Happenings

The 4th installment in Jon Langford's song painting print series is Inside The Whale. He's making a series of small prints of his song paintings, in editions of 15, priced at $200 each. You can find those on Jon's song paintings page, HERE. 

We made a social-distanced video of the song, too. Enjoy.

Here's the 3rd installment of Jon's series of small, covid-affordable prints: Nashville Radio. 

Jon's making a series of small prints of his song paintings, in editions of 15, priced at $200 each. You can find those on Jon's song paintings page, HERE. And from way back in 2006 a video of Jon & pals playing the song live in Austin TX.

Here we are with the 2nd installment in Jon Langford's Song Paintings Series: The Country Is Young. Jon's making a series of small prints of his song paintings, in editions of 15, priced at $200 each. You can find those on Jon's song paintings page, HERE.

And we made another video, together but on opposite ends of the country, which you can watch HERE.

Steve Wynn and I have talked on and off about doing a show of his paintings that employ fluorescent paint. I think we both love the idea of having a party in a room lit by black lights and the walls lined with glowing paintings. With Dream Syndicate or Steve's solo music pulsing out of the speakers, of course. Well, that isn't going to happen any time soon, is it? But he put his pandemic downtime to good use and made a smallish batch of paintings, and while we can't have a big party this is your chance to put one in your home, switch on your own black light, and groove. 

The new show can be found HERE.  And below is a video he made showing off and explaining his work. 

Painter extraordinaire Jon Langford also makes music. Here's a video for the song "Losers," from his last album "Four Lost Souls," which is available from Bloodshot Records. 

Everything's terrible, right? How about a little good news? We're putting out a special limited edition print of one of Jon Langford's song paintings: Dancing With Death. A little smaller and half the price of his other prints. Sort of like the small prints he normally sells at music gigs. Here's what he says:

“Jon Langford is currently not touring the planet playing songs and selling his art prints out of a little cardboard box - But he has been busy in his studio compiling new editions of his song painting prints to be released over the next few months alongside new online performances of the songs. First up is Dollar Dress (a song Jon wrote for the Waco Brothers) performed with Yard Dog owner Randy Franklin on mandolin and vocals” 

Fort Guerin's show of 40 paintings is over. 10 paintings a week for 4 weeks, and they all sold pretty much as soon as we put them up. Wow. 

Here's a slideshow of all 40 pieces:

Today, May 12, is Ian McLagan's birthday. Mac was an artist and musician who settled here in Austin, TX, and he chose Yard Dog for what I believe was his one and only art show. He had always painted for his own private enjoyment, but at some point he decided he'd try and sell some prints. We had a show, we had some drinks, we had a lot of laughs. It's really not an exaggeration to say that everyone who ever met him loved him. Everyone. 

Here's his page if you want to look at his art. He had migraines and he tried to capture in his paintings what he saw when he was having those migraines.

In case you think you don't know who he was, here's a short bit from Wikipedia, "Ian Patrick McLagan was an English keyboard instrumentalist, best known as a member of the English rock bands Small Faces and Faces. He also collaborated with the Rolling Stones and led his own band from the late 1970s. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012."

After Mac died in 2015, Jon Langford painted his portrait. 

It's for sale, right HERE, although I sort of hope no one ever buys it.

And here's a photo of Mac, Jon, & me, drinking margaritas and yukking it up.

Our online gallery remains open and we are shipping.

Our gallery in the all-too-real world is closed until further notice.

FYI: all of our art is either in our gallery or in a climate-controlled storage facility. Our gallery has been closed and locked up since March 14 and I'm the only person who has been inside since then. I am likewise the only person who has been inside our storeroom (that's a pic of me riding the elevator up to the storeroom). If something sells on our website I do the wrapping and boxing, create & attach the shipping labels, and drop off the package at the shipper. In short, I'm the only one who handles the art & packaging until it's shipped. I've been homebound with my wife & son since mid-March, too. 

We've been getting groceries & misc goods delivered to our house and have been unboxing and wiping things down before we put them away. You might do the same if you order something from us. If you've bought a piece of art it will be wrapped in bubble wrap, which you can wipe down with your wipes or sprays or whatever you're using. Or if you've ordered a t-shirt, drop it straight from the box into your laundry & make sure you've washed it before you wear it.

Times are hard for all of you. Please know that we so appreciate your business, and the artists we represent really, really appreciate it.

Stay healthy!