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Songs From The Road
Take It Easy
On The Road Again
On The Road Again
Artist William DeBilzan finds inspiration in the classic Eagles song "Take It Easy" where the songwriter is "Standing on the corner in Winslow Arizona". The road in DeBilzan's representation is punctuated by the inverted word LOVE; a revealing nod to the song's story about a man on the run with only his thoughts to keep him company (and drive him crazy) as he ruminates on the 7 women on his mind; "four that wanna own me, two that wanna stone me, and one says she's a friend of mine".
On The Road Again
On The Road Again
On The Road Again
Willie Nelson is perhaps best known for his song about his love of being on the road playing music with his friends. For anyone who has ever lived and loved a traveller's lifestyle, for business or pleasure, you've probably sung along with Willie's jaunty voice as it crackles from an old staticky radio in the middle of glorious nowhere near rolling green fields, under an orange evening sky. As always, William DeBilzan's warm and inviting palette combines with his trademark elongated solitary figure to draw us in to a time and place where everything and nothing at all are happening at the same time.
Born To Run
On The Road Again
Horse With No Name
LA artist Brayden Bugazzi's masterful collage artistry is on full display with this tribute to The Boss and his trademark song about our innate desire to break free from the chains that bind us. A close look at the details of this piece reveals all sorts of hidden treasures relating to all things Bruce Springsteen. Little gems include vintage images of Bruce and the band in the 70's and 80's, as well as passages from articles written about Springsteen's life, music, and world view.
Horse With No Name
Take Me Home, Country Road
Horse With No Name
The image of traveling through the desert on a horse with no name conjures up all sorts of rich narratives to explore. Why the desert? Why a nameless horse? Whatever the details of the mysterious adventure may be, it's pretty clear that this enchanting song by the band America tells a story about the experience of the journey with no regard for a destination. LA artist Debbie Korbel's breathtaking sculpture is an assemblage of all sorts of random and cool castoffs from modern life, all of which magically come together to form a horse with no name in full glorious stride on a path to wherever the adventure leads.
Take Me Home, Country Road
Take Me Home, Country Road
Take Me Home, Country Road
Toronto artist Rob Croxford's photorealistic approach to old neon signage is a perfect match for the much loved John Denver song about finding one's way home after a long journey. The vintage, weather-worn sign seems to peer out at a driver who travels along a winding country road. The message in the lyric and the sign is a heartwarming and welcomed reminder to the traveller that the things we love and miss about home are just a country road away if we choose to take it.
Radar Love
Take Me Home, Country Road
Take Me Home, Country Road
Radar Love is a 1973 hit song by Golden Earring about a man driving his car to meet a woman with whom he intends to make sweet love. Yet it's the urgency of the rhythm and tension in the lyrics that makes this one of those sing-out-loud, pedal-to-the-metal driving tunes. Legendary album cover artist Paul Whitehead combines his surrealist painting style with a real world dashboard from a 1960 Chrysler Impala to put the viewer in the protagonist's sweat-soaked driver's seat. Paul takes the idea of having "tunnel vision" to a whole other level!
Riders On The Storm
Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Riders On The Storm
Portuguese artist Filippo Fiumani attributes his edgy and vibrant pop/graffiti style to the skate-surf culture of Los Angeles. As a native of the City Of Angels, Jim Morrison probably would have approved of Fiumani's colorful stream of consciousness homage to the lyrics of The Doors haunting road song Riders On The Storm. Igniting a powerful and eerie spark of life to the piece, the artist uses a video eyeball to scan and connect with the faces staring curiously the artwork. Not only does the moving digital eye suggest a living soul embedded into the painted image, but it also deepens the mystery behind the illustrated line at Jim's temple: "His brain is squirming like a toad".
