josean rivera fine art – Not just reading the book,

Commissioned Setlists: 2022 in Review

This past year has been a busy one, full of new approaches to creating art inspired by Phish. As I shifted towards designing and creating ticket stubs, I eased up on creating setlist art for every show, and I began accepting more commissions to create setlist art for older shows. This was actually my busiest year, having created over 10 older setlists! I really enjoy doing these, since it gives me an opportunity to discover older shows that I may not have heard before. And of course, there’s the satisfaction of creating something to commemorate a special show to someone, be it their first, hundredth, or the show where they met that special someone!

I have very limited copies of these prints, but they are available as a digital download that you could then print yourself.

I’m also updating my shop to make it easier to find a specific show! You can now find all shows by year on the right side of the page.

Phish New Year’s Run 2022 Tickets and Prints

I’m excited to present my ticket stubs for the Phish New Year’s Run at MSG in New York City. This concludes my yearlong project of creating stubs for every Phish show in 2022! I was inspired by the food and fauna one may encounter late at night in NYC. The original illustrations were ink, watercolor, and gouache. They are available in my shop: www.joseeen.etsy.com. I will also be selling them at the PhanArt Show at Hill Country Barbeque on 12/30 from 1pm-6pm (click here for more info).

As with my previous stubs, they are inspired by PTBMs (Phish tickets by mail) down to the weight and feel of real ticket stubs. At this point, I have created over 40 unique ticket stubs for 2022! Tickets going digital has made many people realize how important ticket stubs can be, even if they end up in a shoebox under the bed. I’m here to fill that void in the meantime.

I’ve also created some 8.5×11 mini prints using the artwork I created for the stubs! The unusual size of the tickets means that 1-2/3s of the illustration gets cut off, which bummed me out. And due to each ticket being a standalone image (summer tour stubs created 1 full image when placed together), I opted to create a set of prints rather than 1 large poster.

Prints are signed and numbered, limited to an edition of 50 each. A limited amount is available in my shop, as well as at PhanArt. Purchase Prints Here

The Phish Setlist Art Spreadsheet

Phish Setlist Art Spreadsheet

After years of talking about it, I recently finished creating a one-stop shop to view all my setlist art. I was inspired by the Phish Downloads Spreadsheet, which contains downloads of almost every Phish show, recorded by tapers at shows.

My spreadsheet contains every show I’ve created setlist art for since I started in 2014. I also include all the commissioned setlists for older shows (57 to date!), some of 2013 that I had done, and nearly every setlist for each showed played from 2014-2021!

Each section is listed by year and gives you an Imgur link to view the setlist art, purchase links, and a link to the setlist via Phish.net if you need help figuring it out!

Phish Dinner and Movie Setlists

For the last 20 weeks, Phish has been doing a weekly stream called Dinner and a Movie. They have been streaming past shows, some recent, some very old, and some never before seen. For many of us, this is a source of calm and happiness in such a turbulent world. For me it’s also an opportunity to create some setlist art! Although I’ve created some of them before, there’s something about posting a set right after as if it were a live show. The most exciting are the shows I haven’t created before. I’ve been posting the setlists on social media ( twitter, instagram, facebook, reddit) as I would during a regular tour.

I’ve had people ask about the setlist art, and yes, it is all available for sale! I decided to create an easier way for people to find the Dinner and a Movie setlists in my shop. You can now find every setlist in one listing. I also have them available as a digital file, which you can print yourself in any size you wish or on anything you want!

Dinner and a Movie Setlists: https://www.etsy.com/listing/839502209/phish-dinner-and-a-movie-setlist-art

Any digital setlist: https://www.etsy.com/listing/260299234/phish-setlist-art-digital-print-2013

I will be adding more setlists every week, and I’m slowly working on older setlists as well. Can’t find the setlist you are looking for? I also do commissioned setlists, which can include a personalized header, and would include an 11×17 print, any original artwork I create for the setlist art, as well as a digital file!

Commissioned setlists: https://www.etsy.com/listing/822573525/commissioned-phish-setlist

An Asteroid Crashed and Nothing Burned

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I’ve just released my newest print, inspired by lyrics from the Phish song “Tube”. This was originally going to be my poster for their shows in Atlantic City. I was halfway through with the drawing when it seemed obvious that there were no concerts happening this summer, but wanted to finish it (mainly for therapeutic value!) It’s drawn using micron pens, with the smaller details created using a .005 sized pen. I had a lot of fun with this, and it includes many hidden Phish references, as well as some randomness here and there.

