Derek Art – News

March 23, 2014

To Dig or not to Dig!

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Howdy Cats!….I have been quite neglect in my attention to the News Page as of late…Man, like I been hoppin higher than a kangaroo wearin moon boots on a trampoline! I have been throwin lots of new scribbles n snaps on my Facebook Fan Page, however. So’s if ya wanna follow what I’m workin on a little more closer-like, Fall by and dig the doodles, man!

For all you rootin-tootin buckaroos what lives down Texas way…Next weekend ( Sat. March 29th ) I’ll be in Houston at the fabulous Sig’s Lagoon for a solo gallery gig! If you hang yer Stetson anywheres near that zip…make the trip!! Lots of original paintings, serigraphs n’ sketches for you cats to paw thru! Here’s a look-see at the flyer as well as a serigraph and an original painting for the gig….

And if that don’t flip yer wig…The original white trash warriors, Southern Culture on the Skids will be playin right next door at the Continental Club….not one nite, but TWO!!
Here’s a flyer featuring some art I did for their upcoming 12″ single “Party at my Trouse”…

In other nutty news…I hear tell the hepcats at Mr. Retro just released a new batch of my original sketches….Don’t know how them creepsters keep gettin their mitts on my scribbles!
Anyways….my lose, yer gain, Pops! Light up yer pitty pats n’ hot foot it on over!

One of my many excuses for not updatin my News Page….The Kiddie Cocktail Book! Well, dig this kids…she’s donesville…and she’s a gas! Korero Press is hard at work printin em up all fancy like!! Here’s a little sneak peek at some of the art….clik here to get an even better look!

And last on the list, but not least on the list…I thought you cats might wanna gander at some more of the art I scribbled for this years Tales of the Cocktail event….It’s like seein the whole world thru beer goggles!! Crazy, man….crazy!

Alright Hipsters….I gotta split….makin with the paint slingin routine these days…many more to come..stay close and I’ll straighten ya real soon-like….

Much love upon ya,
Derek

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December 25, 2013

Very Merry and a Nutty New!

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Howdy Nog Nippers! Dig a Holiday Season that’s Bright and Out of Sight!

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November 27, 2013

Happy Wild Turkey Day, Gobble Goons!

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Howdy Holiday Hepcats! Hope each and everyone of you can knab a few tick-tocks this week to spend some time makin nice with the kinfolk! Settin the table with Cousin Mabel and breakin bread with Uncle Fred!…And if you ain’t diggin the whole Black Friday bit, Mr. Retro has just added another batch of nutty new items to please even the pickiest cats n kittens on yer holiday list! No need to stand out in the cold freezin yer giblets…cop a squat in comfort and cross them cats off the list in style!

Okay….Dig this….I got 2 new pieces just perfect for all them gearheads and throttle jockeys in yer life! Firstly…The “Fins n Grills” serigraph on wood! Limited edition signed and numbered…no frame needed, Pops! Hopped Up and Ready to Hang! And secondly…”Racin For Pinks” limited edition serigraph! This is one of my all-time favorite scribbles…adorably cute and horribly filthy, ALL IN ONE! And I’ll just bet you dollars to donuts you have someone on yer shoppin list that fits that description the MOST! Gas it up and Git it!!

And now for all you nuts in yer tiki huts….A good while back I scratched out some movie poster art for a Canadian tiki documentary called “Mai Tais,Toques & Tikis”….Well I finally got my grabbers on a fistful of serigraphs printed up for the opening! The Great White North does South Pacific!! Head to Mr. Retro to get yer frosty mitts on one….

Alright hipsters….Allow me to pontificate on what other doins I got afoot…Just finished up a whole new batch of doodles for the Tales of the Cocktail event held in New Orleans every Summer! Always a hoot makin art for these cocktail-lovin cats but it was a real gas this go around! They had me scratch the art with an international flavor…A salute to cocktails from around the world! Here’s a few for ya to eyeball….I’ll add even more next time…..

I mentioned last time that I’ve been workin on art for a new book called “Kiddie Cocktails” to be published early next year by Korero Pres in the UK….From all I can tell, the book is lookin super swell!! Here’s another shot of the cover as well as a few pencil sketches….In the not too distant I’ll have a heap more to lay on ya……..

