Matt Mays: Live at the Shore Club
Since 2014 I have been illustrating and screenprinting gig posters for Matt Mays’ annual run of shows at the Shore Club. The shows have a culture about them like no other I’ve been to. It’s like a reunion of strangers every year. Everyone makes a day of it, if not the entire weekend, or maybe even the whole week. And since 2014 the posters have been growing in popularity every year.
I always try to make the posters feel as special as the shows themselves. Like I said, there’s an energy at these shows that you don’t find at just any old show. There’s people BBQing and swimming outside before hand, playing guitar at the nearby beach until sunrise, people sleeping in tents and their cars, it’s like a festival with only one band playing. And I want some of that magic, that anticipation, that lifestyle aspect of the Shore Club shows to come across in the artwork.
Because Matt’s Shore Club stint is such a favourite time of year for me, it’s such a tradition at this point, and it’s got such a dedicated following, the screenprinted artwork often involves some advanced printmaking techniques that I tend not to break out too often. Like split fountains of colour for the skies, several transparent grey layers to build up shading and sculpting, and many many more colours than a typical poster of mine.
It really is this iconic of an event. If you have a chance to make it to a show, be sure to take it!
Check out the shop for posters from years past that are still available for sale, and be sure to check out the section on all the other work I’ve done for Matt over the years.