Planet Caravan
Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Riders On The Storm
Black Sabbath and its iconic frontman Ozzy Osbourne wrote a moody and groovy song about a cosmic journey of some sort called Planet Caravan in 1970. Artist Filippo Fiumani found inspiration in the trippy lyrics and imagined a spiritual connection between traveling amongst the stars and the spiritual journey of a young woman with a gypsy soul. Naked breasts with crimson nipples and massive outstretched hands that embrace a child's comfort toy all play a part in this narrative. The image is full of mystery and uncertainty and yet somehow it finds a home in the familiar, just like those distant stars in the night sky.
Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" fits perfectly into the theme of road songs as Dylan waxes poetic about the old "love 'em and leave em" mentality. Artist Filippo Fiumani's explosive metaphoric imagery draws inspiration from the song's narrative about a man "on the dark side of the road" who is perhaps trying to convince himself as well as his lover that a one night stand is nothing to get hung up about. This large format canvas is Fiumani at his best as he taps directly into the subconscious with his vibrant, edgy color palette, vicious brushstrokes, and vandalistic spray paint style that was born from the graffiti street scene.
Stones On Tour
Stones On Tour
Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
LA artist Alyssa Crosby draws from her first hand experiences on tour with the Rolling Stones as she incorporates VIP memorabilia into her painted cast sculpture. The Stones' iconic lips and tongue logo is synonymous with rock and roll's inherent sexuality. Splashing the image across the cast of nude female model combines the sexuality of flesh and fantasy. Add to the mix that the guitar picks affixed to the bust were used by actual band members, and one can't help but get excited about touching something Keith Richards' used to play those trademark riffs in Jumpin' Jack Flash and Satisfaction.
Truckin'
Stones On Tour
Beautiful Day
"What a long strange trip its been" sums up so much of the Grateful Dead's hippy-trippy ethos. The band is notorious for its 40 plus year circus-like road show and LA industrial design artist Aaron Nelson draws inspiration from The Dead's classic road song Truckin' in his unique sculpture that doubles as a workable light fixture. Mining the industrial scrapyards for design materials, Nelson found creative gold in pieces like a road sign, a 1920's model A break drum, repurposed aircraft hardware, and coolest of all, a bonafide tachometer from an old WWII naval vessel.
Beautiful Day
Stones On Tour
Beautiful Day
Bono, U2's chief lyricist and admired rock poet, has covered some pretty bleak emotional terrain over the years, but the 2000 hit song Beautiful Day is like a ray of sunshine puncturing through a stormy sky. Canadian artist Sonja Kobrehel's "naive" artistic style expresses the sentiment of seeing the bright side of life as if her painted image came from the diary of a child on summer vacation. "It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away". Words to live by.
Dirty Diana
Run Like Hell
Run Like Hell
Michael Jackson's song, Dirty Diana, is a jagged commentary on the King Of Pop's interaction with a lascivious groupie who hangs out backstage each night during a tour. LA artist Donna Isham, known for her sexualized female expressionist work, takes a more figurative approach this time in order to set the stage for the main storyline, which is not from MJ's point of view but rather a third party who watches the scene unfold from a privileged perspective backstage. Whomever this mystery third party is (perhaps all of us) she/he is bearing witness to the "glamorous" life of a celebrity entertainer and the often twisted relationship they have with their obsessed fans.
Run Like Hell
Run Like Hell
Run Like Hell
"The Wall" by Pink Floyd has many songs with a theme about escape and being on the run but fashion designer Anat Marin chose lyrics from "Run Like Hell" as inspiration for her original women's handbag. The custom design features exquisite details including hand cut and sewn lettering and a collection of colored tassels that represent the color spectrum from a prism which is a nod to the band's iconic album cover design from Dark Side Of The Moon.
Run Like Hell
Run Like Hell
Detroit Rock City
"The Wall" by Pink Floyd has many songs with a theme about escape and being on the run but fashion designer Anat Marin chose lyrics from "Run Like Hell" as inspiration for her original women's handbag. The custom design features exquisite details including hand cut and sewn lettering and a collection of colored tassels that represent the color spectrum from a prism which is a nod to the band's iconic album cover design from Dark Side Of The Moon.