Ok cats…..I gotta split! Here’s hopin yer Gobble Gobble is Groovy and yer Holidays are a Hoot!

Derek

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November 7, 2013

“Baby Cat…That Makes It!”

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Howdy Kids!! Hope all you rotten creeps survived Halloween! I do dig them tricks almost as much as them treats!! Alright, Things have been boilin over at the Scribble Factory! I’ve been workin on a whole slew of new for you cats to give the eye to! Mostly doodles for the upcomin Kiddie Cocktails book….so I’ll have a nice batch of them to lay on ya real soon-like!
But the latest I have for ya now is brand spankin new additions to Mr. Retro! Just added 2 new serigraphs and 3 new original sketches!! Cross some of them Gimmie Gimmies off yer holiday list lickety-split style! Head on over to Mr. Retro and grab it up!! Here’s a little peek at what’s new……

Somethin else you art snobs might dig….I just recently finished up some logo art for a soon to be aired Brazilian TV show entitled Planeta Exotico! From what I’ve seen of it it looks to be a real gas! So for all you South American Swingers….don’t drop out, Tune In!!

One more koo koo nutty thing before I split….For a good while now all kinds of swell cats n kittens have dropped in on my shows and gallery gigs to show off their “Derek” ink! I thought you hipsters would groove on eyeballin a few of the snaps I’ve snapped over the years! I didn’t have the heart to tell ‘em that tattoos are like….forever, man! Gonna be a real drag for ‘em when the hooch wears off and the ink doesn’t!

I gotta fall out, man!! Lots of scribbles in the works….many more simmerin’ in the pots…So keep your listenin holes free of obstructions and I’ll yell yer way on another day….Dig?

Derek

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October 15, 2013

Ghoulish Greetings!

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Hey all you Crazy Creepsters!! The Witchin’ Hour is gonna be upon us real soon-like….and if yer anything like me you’ll be grabbin the nearest shovel so’s you can Dig It, Deady-O!! Still haven’t picked out my Hallow’s Eve threads yet, but I’ve narrowed it down to Sexy Soda Jerk, Sexy Window Washer or Sexy Certified Public Accountant….I’ll clue you mad monsters once my mind is set! Okay….for all you fans of the freaky and fools for the ghouls, Mr. Retro is FINALLY able to bring you the much anticipated and long awaited “Elvira” limited edition serigraph! We’ve got a few signed by the Mistress of the Dark herself and a few that Glow in the Dark! We only got our grippers on a fistful so if ya gotta have it, Throw the hot rod hearse into the go gear and gas it up, Goon!!

Mr. Retro is also happier than a pig in slop to offer my newest Tiki Farm mug, “Ernest T”! These were a big hit at the Tiki Oasis and at DragonCon and now you can get one for your own creepy self! Yee-Haw Aloha!

All you Boils n Ghouls seem to really dig ‘em so….we added a couple more sketchbook original pages to the Mr. Retro site as well…

Okay Halloween Hepcats…I gotta hop a jet and rocket west for my gig at the University of Nebraska Kearney….If any of you creeps cop a squat near that zip you gotta make the trip!! Fall in, man! No cover….no minimum!! Here’s another look see at the flyer with a few more details…

Many more new releases real soon-like so stay tuned to this station and I’ll beam in on yer frequency once I dig up some new words for ya!! Hope your Halloween is a horrible hoot!

Catch you on the flop, Sugar Pop!
Derek

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October 3, 2013

It’s a Riot…Eye It!

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Hey all you Hepcats!! Hope all is super groovy wherever it is you call Pad Sweet Pad! Over the next few weeks runnin head-long into the holiday season we’ll be addin heaps of new biscuits to the Mr. Retro site so I’ll be be yellin in yer ear like Paul Revere!! Don’t run for cover, man…plant your feet and dig the beat!!

Alright friends….let’s commence with the Cavalcade of Newness! Just released “Pad Sweet Pad”….This limited edition serigraph made a big splash when it debuted at last month’s DragonCon! Them things went faster than a roadrunner on jet gas! Thankfully for all you beatniks, we got a few left! So split the Coffee Cave early-like and git yer mitts on ‘em before they is splitsville, Pops!

