color 18x24 poster for The Avett Brothers show at the USF Sundome in Tampa, FL.

1) Show Edition of 200, signed and numbered.

2) Foil Variant- Edition of 10, signed and numbered

4 color 18x24 VIP posters & variants for The Avett Brothers New Year's Eve show at Bojangles’ Coliseum in Charlotte, NC.

1) Show Edition of 520, signed and numbered. These were only available at the show to the VIP ticket holders.

2) Artist Variant- Edition of 50, signed and numbered

3) Foil Variant- Edition of 10, signed and numbered

4) Silver Shimmer Variant- Edition of 10, signed and numbered.

24"x24" 4-color screenprint with metallic gold ink

My friends made a great LP and had a party to celebrate and asked me to make the poster.

3 color (with metallic silver!) screen printed 18x24 poster for The Avett Brothers show at Musikfest in Bethlehem, PA.

Edition of 200, signed and numbered.

24"x36" 4-color screenprint

The Avett Brothers play 3 nights in a row at Red Rocks every summer and I was crazy excited to have the opportunity to design this poster. This was cut into three individual posters which were given to the VIP ticketholders each night. Three editions were printed: the cut VIP edition on off-white paper, the Artist Edition on white paper (cut and uncut), and an uncut Artist Edition printed on birch veneer.

18"x24" 3-color screenprint

Illustration for an invitation to a private reception inspired by the merge of late summer and early fall, created with a literary twist by local food producers.

CLIENT: The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County / The 1949 Society

18"x24" 3-color screenprint

18"x24" 4-color screenprint

11"x17" 3-color screenprint

Our amazing local art-house theater, A/perture Cinema comissioned this poster to celebrate the release of the film, Love & Friendship.

Kid's T-shirt design comissioned by The Avett Brothers for their spring/summer 2016 tour.

Women's T-shirt design comissioned by The Avett Brothers for their spring/summer 2016 tour.

18"x24" 3-color screenprint

Illustration, hand-lettering, 2016

These headers were created for a welcome brochure King's English made for their client, SynerG. The brochure welcomed newcomers to Greensboro, NC with details on how to connect with the community and where to engage in fun cultural activities.

CLIENT: King's English

Illustration, hand-lettering, map-making, 2016

Creating this map was intense and fun and it's among my favorite things I've made. It was commissioned by King's English, for their client SynerG, who needed a map of fun things to do in Greensboro to share with young professionals and newcomers to the city.

CLIENT: King's English

18"x24" 4-color screenprint

It was an incredible honor to design the poster given to the VIP ticketholders at The Avett Brothers New Year's Eve show in Greensboro, NC. Three editions were printed: the VIP edition on off-white paper, the Artist Edition on white paper, and an Artist Edition printed on birch veneer.

18"x24" 3-color screenprint

I went to a lot of Jump, Little Children shows in high school and was excited to create posters for their 2-night stand in Atlanta on their 2015 mini reunion tour. Inspired by the song, "Cathedrals."

18"x24" 3-color screenprint

cel vinyl and acrylic on wood panel, 2015

cel vinyl and acrylic on wood panel, 2015

cel vinyl and acrylic on vinyl record, 2015

Illustration, Graphic Design, and Hand Lettering

A flyer, postcard, and Facebook event cover image I created to promote my solo show at Ember Gallery.

Illustration, 2015

Personal project inspired by food.

Character Design & Spot Illustrations

I was stoked when Greg contacted me to create illustrations for Blue Lizard's® website. They needed a lizard mascot engaged in a variety of outdoor activities in which a person would wear sunscreen. We created a la carte lizards (so they can be used in different contexts) and some are created with backgrounds. For the sliders, the illustrations are combined with photography to showcase specific Blue Lizard® formulas. I illustrated the props, backgrounds, and a small lizard mascot for each one, who is mirroring the activities of the humans.

