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CUSTOM ART THAT INCORPORATES YOUR IDEAS AND IMAGES INTO THE CREATIVE PROCESS

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STEVE

STEVE

MY CUSTOM PORTRAITS ALLOW ME TO TIE TOGETHER SEEMINGLY DISPARATE ELEMENTS FROM A PERSON’S LIFE INTO A SINGLE PIECE OF ART THAT TELLS A LARGER STORY ABOUT THE THINGS THEY LOVE THE MOST.

THE TOP PIECE IS A PICTURE OF MY NEWBORN DAUGHTER AUTUMN, TRANSPOSED INTO A PICTURE OF TREY ANASTASIO HOISTING HIS GUITAR ABOVE HIS HEAD DURING THE CLIMACTIC FINAL NOTES OF ‘FIRST TUBE’. I THEN SET THE PIC ON PARK AVE AS A NOD TO THE DRIVE TO HER DELIVERY AT MT SINAI ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE. (PHOTO USED WITH PERMISSION FROM JAY BLAKESBERG.)

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ON THE LEFT IS A PICTURE OF MY DOG RYDER ON SURFSIDE BEACH JUXTAPOSED WITH AN IMAGE OF MICK JAGGER ONSTAGE AT MSG IN 1981 FOR COMEDIC EFFECT. TWO OF MY ALLTIME FAVORITE ALPHA DOG ROCK STARS! (PHOTO: MARK WEISS)

TOP: My newborn daughter Autumn in Trey Anastasio’s hands. LEFT: My dog Ryder on Surfside Beach next to Mick Jagger.

WITH HIS LINE OF SPORTS CARD ART, STEVE MARRIED HIS LIFELONG LOVE OF COLLECTING WITH HIS PASSION FOR SCREENPRINTING.

THE RESULTS ARE A FUN, COLORFUL NOD TO THE HEROES OF OUR YOUTH. NOSTALGIC, YET CONTEMPORARY AND COMPLETELY ORIGINAL ALL AT ONCE.

BY USING THE SAME 4-COLOR PRINTING TECHNIQUE THE CARDS WERE ORIGINALLY CREATED WITH, STEVE IS ABLE TO FAITHFULLY RECREATE ANY TRADING CARD ON A GRAND SCALE.

STANDARD SIZE IS 30”X40” ACRYLIC ON GALLERY WRAPPED CANVAS. LARGER SIZES ARE AVAILABLE TOO.

IF YOU COLLECT IT, I CAN RE-CREATE IT.

MARK WEISS & STEVE LACY THE ART OF ROCK

MARK WEISS HAS BEEN ON THE FRONTLINES OF ROCK N’ ROLL FOR FOUR DECADES AND COUNTING, PHOTOGRAPHING EVERYONE FROM AEROSMITH AND ACDC TO MOTLEY CRUE, BON JOVI, OZZY, GUNS N’ ROSES, RICK JAMES AND METALLICA TO NAME JUST A FEW.

STEVE LACY IS AN NYC-BASED ARTIST WHO TAKES MARK’S IMAGES AND TRANSFORMS THEM INTO ORIGINAL PIECES OF ART WORK.

THEIR WORK HAS BEEN DISPLAYED IN NYC, MIAMI AND GREENWICH, CT.

FROM THE WEISSGUY ARCHIVES 40 YEARS OF ROCK N’ ROLL

History At Your Fingertips

Mark and Steve have displayed their works in NYC, Greenwich and Miami.

AXL ROSE > ACK’L ROSE

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