Okay….speakin of DragonCon, We are also adding the crazy popular DragonCon Parade print to Mr. Retro as well as the VERY limited DC Hotel Keycard print! Almost sold out of these so if ya dig em, quit yer goofin’ and go get ‘em! And another thing…I hoid from a nutty lil’ boid that the parade T-shirt I designed sold out at the gig yet again! But don’t Boo-Hoo, Mary Lou!! I also hear-tell they reprinted it…so if ya wanna snag a T, head to the DragonCon store!

In other Update News…Them no-goodniks at Mr. Retro made off with a hefty stack of original sketches a while back and it looks like they’ve added a few more for you kooks to eyeball….

Haven’t chatted with you mad cats in a while ’cause I been doodlin at a wild tempo!! I been scratchin out art for a new book called “Kiddie Cocktails“….written by my good friend Stuart Sandler ( of Font Diner fame ) and published by them swells gents across the pond, Korero Press! I’ll be layin more art and info on ya as time ticks on but just to get ya started here’s a peek at the cover art…Crack yer peepers on the wide side, Clyde!

Alrighty Hipsters….If you dig a wild rockabilly kustom kulture scene, then this scribble will surely cause you to Flat Out Flip Out! Them ding dong daddies what run the Belles n’ Whistles Kustom Kuture Fair in Sydney, Australia gave me a scream and laid the gig on me….if you don’t think this one cuts a mean groove then hop the nearest hearse to the boneyard ’cause you’re dead, man!

And now a little somethin for all you Spanish-Speakin Swingsters…Just got the word that Madrid’s Linea Curve Magazine blogged up a nice bit on me!! Bop on over and give it a look-see!

And lastly, I gotta pile a multitude of gratitude upon all you hipsters that came by my booth at last month’s DragonCon!! It was bar-none, hands down my best show EVER! Thanks for makin with all the love lingo and grabbin up so many scribbles! You cats are the Bees Knees AND the Mamas Pajamas! Here’s a few snaps from the weekend of nuttiness…

One more thing-a ding-ding….I’ll be at the University of Nebraska at Kearney from Oct. 16th thru the 18th! Them cats in the Art Dept. are bringin me out for a gallery gig and they’s even gonna let me talk art with the students! I’ll blab on endlessly about what I do, how I do it and so on and so forth…I got Professor Doug Waterfield to thank for the invite….Thanks a heap, Dougy! See you goons real soon!!

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August 25, 2013

Dig Me at DragonCon!

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Hey all you frantic ones! Go easy on me…I’m still tryin to dry out my rum-soaked noggin from last weekends Tiki Oasis in San Diego!! That gig was a real knee-slappin barn-burner! It was great swiggin joy juice and diggin the reunion routine with all my west-coast tiki chums!! Here’s a few snaps of the koo koo nuttiness….

But dig this….I barely snagged any time for goofin or catchin up on my Zs before I had to start gettin ready for Atlanta’s own DragonCon event! I drop in on this scene every year…it is bar none, hands down my biggest gig of the year! And this go around I got more new scribbles to lay on you cats than EVER before!! The show starts this comin Friday ( August 30 ) and runs thru Labor Day ( Sept 2 )….I’ll be coppin a squat in the same spot as I have for the last few years….Comic and Pop Artist Alley in the Hyatt Regency Hotel…crack yer peepers on the wide side and hunt me down!! Here’s a look-see at my booth set-up…You’d have to be blinder than a bat in bifocals to miss it!!

The DC powers that be were nice enough to ask me to scribble out another DragonCon Parade Tee design…I was happy as hell to oblige!! The T-shirts have sold out over the past couple of years so if ya dig it and gotta have it….Take off at a wild tempo!! And that ain’t all…Them DC bigwigs also invited me to create another hotel room key design for this year’s gig!! Crazy! Swing by my booth and I’ll sign yer keycard for ya! I’ll have prints available of both the T design and the keycard art. If ya want one, hit the gravel ’cause them things are guaranteed to travel!

Got a whole mess of new limited edition serigraphs that will make their debut at the show…A little something for every hipster and flipster!…Here’s a few to wet yer whistle!

And dig this hipsters…finally got my mitts on them Elvira prints that I been squakin about for so long! Got a few that glow in the dark and an even lesser few signed by the Mistress of the Dark herself!!

