Tuesday, December 16, 2008
We All Live In A Yellow Submarine
Kevin Rieth, wearing his very cool Yellow Submarine T-shirt, stands next to Beatles animator Ron Campbell. Ron is holding the original Yellow Submarine painting that was purchased by Kevin, while Kevin holds his personalized Letter of Authenticity featuring a bonus drawing on the bottom of the letter. Kevin and his Dad stopped by the 100.7 the Bay Classic Rock Art Show in Westminster, MD.
Friday, November 28, 2008
DUCK WALK VINEYARDS ROCK
Thank you to everyone at Duck Walk Vineyards in Water Mill, NY for a great pre-Thanksgiving Rock Art Show. We brought so much art that the set up started in the tasting room, moved through the room where the wine is actually produced, then into a large storage room! It was a lot of fun and the wine was incredible too! Pictured are two happy people, Anita Vitale & Susan Urban, who purchased an incredibly rare photo of Paul McCartney's Painted Toenails taken by his wife Linda. This piece was previously owned by Dick Clark (it hung in his Malibu home for many years!).
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Megan McLain and Amber Robertson hold their new Rock Art pieces at the Rock Art Show in the Polaris Fashion Place Mall in Columbus, Ohio. Megan is a huge Doors fan and convinced Mom that she needed "LA Woman" for Christmas. If that wasn't enough, Megan returned later that day with her friend Amber, who just had to have "Dreamer" from artist Joe Petruccio. It was great meeting Megan, Amber and everyone else who packed our gallery in Columbus.
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Hello Columbus!
The Rock Art Show will be making its first ever stop in Columbus, Ohio on Friday, November 7 through Sunday, November 9th at the Polaris Fashion Place Mall. This show will feature a tribute to Baron Wolman, Rolling Stone Magazine's first chief photographer. Baron was born and raised in the Columbus area. We'll feature many of Baron's incredible photographs at the show along with our full Rock & Roll Art display. I hope to see everyone there!
(Pictured: Baron Wolman standing in front of his iconic photo of Jimi Hendrix)
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Gold Records Golden Anniversary
Did you know that the Gold Record is celebrating its Golden Anniversary this year? In 1958, the first gold record was awarded to Perry Como for his hit song, "Catch a Falling Star." Now that rocks! Later that year, Elvis received the first rock and roll gold record with "Hard Headed Woman." Since then the "gold record" has been the "gold" standard for hit music. (Let's see how many more times I can make a pun out of the word "gold").
Interestingly, before the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) began officially awarding gold records in 1958, labels would create their own to publicize sales achievements of their artists. (The actual first promotional gold record was designed by RCA for Glenn Miller's "Chattanooga Choo Choo.") Now gold records commemorate wholesale sales of 500,000 units and Platinum records commemorate sales of over a million copies.
The Rock Art Show is proud to have a great selection of fully licensed limited edition gold record collectibles available to our VIP members. These are designed specifically for collectors through licenses from the bands. Check them out now on our website.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
LAST CHANCE!!!
We just received some rather sad news from one of our artists, Jean-Pierre Weill. One of our most popular items in our art shows over the past years are the small framed 3D pieces created by Jean-Pierre. Many of our regular customers have been collecting the pieces individually throughout the years. The 3D pieces look amazing at the shows (the 2D photos on our website don’t do them justice.) Anyway, Jean-Pierre called to say that he was closing his studio and discontinuing the 3D art pieces. He only has a limited supply of each title left and is offering them to us while supplies last. He has also agreed to personally sign the back of each of the pieces. I know this is short notice, but we need to have all orders in to us by November 1st.
The pieces are approximately 10” x 9” framed (perfect for a stocking stuffer…hmmmm). Check out our web site to see the 17 different pieces that are available.
The pieces are approximately 10” x 9” framed (perfect for a stocking stuffer…hmmmm). Check out our web site to see the 17 different pieces that are available.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Beatles Animator Ron Campbell visits Bangor
Ron Campbell, Director of the Saturday Morning Beatles Cartoon show and animator on the Beatles film, Yellow Submarine, poses with Rock Art Show President Scott Segelbaum at a recent show in Bangor, ME. The radio station, WKIT, is owned by author Stephen King. It's an awesome station. As they say on the air, "We live here, We work here, We buy our beer here." It's local radio at its best!