CLIENT: Blue Lizard® Australian Sunscreen

AGENCY: King's English

ART DIRECTION: Greg Monroy & Chris Valenta

ADDITIONAL CREDITS: Photography by Mark Wagoner Moving Pictures, Graphic & Web Design by Greg Monroy

Illustration, 2015

I have been a fan of the creative department at Wake Forest University (WFU) for awhile and not only was I over the moon excited to work with them, I totally lost my shit when I found out the project would involve illustrations of their commencement speaker and my personal hero, Stephen Colbert.

Every year, Wake Forest does a Commencement Homepage Takeover where the commencement page takes over the university's website homepage for a few days around commencement time. This year they wanted to do something unique and they came to me with the idea of using photographed heads on little bodies for the illustrations of the speakers and students that would be profiled on the site.

The students at WFU have a tradition of rolling the quad whenever their sports teams have a win, so we decided to use that as inspiration for the Colbert illustrations. For the the Baccalaureate speaker, Jonathan Walton, I created monoline drawings of the interior and exterior of Wait Chapel; and the sliders for the student profiles are each based on their own individual interests.

I had the pleasure of creating the illustrations while the talented folks at WFU tweaked them to fit with their homepage as they added the typography and built it since we were on a super short deadline.

CLIENT: Wake Forest University

PROJECT MANAGER: Gretta Kohler

ART DIRECTION: Brent Piper

GRAPHIC DESIGN: Brent Piper

18"x24" 3-color screenprint with metallic gold ink

18"x24" 2-color screenprint with metallic gold ink

Inspired by the architectural elements of the Fox Theatre, the heart shape was constructed from different shapes I doodled while meditating on love. The lyrics "Say Love" are hidden in the heart.
 

18"x24" 3-color screenprint

cel vinyl and acrylic on wood panel, 2014

cel vinyl and acrylic on wood panel, 2014

cel vinyl and acrylic on wood panel, 2014

cel vinyl and acrylic on wood panel, 2014

18"x24" 3-color screenprint

I love creating things for a good cause and was excited when Common Giant asked me to create these posters as rewards for Easy Peezy's Kickstarter campaign. Easy Peezy is a company focused on making a pee test for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA.)

The posters are based on characters and lyrics from an animated music video Common Giant created that explains how the Easy Peezy test works and highlights OSA's symptoms and how kids are often being misdiagnosed with ADD when there's a chance they actually have OSA. 

Each character is engaged in a fun activity to show how fun and productive it can be to have some focus after a correct diagnosis. 

CLIENT: Easy Peezy

AGENCY: Common Giant

ART DIRECTION: Phillip Oakley

18"x24" 2-color screenprint

18"x24" 3-color screenprint

18"x24" 3-color screenprint

18"x24" 3-color screenprint

18"x24" 3-color screenprint

18"x24" 2-color screenprint

18"x24" 3-color screenprint

18"x24" 3-color screenprint

Illustration & Art Direction

David Jones from The Variable contacted me to create some art for a billboard on the side of their building. It was called the Giant Art Project, and they commissioned different artists to create something new for it every few months. It was an honor and a pleasure to be asked to make a contribution to the project.
I had just graduated with my graphic design degree, and was eager to collaborate. I asked a fellow graduate and friend, Valecia Hopper, to make something with me and this is the result. It's an illustration about creating things and making stuff to hopefully inspire passersby.

AGENCY: The Variable

ADDITIONAL CREDITS: Art Collaboration with Valecia Hopper. Photo by The Variable

18"x24" 3-color screenprint

18"x24" 2-color screenprint

18"x24" 3-color screenprint

18"x24" 3-color screenprint

18"x24" 2-color screenprint

18"x24"  3-color screenprint

18"x24"  2-color screenprint

18"x24"  2-color screenprint

18"x24"  3-color screenprint

18"x24" 2-color screenprint

18"x24"  3-color screenprint

18"x24"  3-color screenprint

18"x24"  2-color screenprint

18"x24"  3-color screenprint

This was my first poster commissioned by The Avett Brothers, and the first time I designed a poster this big for screen printing. I had no idea what I was doing and have learned a lot since then.

cel vinyl and acrylic on wood panel, 2010

cel vinyl and acrylic on wood panel, 2010

cel vinyl and acrylic on wood panel, 2010

cel vinyl and acrylic on wood panel, 2010