I’ll be rollin out a brand spankin new plywood serigraph! Fins n’ Grills!

I’ll also be bringin a batch of the outrageously popular Hi-Fi Paper Model Kits!! We’ll have one assembled and proudly displayed for you to dig on! It’s a riot…swing by and eye it!!

A few years back I introduced the world to the amazing 3-D Acryl-O-Graph!! Them things sold faster than fishstix at a hungry nun convention!! So….if you cats got any rafters overhead it’s time for ya to start swingin from ‘em! Available for the first time anywhere…the newest Acryl-O-Graph…”X-Ray Love”….a sleeker and more affordable version for you cats with a tighter hold on yer purse strings! The snap below don’t do her justice, drop by and eyeball it in person, man!

Also gonna have a nice hefty stack of new sketchbook originals for ya to paw thru….

And for you mug maniacs….”Ernest T”…..

The Southern Culture on the Skids kids were kind enough to lay a stack of tees on me so I’ll have those for ya too!

Okay….if all that ain’t enough for ya, then I’m gonna need to upgrade to a hi-test fuel, cause I’ve been blowin my headers full tilt all Summer for this gig, ya dig? Drop by and give it all the good eye!!

Derek

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August 14, 2013

Hulabilly Hoedown is Fixin’ to Go Down!

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Howdy all you corn-fed cuzzins! Just droppin a little reminder on you cats….The Tiki Oasis is this comin’ weekend! I’ll be jettin west for the gig in a few quick cliks of the clock….If you plan on fallin in, you gotta track me down and share a swig of joy juice with me! Don’t be makin’ with the bashful bit….what with all the hillbilly inbreedin…we’s probably related!
Still kinda fuzzy on where my print signing is gonna be, but I’m thinkin it’ll be in the large Crowne Plaza lobby from 11am til Noon on Saturday…Check the printed program schedule for more know, Daddy-O! The official show print is available at the signing…..and before and after that you can get one at the Falling Cocos suite….and I think my Tiki Farm “Ernest T” mug release is gonna be around that same time and place……

Here’s another look-see at some of the full color sketchbook original pages I’ll have for sale as well….and dig this, for all you tiki freaks that wanna get yer mitts on a piece of Tiki Oasis history, I’ll also have a fistful of original pencil art from prior events! Be you round, be you square…it’ll surely curl your hair!

Another original piece you might dig is the painted hand drum “L is for Luau”….eye it!

Looks like they’s gonna be an Artist Reception for the Tiki Oasis Art Show on Saturday at noon in the Lahaina Room….I’ll make with the heel n’ toe action after the signing and try n’ catch that scene as well…….here’s another peek at the scribble I’ll have in the show…

I gotta get kickin, Chicken!…..This hillbilly ain’t got no time to dilly!! Lots to do before I blast off!….

See ya soon, ya goons from Saskatoon!
Derek

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July 16, 2013

It’s a Doggone Tiki Freak Hootenanny!

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Howdy Hepcats!

Toss a little Yee-Haw in with the Aloha!! The Tiki Oasis in San Diego is in the not too distant….( Aug 15 thru 18 )…and since this year’s theme is Hulabilly, I’ll shorely be droppin in on the hoedown that’s fixin to go down!! It’s guaranteed to be corn-fed crazy with a heapin helpin of kickapoo joy juice!! Throw a blanket over Bessie or hitch a mess of mules to the nearest buggy….this one is gonna be slicker than deer guts on a doorknob! And since I will be swingin in on the hootenanny I’ll have a gaggle of newness to lay on you cats! I’ll be rollin out the official Tiki Oasis “Hulabilly” show serigraph at the event….There’s a print signing happenin on Saturday ( eyeball the TO website closer to the gig for details ) Looks like Mean Gene at the Falling Cocos booth will be selling the prints…so grab a fistful on Friday and meet me at the signin, man!!

