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:
I’m excited to share the commemorative ticket stubs I created for the upcoming Phish Sphere run in Las Vegas. 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. Tickets are available individually, pick 2 or 3, or as a full set.
The art used for the ticket stubs was a series of watercolor paintings of water ripples and droplets I made. After sketching countless spherical things, the droplets landing on my phone during a rainy week inspired me to create this series.
I also created a ticket stub magnet for the run that will be available shortly! I had done one for Riviera Maya 2024 after having multiple inquiries about creating magnet versions of my stubs. These magnets are gloss-coated 30 mil magnets (the same thickness as car magnets). They measure 6.5×2.75 inches, the same size as PTBM ticket stubs. I should have them available in my shop right before the start of the Sphere Run next week.
2023 was a very busy year for me, my time being taken up by the Phish ticket stubs I have been creating for every show this year. I did manage to find some time to work on some illustrated setlists via commissions I took on. I have a long history with these setlists, which I started making in 2014 and created for nearly every show until 2022. At this point, including commissions, I’ve made over 340 illustrated setlists! I’ve always enjoyed making them, many actually being created while live-streaming the shows. This year I finally made the decision of retiring the illustrated setlists, but still keeping commissions open.
All setlists are available as a digital print you can download here: https://joseeen.etsy.com/listing/260299234 I also have a very small amount of physical copies of the setlists you can order here: https://joseeen.etsy.com/listing/208027928
I currently have commissions open until I start working on Sphere stubs in early 2024. If you are interested in seeing what I have created already, I made a spreadsheet that allows you to view by year! Click here to commission a setlist: https://joseeen.etsy.com/listing/822573525/commissioned-phish-setlist
Setlist art is back! With my choice of doing linocuts for my summer tour posters, plus lots of traveling and 8 Phish shows, I wasn’t able to make my setlist art in the timely fashion I’m used to (Usually live while streaming the show). I thought people wouldn’t notice, but I was wrong! While I did some here and there, I wanted to draw up new versions, as well as having to illustrate the GOTF songs. Now that I’m done with my linocuts (well, still need to work on the one for Dick’s), I’ll be posting up the setlists from this Summer Tour, in reverse chronological order. Prints will be available in my shop, as well as digital downloads that you can print yourself! Enjoy!
SET 1: Sand, Tweezer > Free, Turtle in the Clouds, Set Your Soul Free, Lawn Boy > Camel Walk, Theme From the Bottom > Rift, Wolfman’s Brother
SET 2: No Men In No Man’s Land > Prince Caspian > Everything’s Right > Roses Are Free > Also Sprach Zarathustra > The Wedge > Light > Plasma > Light > 46 Days, The Squirming Coil
ENCORE: A Life Beyond The Dream, Tube, Grind
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > NICU, Shade, Funky Bitch, Blaze On > Ya Mar, Frost, The Sloth, Fuck Your Face, My Friend, My Friend, The Final Hurrah > Character Zero
SET 2: Halley’s Comet > A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing > Runaway Jim -> Undermind > Ghost > Golden Age > Back on the Train, Harry Hood
ENCORE: Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.
SET 1: The Landlady, Olivia’s Pool, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Meatstick, Vultures, Spock’s Brain, Pebbles and Marbles, Glide, About to Run, Strange Design > Timber (Jerry The Mule) > I Didn’t Know, Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: Mercury > Ruby Waves > Twist > Swept Away > Steep > Death Don’t Hurt Very Long, Icculus, Buffalo Bill, Icculus Reprise, You Enjoy Myself -> Catapult > Contact > You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: More > Tweezer Reprise
Prints are available in my shop! Choose from a single night, 2 nights, or all 3 nights. Orders over $30 get free shipping, and I also have my linocut from Alpine Valley available! www.joseeen.etsy.com
“..but the net’s unbreakable
So don’t worry about falling”
The eleventh print in my Summer 2019 series. This print was created during the Mohegan Sun run, and finished shortly after. I was inspired by the song Mercury, and the Durer woodcut “Astronomer” (1500) seemed fittings. I turned the figure into the mythical figure Mercury, and behind him are the symbols for the Sun, Earth, Mercury, and Venus, as well as the Mohegan Tribe symbol (2nd symbol down).
Prints are 9×12 on 11×14 paper, and hand carved and printed. Black and white editions are printed on 140 lb watercolor paper, and the color variants are printed on 98 lb mixed media paper. Black and white are an edition of 30, and a violet variant of 7. Due to the nature of the process each print may slightly differ in background color. Prints are now available in my shop: www.joseeen.etsy.com
“Thunder calls through waterfalls
Rising tides and ocean walls
I can hear you when you sigh..”
The tenth print in my Summer 2019 series. This print was created during the Fenway run, and finished shortly after. I had chosen image a while ago, not realizing how apropos it was. For Fenway, I was inspired by Dürer’s print of Saint Sebaldus (1514). Sebaldus is the patron saint against cold weather, and was a hermit who took residence near Vicenza, Italy (where I grew up!) He usually depicted holding the church he helped start in Nuremberg. It seemed fitting to have him holding Fenway Park, which many may consider a church in it own way. This was a challenging block for me, both for the amount of time I had (started 1st night of Fenway on Friday, finished carving the following Monday), as well as trying to carve a 3×4 Fenway Park.
Prints are 9×12 on 11×14 paper, and hand carved and printed. Black and white editions are printed on 140 lb watercolor paper, and the color variants are printed on 98 lb mixed media paper. Black and white are an edition of 30, and a pink variant of 10. Due to the nature of the process each print may slightly differ in background color. Prints are now available in my shop: www.joseeen.etsy.com
“I must inquire, Wilson, can you still have fun?”
The ninth print in my Summer 2019 series. This is the print that almost didn’t make it with me at Saratoga Springs. I was actually carving it on lot in Camden, which was fun because it actually helped a lot of people understand the process. I finished carving it, and printed them the night before the shows. For SPAC, I opted for the horse racing theme (yeah, I know it’s been done before!) Albrecht Dürer had done a lot of prints with horses, but his wood cut “Saint George and the Dragon” (1504) caught my eye with its king in the background, which made me instantly think of Wilson.
Prints are 9×12 on 11×14 paper, and hand carved and printed. Black and white editions are printed on 140 lb watercolor paper, and the color variants are printed on 98 lb mixed media paper. Black and white are an edition of 30, and a lime green variant of 10. Due to the nature of the process each print may slightly differ in background color. I had these with me on lot at SPAC and the remaining prints are now available in my shop: www.joseeen.etsy.com
“And she knew that what she made would be the finest in the nation”
The eighth print in my Summer 2019 series. I was very excited to work on this for my hometown show! In the hopes of some dark jams and evil Phish during the Camden run, I looked at some of Dürer’s prints for the Book of Revelations. I took a portion of his print “The Whore of Babylon” (1498) and reinterpreted it as Reba on a Multi-beast on the banks of the Delaware with the BB&T burning in the background. They actually ended up playing Reba, Tela, and Antelope during the run, but no Sloth.
Prints are 9×12 on 11×14 paper, and hand carved and printed. . Both editions are printed on 140 lb watercolor paper. Black and white are an edition of 30, and a watercolor variant of 7, as well as edition variants. Due to the nature of the process each print may slightly differ in background color. I had these with me on lot at Camden and the remaining prints are now available in my shop: www.joseeen.etsy.com
Not just reading the book, 