I’ve drawn this image several times throughout the last 10 years or so. The first one was an 18×24 ink and watercolor illustration, and several others were simpler 8×10 canvases, as well as some hand drawn sticker versions.

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Prints are signed and numbered, limited to an edition of 50, printed on 13×19 high quality glossy paper (110# cover). Each order ships with extras.

Purchase here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/827956648/an-asteroid-crashed-art-print

Song Art Coloring Page

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Another coloring page for you folks! This is a page iof some of my earliest song illustrations, this page was created for night 2 of MPP 2014. To save a copy, you can right click the image above and “save as”, or just download the PDF file here: Song Art coloring page . If you do print and color one in, I’d love to see it! You can post it online and tag me ( @joseeen on twitter, @phish_art on instagram) I’ll be posting more coloring pages in the next couple days!

Phish coloring page

Reba coloring page

Phish Reba Coloring Page

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So it seems folks (and their kids) were fans of my last Phish coloring page, so I decided to make another one! This one is based on Reba’s recipe and is one of my oldest Phan Art pieces. To save a copy, you can right click the image above and “save as”, or just download the PDF file here: Reba Coloring PDF . If you do print and color one in, I’d love to see it! You can post it online and tag me ( @joseeen on twitter, @phish_art on instagram) I’ll be posting more coloring pages in the next couple days!

Phish Riviera Maya Run 2020

SET 1: Torn and Frayed > Ghost > Free > Shipwreck -> Free, Shake Your Coconuts^[1], Victim, The Moma Dance > Gotta Jibboo, Shade, The Landlady > Destiny Unbound, Steam > Crosseyed and Painless > Run Like an Antelope > Cavern > Beneath a Sea of Stars Part 1 > Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.

ENCORE: You Enjoy Myself

This show was webcast via LivePhish and featured multiple bustouts: Torn and Frayed was last played on July 7, 2012 (285 shows), Shipwreck was last played on October 31, 2014 (189 shows), and Shake Your Coconuts was played on July 21, 2017 (100 shows). The return to Free contained Rescue Squad and Shipwreck quotes. The lyrics in Shake Your Coconuts were changed to “It’s Phish in Mexico time.” Trey teased Walk This Way in You Enjoy Myself.

2-21-20 Riviera Maya I web

SET 1: Turtle in the Clouds, Shafty -> Plasma -> Shafty^[1] -> Plasma > The Lizards, Bathtub Gin -> Shafty -> Bathtub Gin > Blaze On^[2], Sea and Sand, Possum

SET 2: Sigma Oasis > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Drift While You’re Sleeping, Lifeboy, I Always Wanted It This Way -> No Men In No Man’s Land -> Piper > Good Times Bad Times

ENCORE: Sand -> Weekapaug Groove -> Shafty

This show was webcast via LivePhish. Shafty was last played on June 10, 2012 (302 shows) and Sea and Sand on July 20, 1998 (670 shows). The second Shafty was performed over Plasma. Page teased the theme from Speed Racer in The Lizards. Bathtub Gin was dedicated to the people at CID who organized the event and in honor of the fact that everyone had a hot tub in their room and also included a Gimme Some Lovin’ tease from Page before transitioning back into Shafty. Blaze On’s lyrics were changed to “you’ll be dancing on the beach.” Blaze On also included Plasma teases. Possum contained Back on the Train and Shafty teases and ended with a Plasma tease. Trey teased Another One Bites the Dust in Also Sprach Zarathustra. Trey teased L.A. Woman in I Always Wanted It This Way. No Men In No Man’s Land included Shafty and Woman from Tokyo teases. Weekapaug Groove contained No Men In No Man’s Land quotes as well as a Smoke on the Water tease from Trey.

2-22-20 Riviera Maya II web

SET 1: Willin’, Tube, Evening Song, Set Your Soul Free, You Sexy Thing > 46 Days, Waste > Your Pet Cat, Tweezer > Manteca > Makisupa Policeman^[1] > Twist

SET 2: Energy > Soul Planet > Waves > Carini > Chalk Dust Torture -> Have Mercy > A Life Beyond The Dream, Harry Hood

ENCORE: Sweet Jane > Tweezer Reprise

This show was webcast via LivePhish. Willin’ was performed for the first time since October 31, 2010 (349 show gap) and featured Trey on drums. On stage, Fishman changed from his Jimmy Buffet style beach tuxedo into his mumu after Willin’. Page then teased Hold Your Head Up. Trey teased Tired of Waiting for You in Tube and Dave’s Energy Guide in Tweezer. Manteca was performed for the first time since July 19, 2016 (136 show gap) included Tweezer teases from Fish and Trey. Sweet Jane was performed for the first time since July 23, 2017 (100 shows). Makisupa Policeman was played over backing music and quotes of You Sexy Thing. Waves contained Soul Planet quotes. Trey teased The Star Spangled Banner in Tweezer Reprise.

