SlyBrand

I was talking with a couple of fellow Memphis-lovers tonight about our city. We were trying to figure it out. Now, I know that trying to “figure out” this place is an exercise in futility, but something keeps me trying to make more sense of the place I’ve lived for close to 10 years. There’s something haunting this place. A presence that’s fluid and dangerous—filling every crack and crevice of the city–and at the same time evasive and fleeting. (more…)

Buy a cool sticker in honor of my big day.

I think the road of every Memphis artist travels through Elvis. It’s a rite of passage we all must wrestle with … which Elvis is your Elvis?

Here’s mine. A wood block print created for the 2002 Tupelo Elvis Festival poster.

I’ve increasingly taken notice of random art and design elements laying around that’re leftovers of projects I’ve completed. Photos, woodcuts, paintings, print proofs, posters and other stuff that I need to find a home for. I’ll post ‘em under this category. Lemme know if you’re interested in anything you see, let’s make a deal!