Beatles Vs. Stones (2014)

CHRISTIAN MONTONE

"Beatles Vs. Stones" (2014)

Collage on board. 24" X 36"

This is a new personal piece that I created to hang my home.

It contains a mixture of vintage magazine clippings and reproduced images.

I wanted to have some visual fun with the faux-rivalry that The Stones' management 

created to set Mick and the boys apart from that wacky little band from Liverpool. 

Looking back, it was kinda brilliant how the media propagated all of that silly noise.

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Sweet November

November 2014: As seen by sunlight, lamp light and headlights.

Vinyl Therapy: Jack White "Lazaretto" (2014)

This is easily my favorite album of 2014:

Jack White's stunning "Lazaretto" LP, which has some haunting sleeve imagery.

Supposedly the vinyl LP contains a hologram on Side A, but I have yet to see it.

Columbus Circle Globe NYC (2014)

CHRISTIAN MONTONE

"Columbus Circle Globe NYC"

October - November 2014

Mixed media on board (18" X 24")

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Ink drawing atop splatter collage before final layers of color and ink.

The Local Color Wheel Keeps Turning

Isolated moments from the place where October meets November...

The local color wheel keeps spinning and day to day life continues to be vibrant.

A student (who thought Cher was dead) surprised me with a Spongebob Cherpants painting.

Prince brought triclops realness to Saturday Night Live and Nancy Sinatra tweeted me.

Not a bad way to start stepping through a season that paves a path for winter's chill.

Sketchbook Pages: Autumn 2014 (Part One)

Excerpts from my September - October 2014 sketchbook.