SET 1: Crowd Control, Farmhouse, Breath and Burning, Divided Sky, Meat, Everything’s Right, The Squirming Coil, Wingsuit, David Bowie

SET 2: Simple > Golden Age > Fuego > Undermind -> Back on the Train > Passing Through

ENCORE: Rise/Come Together > The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Fee^[1], Funky Bitch, More

This show was webcast via LivePhish. Simple contained an Under Pressure tease and an In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida tease and quote. Undermind contained Manteca and Plasma teases. Trey teased Simple in Fuego and Back on the Train. Fee featured Trey on megaphone.

Prints are available in my shop! Also available as digital prints. Free shipping for orders over $35.

Phish MSG NYE Run 2019

SET 1: Evening Song^[1], No Men In No Man’s Land, Down with Disease, 20-20 Vision^[2], Ghost, Gumbo > Rift, Weigh > Dog Faced Boy, Twenty Years Later > Tube > Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.

SET 2: Everything’s Right > Beneath a Sea of Stars Part 1 > Set Your Soul Free -> Gotta Jibboo > Free > Piper, Drowned > Ass Handed > Chalk Dust Torture Reprise^[3] > Character Zero^[4]

ENCORE: A Life Beyond The Dream, Rocky Top

This show was webcast via Live Phish and featured the debut of Evening Song and the Phish debut of 20-20 Vision. Trey teased Shade in Ghost. Dog Faced Boy was performed for the first time since October 24, 2016 (114 shows). Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S. contained Martian Monster quotes. Set Your Soul Free included an On Broadway jam. Trey teased and quoted Set Your Soul Free in Gotta Jibboo. Trey and Fish quoted Guy Forget at the end of Drowned. Chalk Dust Torture Reprise was played with Ass Handed lyrics and contained Guy Forget quotes. In Character Zero, Fish changed the “waste the day” lyric to “Guy Forget.”

12-29-19 MSG II web

SET 1: Turtle in the Clouds, The Moma Dance > Kill Devil Falls, Yarmouth Road, The Wedge, Beauty of a Broken Heart, Fuego > My Friend, My Friend^[1] > Birds of a Feather, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Walls of the Cave

SET 2: Carini > Back on the Train > Bathtub Gin > Golden Age > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley > Chalk Dust Torture, Harry Hood

ENCORE: Show of Life > Run Like an Antelope

This show was webcast via Live Phish. Beauty of a Broken Heart was played for the first time since December 29, 2016 (103 shows). My Friend My My Friend didn’t contain the “Myfe” ending. While My Guitar Gently Weeps was played for the first time since October 23, 2013 (234 shows). Trey teased No Men In No Man’s Land in Back on the Train. Trey teased If I Only Had a Brain in Bathtub Gin.

12-30-19 MSG III web

SET 1: Wilson, The Final Hurrah, 46 Days, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Blaze On, Corinna, Mike’s Song > Contact > Weekapaug Groove, About to Run, More

SET 2: Tweezer, Ruby Waves > Steam > Tweezer > Ruby Waves > Slave to the Traffic Light

ENCORE: Rock and Roll

This show was webcast via LivePhish. The Ballad of Curtis Loew was played for the first time since October 16, 2016 (121 shows). The first Tweezer ended with a Let’s Go Blue jam and was followed by banter in which Trey talked about being repeatedly hit in the head with a pan and screaming on December 30, 1994 (the night of Phish’s first show at Madison Square Garden. This story was accompanied by sound effects by Fish and Page.

