Josean Rivera

Art and such…a collection of past and present work

recent posts

about

Philly Based Artist/Art Educator. I like to draw things about Phish www.phishart.com

Category: Art

  • Free Art Friday II

    I’ve been doing Free Art Friday for a little over a month now and it’s been great.  I’ve given out quite a few pieces so far, about 30 or more (I’ve taken the liberty to start free art Wednesdays and Thursdays).  The plethora of discarded student canvas panels I’ve collected at the end of the year give me…

  • Free Art Fridays

    I made these for free art Fridays, which I find to be a great idea.  It’s been picking up momentum, and you can find sites that document the artists, as well as the people who find them.  These 5×5 canvas panels will be around Philly, and expect more all summer long!

  • Phish Phrenzy

    It’s that time of year again!   With my schedule, it seems a toss up how many shows I’ll make it to.  I made these for the show I’ll be going to in Atlantic City (day one at Bader Field).  I figure if I’ll be tailgating, I might as well make sell some art. I…

  • X-Ray Vision

    What started as a simple 1 layer stencil for a sticker (and possible wheat paste in the near future) turned into a 4 layer stencil I put on some canvas panels.  It’s been a while since I’ve worked with multi-layer stencils, which really makes me want to do some screen prints soon. It was a…

  • Heart Skulls

    I made some new heart skulls on a bunch of 8×10 canvases I found in the trunk of my car.  I made the stencil on copy paper since I couldn’t find my transparency paper, and it has somehow held up.  We’ll see how many I can get down before the stencil calls it quits. These…

  • New Prints Added!

    I’ve added 7 new prints to my Etsy shop.  These 8.5×11 prints allow you to own a more affordable version on my recent work, printed on white cardstock.  For a couple days more, all prints are 25% off when you use code 25OFF! My latest Dinosaur Icon (Achelousaurus). I’ll be making 15 limited edition prints,…

  • The Prophet

    Gouache and graphite on 9×12 watercolor paper. Available for sale, prints to be available soon. Revisiting old themes with new ideas.  I’m really enjoying these and expect to do quite a few more.  I’m getting the hang of using gouache paint (and wishing I had started earlier!), and had been missing working in pencil.  Making…

  • New Icons

    Some new icons I’ve been working on.  More dinosaur saints to come.   Originals available through Esty

  • The Gang’s All Here

    Saints on stickers.  I’ll be sending these out with any purchases on Esty.

  • ¡Lucha Libre!

    Inspired by a painting I had done a couple years ago, I’ve revisited my lucha libre saint icons. It started out as some stickers, and once I acquired some gouache paints, I started doing them on some canvas panels.  They are are of various sized, although I’ll be doing more on 5×7 canvas panels (10-15 more in…