I have all of my summer tour stubs now available in my shop! This was about 4 month’s worth of work, and I’m very happy to be done! Well, until I start up art for the September shows. I will be added the original paintings to my shop soon, although a few have been snatched up already! Be sure to follow my IG (@joseeen) or Facebook page ( Josean Rivera Fine Art) for updates on those.
Check out my previous stubs below:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1821134274/phish-msg-nye-run-2024-ticket
My ticket stubs for Phish’s 4-night New Year’s run at Madison Square Garden in NYC. Each stub measures 2.75×6.5 inches (The same size as PTBM tickets) and is printed on 14 Pt paper (slightly thicker than actual stubs), printed by Fireball Printing in Philadelphia.
I continued to paint clouds for this run as I did for the Albany run. This time around, it focused the worm’s eye view of the city. Ever since I was a kid, this has always been one of my favorite things to do when coming into the city. The movement of the clouds and the feeling that the buildings were about to topple gave off a feeling of uncertainty and excitement. Not unlike a Phish show!
The artwork for the stub was a series of watercolor paintings on 8.5 x 11 paper. I plan to make the original paintings available for sale soon.
I currently have a limited number of ticket stubs available in my shop: joseeen.etsy.com. I will also be at the PhanArt show at Hill Country BBQ on December 30th with my tickets as well as fall and summer tour ticket stubs.
https://joseeen.etsy.com/listing/1770993347
For the Ruoff shows (Deer Creek to you and me) I was inspired by the song Maze, no doubt that there’s a corn maze somewhere in the vicinity! The image was painted as 2 paintings that combine to make a singular image.
Each stub measures 2.75×6.5 inches (The same size as PTBM tickets) and is printed on 130lb gloss paper (slightly thicker than actual stubs), printed by Fireball Printing in Philadelphia. Stubs are available as a complete set, single or two nights. Joseeen.etsy.com
https://joseeen.etsy.com/listing/1748854744
For the Alpine Valley run, I decided to incorporate more organic features within the geometric shapes. The objects were inspired by things I learned about Noblesville, Indiana, and the Alpine Valley itself while researching. The imagery was inked and painted on several sheets of paper, scanned, and digitally arranged to create the final images.
Each stub measures 2.75×6.5 inches (The same size as PTBM tickets) and is printed on 130lb gloss paper (slightly thicker than actual stubs), printed by Fireball Printing in Philadelphia. Stubs are available as a complete set,single or two nights. Joseeen.etsy.com
https://joseeen.etsy.com/listing/1748750536
For Mohegan Sun I used one of my earlier isometric drawings, which also doubled as a coloring page for my students! I created 3 copies that were done in graphite and also watercolor. I ended up using the linework and digitally combined a watercolor painting I had done.
Each stub measures 2.75×6.5 inches (The same size as PTBM tickets) and is printed on 130lb gloss paper (slightly thicker than actual stubs), printed by Fireball Printing in Philadelphia. Stubs are available as a complete set or single nights. Joseeen.etsy.com
Summer tour is back, and so are ticket stubs (sort of)! I now enter my 2nd year of creating PTBM-inspired, unofficial commemorative stubs for Phish shows.
I was inspired by isometric drawings for this tour, which I had known about for a while, but never really drawn. During our annual standardized testing time, I found myself without a classroom and subjugated to “art on a cart”. I had to find something simple that students could work on in their classroom, and in some cases quietly since other students may still be testing. While most had a tough time doing the activities, it made sense to a few, who promptly demanded more challenging drawings to do. This had me researching and creating isometric drawings for worksheets. Something I noticed was how much I enjoyed drawing them. It felt like a challenging puzzle that was also a relaxing activity.
I used the Mansfield run art as a way to explore isometric art and see where it would lead me. The process of drawing them had a very improvisational feel, with the grid leading me around the drawing.
https://joseeen.etsy.com/listing/1762843807
Each stub measures 2.75×6.5 inches (The same size as PTBM tickets) and is printed on 130lb gloss paper (slightly thicker than actual stubs), printed by Fireball Printing in Philadelphia. Stubs are available as a complete set, and single or two nights.
These were some of the largest illustrations I had done for a ticket stub. Each one is 11×15 and was very difficult to scan. Due to the size, these took a bit of time to complete, which I was ok with!
My ticket stubs for Phish’s 4-night New Year’s run at Madison Square Garden in NYC. Each stub measures 2.75×6.5 inches (The same size as PTBM tickets) and is printed on 14 Pt paper (slightly thicker than actual stubs), printed by Fireball Printing in Philadelphia.
For this run, I found inspiration in the public monuments in New York City to which I made some artistic changes. Night 1 is based on the Peace Monument found on the lawn of the UN building. Night 2 is based on Isamu Noguchi’s Red Cube in the Financial District. For nights 3 and 4 I was inspired by the Atlas and Prometheus statues, found outside Rockefeller Center.
The artwork for each stub was watercolor paintings on 6×9 paper. They were then scanned. The ticket stub design was based on the 2018 PTBM (Phish tickets by mail) ticket stubs, which feature a vertical format.
I currently have a limited number of ticket stubs available in my shop: joseeen.etsy.com. I will also be at the PhanArt show at Hill Country BBQ on December 30th with my tickets as well as fall and summer tour ticket stubs.
My ticket stubs for Phish’s 3-night run in Chicago, IL. Inspired by PTBM (Phish tickets by mail) ticket stubs. The barcode actually scans and links to each night’s setlist on Phish.net!
Each stub measures 2.75×6.5 inches (The same size as PTBM tickets) and is printed on 14 Pt paper (slightly thicker than actual stubs), printed by Fireball Printing in Philadelphia.
Inspired by the Chicago skyline, the artwork was watercolor on paper, which was then scanned and digitally arranged.
My ticket stubs for Phish’s 2-night run in Dayton, OH. The original art was micron pen and watercolor on paper, which was then scanned and digitally arranged. Inspired by PTBM (Phish tickets by mail) ticket stubs. The barcode actually scans and links to each night’s setlist on Phish.net!
Each stub measures 2.75×6.5 inches (The same size as PTBM tickets) and is printed on 14 Pt paper (slightly thicker than actual stubs), printed by Fireball Printing in Philadelphia.
The artwork was inspired by the Aullwood Trolls created by recycle artist Thomas Dambo. These sculptures reside minutes away from the venue at the Aullwood Audubon. I also included a reference to Dayton residents the Wright brothers and the bell tower at Carillion Park.
My commemorative ticket stubs for the opener of Phish’s Fall Tour. The original art was watercolor on paper, which was then scanned and digitally arranged. Inspired by PTBM (Phish tickets by mail) ticket stubs. The barcode actually scans and links to each night’s setlist on Phish.net!
Each stub measures 2.75×6.5 inches (The same size as PTBM tickets) and is printed on 14 Pt paper (slightly thicker than actual stubs), printed by Fireball Printing in Philadelphia.
The art was inspired by the neon lights on Broadway in Nashville. I decided to change things up, creating vertical tickets inspired by Summer 2018 PTBMs. This allowed me to create art I couldn’t do in the previous landscape format I had been using. I painted three 5×9 watercolors inspired by the neon signs of the Second Fiddle (First Tube), the Stage (Wedge), and Betty Boots (Reba). These paintings were fun and challenging, especially trying to recreate the glow of the lights, and how they reflect on nearby surfaces. I even used them as teaching tools in my classroom, working on them with the same watercolor sets my students were using!
I also created a print version using the artwork I created for the ticket stubs. It measures 11×17 and is printed on 100 lb cover paper, limited to an edition of 50.
Not just reading the book, 