The Art of Franky Scaglione

PYITN Sold Out: Artist Proofs Available.

2012-01-04T20:55:00.001-08:00

Thank you to everyone for the generous support and love in New York. The Punch You In The NYE prints (red edition of 125) are now sold out, and I do not plan on reprinting them. However, the APs (artist proofs) are now available. This is a very limited run of proofs (17 total) with the same screens on a lime green variant paper. I will only sell twelve, and they are $35 each ($45 including shipping in a reinforced poster tube). Please contact me if you are interested.

Punch You In The NYE.

2011-12-15T08:22:00.000-08:00

Phish is coming back to New York City to ring in (yet) another new year... with (yet) another spectacular four-night run at the legendary Madison Square Garden. As the shows approach quickly, I am happy to introduce my newest screen print to celebrate the hoopla and hysteria of the main events.

The Garden is home to some of the most illustrious fights in boxing history, and I wanted to create a parallel to the nine-rounds of Phish looming to close 2011, and welcome 2012. Punch You In The NYE is a salute to the late great Joe Frazier and the monumental Fight Of The Century with Muhammad Ali in 1971... at none other than, Madison Square Garden in New York, NY.

PYITN is a limited edition screen print run of 125 on archival 100lb Royal Complements Haute Red paper (18" x 24"), all signed and numbered. Please contact me if you are interested in pre-ordering a print... I'll take requests for numbers on a first come-first serve basis, and will ship pre-orders BEFORE I leave for New York (until December 20). Orders placed after December 20 will ship on January 5. Price is $35 including shipping/handling, reinforced postertube, etc. to anywhere in the US/Canada. Prints will be available for $25 on the streets of Manhattan, circling the Garden each of the four nights. If you miss me at the shows and prints remain, I will be happy to send you one (you'll just have to pick up the shipping costs)...

Mind The Skipper.

2011-08-07T01:45:00.000-07:00

Having been out of the States for a year, I'm stoked to see Phish in just my second week back... in beautiful Lake Tahoe! And, in anticipation of this (soon-to-be) epic two-night stand, I've been working for weeks on a print to celebrate Phish's first-ever Tahoe shows.

Mind The Skipper is a limited edition screen print run of 125 on 100lb Cougar paper (24" x 18"), all signed and numbered. Please contact me if you are interested in pre-ordering a print... I'll take requests for numbers on a first come-first serve basis, and start shipping orders as soon as I return from the shows (on Thursday). Price is $35 including shipping/handling, reinforced postertube, etc. to anywhere in the US/Canada. Prints will be available for $25 in the lots at Harvey's Outdoor Arena this Tuesday and Wednesday. If you miss me at the shows and prints remain, I will be happy to send you one (you'll just have to pick up the shipping costs)...

As always, thank you for the support.

Impulzus: Vibrations of Kaposvár.

2011-06-30T05:49:00.002-07:00

As my days in Hungary diminish, and my memories expand, I reflect on an incredible year exploring Europe. Searching for (and finding) infinite inspiration, I am refreshed with artistic drive and look forward to exploring different avenues once I settle in to Stateside life again this autumn.

In my final days of teaching at Munkácsy Mihály Gimnázium, I decided to pay tribute to the artist the school is named after... expressing my appreciation for all the school and the community has done to support me. Kaposvár has been, and will continue to be, home to me and I am grateful for the new perspective I have gained here. Impulzus, a psychedelic pastel painting of Munkácsy, represents the pulse I found within the city, paired with the bright colours that vibrate my soul.

European Influence: Move to Hungary.

2010-08-19T01:47:00.000-07:00

Amidst a hectic year... composing prints for Phish in their recent renaissance to epic live form, creating a nationwide sneaker art fashion show with Vans, and teaching drawing/painting/printmaking full-time in Denver... I fell into an amazing break to further my career as an artist, my potential as a teacher, and my character as a person. I was recently granted a Fulbright Scholarship to teach art in Hungary for one year and I jumped on the opportunity. I will be creating, teaching, and exploring all things new in Eastern Europe for a while and then making my way back to the states to pick up where I left off...

In the meantime, I'll try to post updates on this blog concerning my artistic endeavors. I hope that I'll be able to create some fresh work while I'm here with all of my great new influences. As always I appreciate your loyalty and interest in my work... I am grateful for your support and look forward to sharing new work for years to come...

The Antelope Stakes.

2010-06-13T21:41:00.000-07:00

Just in time... I finished production for my one and only summer print just before arriving at SPAC! I've been so incredibly busy this spring, but I was able to work up a print for one set of Phish shows... the two-night run at the legendary Saratoga Performing Art Center.

Saratoga Springs is home to the oldest organized sporting venue in the United States (Saratoga Race Course), and so I decided to play with the concept of the Travers Stakes... transposing the horse race into an antelope race coming out of SPAC... naturally. Phish so graciously validated my print by playing a killer Antelope on night two!

