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Artist R.L. Gibson

Tag: The Dark Slide

Skate Art Show Reception

Artist R.L. Gibson at Dubuque Area Arts Collective's Skate Art Show!

Many thanks to Dubuque Area Arts Collective & The Dark Slide for including London Calling, México Floración & Miami Reclining in The Skate Art Show.  Here’s a glimpse of the November 28th opening. (click the image to enlarge)

The Decks will be for sale at the gallery (902 Main St, Dubuque IA) through the end of January.  Any unsold decks will be available for purchase online for a year. The exhibit will be open until the end of January on Saturdays and Sundays from 12 to 4pm.

Discover more illustrations from R.L. Gibson!

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DESIGNS: The Dark Slide

Progress continues…

Thanks to Zumiez (Sevierville) & Headquarters Skateshop (Knoxville), I have decks for The Dark Slide project sponsored by the Dubuque Area Arts Collective. They are in the midst of being sanded, primed & gesso’d. But, in the meantime, I finished the initial designs, left to right — London Calling, México Floración & Miami Reclining. (continues below)

Designs by Artist R.L. Gibson for The Dark Slide exhibit in Dubuque, Iowa!

These designs are meant to be a study in iconography and how it connects us to times & places entirely personal.  The London Eye, an umbrella and bowler hat, sugar skulls, flowers & mattress ticking, Deco-era waves, a bikini & seaweed.

Safe, but personal –the psychology of iconography.

BEFORE: The Dark Slide

How excited am I?

My decks have arrived.  Special thanks goes out to Zumiez (Sevierville, TN) & Headquarters Skateshop (Knoxville, TN) for hooking me up with decks for my new project for The Dark Slide sponsored by the Dubuque Area Arts Collective. (continues below)

Skate Decks for The Dark Slide project by Artist R.L. Gibson sponsored by Dubuque Area Arts Collective!

The next step is to get them sanded, primed & gesso’d for illustration transfers.  I kind of hate to sand them down because they already look pretty rad even in their current state.  But, I just gotta.  In addition to being a great art project for me, it is also a benefit for a new skatepark in Dubuque, Iowa.

Stay tuned for updates on
The Dark Slide project!

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