SET 1: Martian Monster, Buried Alive, AC/DC Bag, Halley’s Comet > Prince Caspian > Sparkle > Axilla, Maze, Fluffhead > Rise/Come Together

SET 2: Punch You in the Eye, Wolfman’s Brother > Light > Twist > Soul Planet > Mercury > Possum

SET 3: Send in the Clowns^[1], First Tube, Auld Lang Syne, Sand, Drift While You’re Sleeping, What’s the Use?, You Enjoy Myself

ENCORE: Tweezer Reprise, Rescue Squad^[2]

Axilla featured the Axilla II ending and was followed by banter from all four band members continuing the pan story from the previous night’s show and ending with a mention of pan flute extraordinaire Zamfir. Richard Glasgow (a.k.a. Dickie Scotland) then came onstage appearing as Zamfir, holding both a pan flute and a pan. The third set opened with the Phish debut of Send in the Clowns, sung a cappella and with lyrics changed to Send in the Clones. For First Tube through Tweezer Reprise, each band member performed on separate moving platforms hoisted above the stage as dancers dressed as their clones performed onstage and provided additional vocals throughout the set and encore. Trey’s platform became stuck for the majority of the set and he had to be rescued after Tweezer Reprise. Given that the band (Trey) could not leave the stage after You Enjoy Myself, there was no encore break and Tweezer Reprise was announced as the start of the encore. Rescue Squad was performed Trey solo (singing and playing Fish’s drum set) while he was waiting to return to the stage.

Prints are available in my shop! Also available as digital prints. Free shipping for orders over $35.

Phish Charleston Run 2019

SET 1: Carolina, Party Time, Strawberry Letter 23 > Undermind, I Been Around > Divided Sky, The Sloth, Destiny Unbound, We Are Come to Outlive Our Brains > My Friend, My Friend^[1] > About to Run, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, David Bowie

SET 2: Axilla > Scents and Subtle Sounds > No Quarter > Your Pet Cat, Mercury > Saw It Again > Limb By Limb^[2] > The Lizards, Suzy Greenberg

ENCORE: Bittersweet Motel^[3] > Death Don’t Hurt Very Long > Loving Cup

This show was webcast via Live Phish. Carolina was performed for the first time since December 30, 2016 (103 shows). MFMF didn’t contain the “Myfe” ending. Trey teased Axilla in Scents and Subtle Sounds and Suzy Greenberg. The theme to Mission: Impossible was also teased in Scents. Limb By Limb was unfinished and contained a Divided Sky tease from Trey and This Old Man singing from Fish. Page teased the theme from Speed Racer in The Lizards. Suzy Greenberg also included a Saw It Again quote from Fish. Bittersweet Motel was played for the first time since July 6, 2016 (134 shows) and had lyrics changed to “halfway from Charleston to Pittsburgh.”

12-7-19 Charleston II

SET 1: Fluffhead > Ocelot, Nellie Kane > The Dogs > Reba, Halfway to the Moon > Train Song > Guyute, Strange Design, Moonage Daydream

SET 2: The Connection, Mr. Completely > Crosseyed and Painless > Dirt, Cool Amber and Mercury > Split Open and Melt > Crosseyed and Painless > Split Open and Melt, A Life Beyond The Dream > Wilson > The Squirming Coil

ENCORE: Grind, Frankenstein

This show was webcast via Live Phish. Page teased Linus and Lucy in Nellie Kane. The Connection was last played on July 29, 2015 (171 shows). Trey teased No Men In No Man’s Land In Mr. Completely. The Little Drummer Boy was jammed in Crosseyed and Painless, whistled and teased in Dirt, and teased in the first Split Open and Melt.

12-8-19 Charleston III

SET 1: Sigma Oasis^[1], Buried Alive > Guelah Papyrus, My Sweet One > Everything is Hollow, The Curtain > Mound, Brian and Robert, Crazy Sometimes > Frost, Breath and Burning, Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues > It’s Ice > Walls of the Cave

SET 2: After Midnight, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan > Energy > Soul Planet, Wingsuit > I Always Wanted It This Way, Petrichor, Boogie On Reggae Woman > Rise/Come Together

ENCORE: Pebbles and Marbles, Beneath a Sea of Stars Part 1, Izabella, Chalk Dust Torture Reprise

This show was webcast via Live Phish and featured the Phish debut of Sigma Oasis. Trey teased Plasma and The Little Drummer Boy in Buried Alive. The Curtain was performed for the first time since August 28, 2012 (270 shows). After Midnight was performed for the first time since September 6, 2015 (153 shows). Trey quoted Sigma Oasis at the end of Soul Planet. Trey teased Sanity before Pebbles and Marbles. Chalk Dust Torture Reprise was performed for the first time since July 11, 2000 (524 shows), started as Chalk Dust Torture, and ended with a Plasma tease.

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