Thanks to all of you, both new supporters and loyal collectors of my art that I ran into this week. For those of you that didn't get a chance to score a print in the lots, I do have some prints remaining and will be filling orders as soon as I return to Denver. I will get back home around 5 July; please just shoot me an email and let me know how many you would like and where you want them shipped. Price is $25 plus shipping/packing materials. Thanks, as always, for your support...

Magic City Binge.

2009-12-11T18:46:00.000-08:00

Production is officially finished; I'm just signing and numbering all prints and then packing them for Miami! I'll be exhibiting and selling these prints (along with the very limited remaining OctoFest prints from Indio) at the Mock Show in less than three weeks.

Paying homage to the cult-classic television series of the eighties, Magic City Binge honours the synthesis of music and visual presence that both Miami Vice and Phish exhibit. Miami icons Scarface and Sgt. Larvell Jones (Police Academy Miami) join the scene for this epic four-night celebration in the Magic City.

Magic City Binge is a limited edition screen print run of 175 on 100lb French Pop-Tone, black licorice (18" x 24"). Please contact me if you are interested in pre-ordering a print... I'll take requests for numbers on a first come-first serve basis, and ship in the coming weeks. Price is $37 including shipping/handling and reinforced poster tube to anywhere in the US/Canada. Prints will be available for $25 at my booth at the Mock Show. Please stop by and say hello! Ciao.

Mock Show: EPIC NYE (Miami, FL).

2009-11-20T23:11:00.000-08:00

I will be exhibiting my recent prints in Miami as part of a group show coinciding with Phish's four-night run at the American Airlines Arena. The exhibition is Wednesday, 30 December from 10am-3pm...

Hyatt Regency Miami
400 SE Second Avenue
Miami, Florida 33131
Terrace Level: Jasmine & Hibiscus Rooms

EPIC NYE welcomes exhibitors from around the world including official Phish artists Jim Pollock, David Welker, Jeff Wood, Justin Helton and Sei Rey Ho. Additionally, Headcount will be sponsoring an opportunity for patrons to engage themselves in the democratic process of voting by helping stage a juried art event wherein patrons will receive ballots upon entry (and previously online) to “vote” for the their artists spanning various categories including “Best of Show”, “Best New Artist”, “Best Mock Show Poster" among others. These votes will be tallied and awards will be presented during a catered VIP banquet ceremony Thursday, December 31st, 2009 from Noon-4pm. The awards ceremony will feature an additional surprise roster of artists exhibiting in a currently undisclosed location.

More information about the show can be found at the Mock Show webpage...

OctoFest.

2009-10-22T15:47:00.000-07:00

In anticipation of Festival 8, the epic three-day Halloween party, I have created a new print. The screenprints are available for pre-sale now and will be available in the festival campgrounds and parking lots next weekend.

OctoFest is a limited edition three-colour screenprint run of 150, all signed and numbered. Please contact me if you would like to purchase a print (shoot me an email at paisleyblue(at)gmail(dot)com. Price is $25, plus $10 shipping/handling in mailing tube to anywhere in the US/Canada. Please also add $2 if paying by PayPal to cover their fees.

In case you're not hip on Festival 8, here's a little more about the spot and the magic that lies ahead. With lush green fields and palm trees, and surrounded by vistas of California's majestic Santa Rosa mountains, the Empire Polo Club (home of Coachella) is simply breathtaking (just trust me). So, keeping the tradition of past Halloween shows, Phish will don a musical costume on Halloween night and cover another band's album. The tradition began on Halloween 1994 with Phish covering The Beatles' The White Album. In subsequent years, they covered The Who's Quadrophenia, Talking Heads' Remain in Light and the Velvet Underground's Loaded.

The band will play eight sets over the course of three days, and as with all past Phish festivals, fans will enjoy on-site camping, numerous attractions and art installations throughout the weekend. And, on Sunday morning, Phish will perform it's first full-length acoustic set with complimentary coffee and donuts! There will be dozens of microbreweries around the site, MLB World Series coverage (as long as the Yankees aren't in it) at an Olympic peak overlook tent, light installations all over the palm trees and grounds, and well, I'll be walking around in an octopus costume selling my prints on Halloween!

Mount Phishmore.

2009-08-29T21:07:00.000-07:00

As a longtime fan and contributing artist to the Phish scene, I have created several t-shirt designs for past tours and festivals, but have only recently broke into the fine art print market. Mount Phishmore is my first effort and I appreciate all of the overwhelming support and kindness people have offered me at the shows and online. I look forward to creating more drawings/prints for Phish for years to come...

Mount Phishmore is a limited edition screen print run of 150, all signed and numbered. I sold the prints at the first three days of Red Rocks and have about twenty-five more to sell online. Please contact me if you would like to purchase a print. Price is $25, plus $10 shipping/handling in mailing tube to anywhere in the US/Canada. To see a better shot of the print, visit ExpressoBeans.com (concert art collectors community) and search for Mount Phishmore. Thanks again for your support.