Recent drawings 9/16, 2018

 Just did this one a week and a half ago, sold cheap to a gallery here in Richmond, VA.  This is the second Notorious B.I.G. drawing I've done.  The owner bought a couple other of the drawings I brought with me from NC.  I just got out of the hospital then, and I was hatin' it, and needed to get a room to recover.  So I sold a couple cheap, and then  did this one.  Sharpies on paper, 18" X 24

 This Robert Plant drawing is the first one I did when I first got to Richmond.  Some of my two month backlog of drawings to do bailed out when I left NC.  So this one was next on  the list.  I actually learned quite a bit about Led Zeppelin, listening to documentaries as I drew this one.  Sharpies on paper, 18" X 24".

I decided to draw some smaller, 8 1/2" X 11" pictures, and make a few prints to sell.  I started with Johnny Cash, The Man in Black.  Then I just did the Bob Marley last week.  I haven't sold any of the prints yet, but several people commented that they like the Johnny Cash pic.  I'm not sure why Bob is sideways.  Maybe he's stoned and just fell over.  Sharpies on paper, 8 1/2" X 11".

Don't we all need some CASH?

Hey, don't we all need some Cash?  I've spent the last 2 1/2 years doing original drawings and selling them for anywhere from $2 an hour to $5.50 and hour for the time I put into them.  At a time and place where I couldn't get ANY job, I created my own.  It's been one hell of an adventure and a tough ride.  I'm now a working artist scraping by on a few hundred bucks a month and living on the couch tour for now.

To step things up, I'm selling 100 signed and numbered copies of this Johnny Cash drawing.  It's 8 1/2" X 11,"  and done with Sharpies on paper, in my unique "scribble style."  The first three are spoken for, and the remaining 93, I will sell for $12 each. 

This is my way of doing two things.  1) Making a cool drawing that pretty much anyone can afford to buy, compared to the poster size originals that I've been selling for $120 to $250 .  2) FINALLY earning enough money to actually start a legit business.  I started a little over 2 1/2 years ago to focus on my art, literally without a single dime.  For a year and a half I lived in a highly toxic environment that was in continual financial crisis, that was not my own doing.  I wasn't able to re-invest hardly any of the little bit I earned.  I realized that to step it up, I had to leave that situation.

Fourteen months ago, I moved out of where I was living, and came here to Winston-Salem, NC, where I'd spent a lot of time, worked as a taxi driver, and a city that has a really good art scene.  I came here with $15, a backpack with a few clothes, a box of Sharpies, a big sketch pad, my niece's old laptop, and no place to live, and no income.  I wound up spending 9 1/2 months in a tent, (and three days in jail) through most of the winter, to turn my artwork into a steady income.  A small income, but steady.  I've had an absurd amount of drama happen, from enduring insane thunderstorms and 15 degree weather in my tent, to finding a small snake in my tent, to multiple threats to my life and well being.  I'm still here.  I'm still drawing. I'm still blogging.

It's time to step things up to the next level.  You can help me do that by buying one (or more) of these Johnny Cash prints.  He was one of my favorite musicians as a little kid, and his music has helped me through some tough times, as good music does.

If you want a copy, email me, I still don't have a phone at the moment (that will be solved soon, though).  stevenemig13@gmail.  You'll get the next print that's available when I hear from you.

Here's the Johnny Cash song that I first remember really liking as a little kid.  It's sort of the ultimate rat rod song, decades before rat rods were a thing.

Johnny Cash "The Man in Black"

The Man in Black.  Johnny Cash with a epic song to get in the mood for the Heavy Rebel Weekender 2018 event coming to Winston-Salem tomorrow through Sunday.

This is the second Johnny Cash drawing I did.  It's living on a wall in Kentucky these days.  It's all done with Sharpie markers in my signature "scribble style."

"Folsom Prison Blues"  - Live in San Quentin

 "I Walk the Line" - live in San Quentin

"A Boy Named Sue" 

"Jackson" - Johnny Cash & June Carter

"The Ballad of Ira Hayes"

Art sale- 3 - 2/8/18- Cash, Simmons, Stefani

 Johnny Cash, "Til things are brighter, I'm the man in black."  18" X 24", Sharpies on paper, $120

 Gene Simmons/KISS- 18" X 24", Sharpies on paper, $120

"Gwen and Now"- Gwen Stefani, 1994 &2017, 18" X 24", Sharpies on paper, $120

I'm willing to deal and bundle these drawings.  I'm looking to sell these and do $3,000 worth of work in the next couple months to step things up and make this a legit little business.  You can email me at stevenemig13@gmail.com or PM on Facebook if interested in one or more drawings.

My recent Sharpie art, part 2

 I met pro surfer Karina Petroni, and a couple of her good friends, when I gave them rides in my taxi in Huntington Beach, CA in 2008.  When I wanted to try a surf picture, she came to mind.  This drawing of Karina duck diving under a wave was my first surf themed drawing in my Sharpie scribble style.  Sharpies on paper.  18" X 24".  Sold.

 This drawing of surfer Kelly Slater is done from an old photo, and is the first actual surfing drawing I tried.  Sharpies on paper, 18" X 24".  Available.  Below is a drawing, "Johnny Cash, The Man in Black," is in the show right now at Earshot Music in Winston-Salem, NC.  Sharpies on paper, 18" X 24".  Available.

I'm stoked to have drawings for sale at Eashot Music

This clip is about six years old, but it shows you the inside of Earshot Music in Winston Salem.  My drawings, one of Johnny Cash and one of The Ramones, are on both sides of the black, vertical chalkboard you see in the background here.  Both are for sale for about $150 (with frames).  I'm totally stoked to have my drawings up in public after only a couple of months back in Winston-Salem.  Earshot Music is in a shopping center at 3254 Silas Creek Parkway, the shopping center with A.C. Moore, Toys-R-Us, and Marshall's, on the corner of Silas Creek and Hanes Mall Blvd.  It's right across the street from Hanes Mall.  Next time in the area, stop by and check out Earshot, and tell 'em The White Bear sent you.  #shadowsandsharpies

My latest drawings: Johnny Cash and Kelly Slater

 Johnny Cash, The Man in Black.  This is the second Cash drawing I've done, the first is now on the wall of Deli on Main in Kernersville, NC.  Sharpies on paper, 18" X 24."

I did a drawing of pro surfer Karina Petroni doing a duck dive a while back, but I've been wanting to do a real surfing drawing.  I found this old pic of Kelly Slater to draw.  I'm not totally happy, but pretty stoked on it.  I definitely need to do more surf drawings.  Sharpies on paper, 18" X 24."  #sharpiesandshadows.