And dig this…I designed a Hillbilly Tiki Mug for the gig! Now, just so’s we’s straight, this ain’t the OFFICIAL Tiki Oasis mug….but I still think she’s a hoot AND a holler!! Them mug masters at Tiki Farm fired it and did a right nice job on it I must say!! We call it “Ernest T” ( the “T” is for TIKI doncha know? ) Not sure when at the event they’ll be released but I’ll be there to meet and greet with ya and scribble my Johnny Hancock on em if ya want….Keep yer ears real near for more info……

Okay hipsters……I was able to sneak the necessary tic-tocs and sling some paint for this year’s Tiki Oasis Art Show “Americana Tiki”….She’s entitled “Corn Squeezin Zs”…Hope you can dig it!

So, when I was makin the rockabilly scene in Austin for the Lonestar Roundup I met the super swell trio that is Southern Culture on the Skids….them cats are Aces! Anyways…come to find out they’s gonna be at this year’s Oasis!! Crazy, Pops! So they was kind enough to ask me to design a t-shirt for ‘em to sell at the gig!! Tiki god worship…hillbilly style!! The Wizard of Booze! They’ll have a merch table so find it and get yer greedy mitts all over ‘em!! Here’s a sneaky peek…..

And this time around, for the first time ever, I’ll have a whole batch of sketchbook originals for sale at the event! I sell heaps n gobs of these damn things at gallery gigs and shows like the ComicCon and the DragonCon….original art at a penny pinchin price!! Here’s a look-see at a few of the doodles I’ll have for ya to paw thru….

And lastly….I just added a big batch of art to all of my Art Pages….16 paintings, 10 serigraphs, 11 illustrations and 2 mugs!! Bop on over to each page, scroll down to the bottom and give ‘em a gawk, man!

Tiki Freaks Unite!! Git yer good self out to San Diego next month, track me down and say “Howdy Cat!”……Mai Tais on you!

Derek

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June 3, 2013

Lots of Fresh Baked Biscuits For All You Hungry Hepcats!

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Howdy Summertime Swingers!! I don’t know where the mercury sits on your thermo-meter but mine’s plum about busted thru the tip-top, Pop! I gots to wear 2 pairs of kicks so’s I don’t scorch my little pigs on the blacktop, man! It’s so hot so early here I’ve gone to storin my skivvies in the icebox just so’s my niblets don’t catch flame!

Alright Cats….LOTS of new doins at Mr. Retro as of late! Just added a brand new serigraph, some new sketches and a spanky new item that I am so hopped about I can’t stands it!!First off…the new serigraph is a ghoulish gasser for all you monster maniacs and motor-psychos!! She’s entitled “Crankenstein Meets Biker Bride”….Ponder, if you will, Boris landin the role in “the Wild One” instead of Marlon…Get a better look-see and all the details at Mr. Retro…Crank it up. Frank!

New originals for you cats n kittens that dig the whole “one of a kind” routine! Full color doodles from my sketchbooks as well as the initial pencil sketches of a few of my sold out paintings!…Eyeball em all at Mr. Retro…Original Derek Art with a third less gouging!!

And now, with no further doo-doo….( like, lay a drumroll on me, dad! ) Here’s a nutty new Mr. Retro product that I am most proud to clue you to…”The Hi-Fi Pad Model Kit”! Build your very own swingin scene with this kooky new kit! It’s a mad pad, Dad!! Includes everything ya need…well, except for the martinis, glue n’ scissors that is! This paper model kit was inspired by my long sold out “Hi-Fi Pad” serigraph and woulda’ never happened without the help of the amazingly talented Master Paper Engineer, Marshall Alexander!! Dig a few pics below and then head over to Mr. Retro Real Estate to see more and snag the ding-dong daddy of ALL dream homes!!

Dig this….just finished a new scribble for a fellow tiki freak in Canada and I knew you’d dig droppin your marbles on it! It’s a movie poster for a documentary film about rum slingers and ukulele stringers in Winnipeg entitled “Mai-Tais,Toques & Tikis”..Steve Ward is the crazy cat to blame for the flik…. and I gotta tell ya, I’m lookin much forward to seein how them tribes of the Great White North dig a wild tiki scene!! I hear tell there might even be few serigraph posters in the works as well…I’ll hip your ship as soon as I get my mitts on a few!

Well, I gotta travel…but before I hit the gravel, allow me to lay a heap of thanks on all you shirts n’ skirts that keep comin back every month to wade thru my hepcat chatter and eyeball my new splatter!! I dig ya’ the MOST! Much more newness in the works….so drop in whenever yer able, Mabel!