Marald Art

Another poster that made its debut at @fullbleedexhibition :

High On Fire- “Drowning Dog”.

18x24”

9(?) color screenprint on French whitewash paper

Edition of 50 Artist Proofs

Printed by Ben LaFond

This is 1 of 2 posters I made for @highonfireband US-tour, that unfortunately had to be canceled twice due to Matt’s medical problems.

Hope that Grammy they’ve won has some healing power & HOF will be back killing it at every show around the globe.

This poster was based on the song Drowning Dog:

THE WORSHIP OF INFERAE TOMBS

A COMMUNION OF SYCOPHANTS

HOW LONG IS THE LINE TO OUR DOOM

DECEIVERS AND LYING CHANTS

CHORUS;

AND GOD DAMN YOU

YOU’RE THE SHADOWS OF MAN

AND GOD DAMN YOU

FOR IT’S KILL OR BE KILLED IN THE END

THE NUMBERS CROSSED LINES IN THE SAND

THE POOLS OF HUMAN RATS

THEIR TAILS ARE TWISTED AND TIED

EAT OF THY POISON DIVINE

CHORUS;

THE TORTURER SLOWLY BROUGHT DOOM

IRREVERANT THE INGRATE LAUGHED

MENDACIOUS AND FULL OF BLACK RANTS

DARK GRINS AND KNIVES IN BACKS

CHORUS;

END CHORUS;

TAKE WHAT IS GIVEN TO YOU—DEATH SURROUNDS YOU

STUCK LOW WITH SOULS FOR THE MOON-DEATH SURROUNDS YOU

BLACK GARBS THE HOSTING OF TWO—DEATH SURROUNDS YOU!

Having recently lost my own dog, I wanted to somehow work that wound in the art. Initially i wanted to stay away from a literal approach & asked Des if there was a deeper meaning behind the lyrics. This was his response:

“Drowning dog was actually one of my stories. An old roommate of mine had a friend who had a dog. The dog bit someone and he knew it had to be put down. So instead of taking it to the vet and having them give it a shot he decided to take the dog to the beach, walk out into the water and drown the dog. He felt the dogs life should be taken by his own hands. Pretty trippy huh? He said he wrapped his arm around the dogs neck and submerged his head watching him squirm. Once he stopped squirming he looked him in the eyes and waited for his soul to leave his body”

And another poster that made its debut at @fullbleedexhibition :

High on Fire

12x27”

5(?) color screen print on French Black Licorice paper

50 AP’s

Screen printed by Ben LaFond.

Before High On Fire show at the Patronaat in Haarlem during their 20 sunless years tour, the band & I were brainstorming about posters. I showed them the WOLFBRIGADE poster I did for Roadburn 2018 to display what Burlesque of North America is capable of. The band freaked out & made it clear that they would love to use the exact design. I became excited about this idea & proposed to mirror the image and redraw the whole design to give it just that bit of difference. We both agreed to talk to the Wolfbrigade guys first & see if they were into this. At first WB was not into it but when I said I would change the wolf into a hyena (an animal Des & me both love), they gave the green light. So here it is: 2 of my favorite bands, facing each other & making what was already a bold design, that much stronger.

The art is a nod to the legendary band Discharge, who’s “Never Again” 12” depicted a photo by John Heartfield showing a dove impaled on a bayonet (photo entitled: "The Meaning of Geneva, Where Capital Lives, There Can Be No Peace".)

“Clawing Earth” part 3, color pencil & acrylic on matting board 10-02-2019 & part 4 in a very early stage. Part 4 will be a return to full color, can’t wait to make those colors pop.

Tour admat for Baroness for their North American co-headline tour with Deafheaven, with Zeal & Ardor joining them, in March/April 2019.

Always a pleasure & honor to work with John, although this one was produced under a bit of time pressure, even more than usual with an aperfectmonster collab ( I’m not complaining, mind you.) because of that, I didn’t take my usual time to sort out models, etc but straight away went to my archive of photos: the osprey is based on a great shot by @joinus12345 & the heart/beetle is based on an earlier design of mine (go down my feed to find that one.) That being said, limited time can sometimes lead to good things: it forces me to make bolder decisions, “downside” might be that I had to do a bit more digital work. I made this in 5 days from scratch. Swipe to see the art in different stages. Layout by John Dyer Baizly.

Thank you again John for your trust!