Scott Stulen: Balls to the Wall

Scott Stulen: Scar 2011

Scott Stulen: Pussy 2011

Scott Stulen: We Play Rock and Roll, 2011

Scott Stulen: Veil, 2011

More Prints

Curtis Readel's The Bearded What In Antwerpen, 5 x 7 inches, 2 color screenprint incorporating some symbols and icons from our trip to Antwerp.
Curtis, Jason and Steve's Black Metal Smurf, 8 x 10 inches, 2 color screenprint.
Curtis, Jason and Steve's Bearded Skull Smurf, 8 x 10 inches, 2 color screenprint.
Curtis, Jason and Steve's Antwerpen Smurf, 16 x 20 inches, 3 color screenprint.
Curtis Readel's Skulls Are Cool, 20 x 20 inches, 9 color screenprint.

Prints!!!

Amalgamation, 16 x 20 inches, edition for our show Epicus Doomicus Articus at the Compound Gallery in Portland, OR opening June 2nd. We will also have t-shirts with our Bearded What logo there, as well as, 20 paintings on panels. Check it out if you are in the area.
Jason Lahr's print Thrown Hand Horizon, 18 x 24 inches, 3 color screenprint.
Steve Seeley's Gangster Batman, 16 x 20 inches, 6 color screenprint.
Steve Seeley's Gangster Superman, 16 x 20 inches, 6 color screenprint.

Prints!!!

After three weeks of working in Kasterlee, Belgium at the Frans Masereel Centrum, we completed 10 editions and other non-editioned one-offs to be used later in other pieces. We have one more day here before we catch our flight back to Chicago and we are just taking it easy.

Belgian Print Blitz

Sorry for the recent lack in posts from the three of us in Belgium. We have been jamming thru the editions that we were wanting to do and have started some additional prints to make use of the time and facilities. The completed number of editions so far is 9. Hell Yeah! Tomorrow the three of us head to Brussels for a day trip, hoping to see the Death of Marat, the cafe were the Communist Manifesto was started by Marx and Engel, as well as another huge Belgian comicbook store. Tally hoe!

Ornate wooden sheep's head @ the Rubens house.
Ornate wooden satyr head on a door at the Rubens house
Steve and Jason with Neptune.
Me and Venus... she couldn't help but stare at my beard. Now that I mention it, the three of us caught a lot of people looking at us and we think it was due to our beards. And a lot of people think that we were in a band.

Some bone marrow.
and Frog Legs
Antwerp at night... 11 pm.
The night ended after walking most of the city seeing comic stores, artwork, cathedrals, statues, and sampling the local liquids.

Antwerp City Hall and the Antwerp Fountain.
the Bearded What in the depths of an underground restaurant.

A castle near the river in Antwerp.

This is a statue of a giant showing off to some normal people.

Getting closer...

Bar where we had Elixir d'Jenever.

Inside the 11th Commandment (its a bar!)

Antwerp in 48 hours or less.

Steve and Jason at Antwerp Central.

This is us eating what the stand calls "probably the best waffles." We think they ARE the best and so does Ivan.

The first comic book store that we went to. It was a visual overload which was great!

Antwerp Cathedral is absolutely stunning!

Hot off the press

Amalgamation, simple 1-color screen print, edition of 20 signed and number in metallic silver, stamped with the Frans Masereel Centre's chop mark, printed in Kasterlee, Belgium. Couldn't have done it without our friends Freeway generic soda and homemade iced coffee. Edition available exclusively at the Compound Gallery in Portland, Oregon during our show Epicus Doomicus Articus, June 2nd!

The Dark Room - yep, what screen printing residency is complete without dappling in the dark arts...
Coated screens ready to be dried in the smoker (not really)
The screen printing facilities at Frans Masereel - I'm lovin' it!
The screens - center Amalgamation and flanking it is two of Steve's Gangster Superheroes.

The Frans Masereel Centre in Kasterlee, Belgium

The view from our A-Frame this afternoon. Started exposing our screens for our first 4 editions. A beautiful day to be working!

After a morning drizzle this snail ventured out on the front porch of our A-Frame.

This is our home for the next three weeks. More pics of the interior to follow.

Here is Steve, pumped to be heading to the screen printing studio, with Jason following behind like the famous Sasquatch video

Pondering the decision to go into the screen lab.

We ultimately made the decision to start work our first day... screen number one for print number one.

The evening ended with some potato and leek soup, crusty bread, and the planning of more editions to be made.

Bikes & Groceries

So we each get these sweet bikes to use in town. Needless to say we filled the saddle bags full of 72€ worth of meat, veggies and beer.

Some of the essentials that we picked up.

Last Two Panels DONE!

Heavy Metal Amalgamation

(hybrid of C.O.C., Crowley, Motorhead, Holocaust, amd Slayer album elements)

acrylic and enamel on wood panel

12" x 12"
Doom Ex Machina (the Doom Machine - Marshall Full Stack)

acrylic on wood panel

12" x 12"