New Stuff with Nuvango

Nuvango (the company formally known as Gelaskins) is coming out with some exciting products! Check out this sample of a t-shirt we'll be offering soon. They're also going to be making pillows too (though I'm not sure how I feel about those).

Also, I've uploaded Disintegration and Headphones to my portfolio. 

Please check it out at www.nuvango.com/luke-chueh

Coachella 2013

Original untitled painting for Coachella 2013 t-shirt design

6" x 6"

Acrylic on Panel
2013

This year I had the good fortune of being invited back to contribute another t-shirt design for the 2013 Coachella Valley Music And Art Festival. While my first design focused on the unbearable heat of the Palm Desert, for my second I wanted to create something that felt like "Rock 'n roll" and complimented a music festival such as Coachella.
To achieve this "Rock 'n Roll" style and have it gell with my personal visual aesthetic, I took a bite from David Bowie's iconic "Aladdin Sane" cover art, and slapped a red/pink lightening bolt across my bear's face, I then modified the bolts point, and turned it into tears dripping from its right eye. 
I still don't know what I'm trying to say with the illustration, but I want to believe that the graphic looks good on a shirt. I hope attendees at the festival will think so too. 
This, and all the other custom artist shirts will be available for sale during the festival at the Coachella Boutique (NOT with the regular Coachella t-shirt venders).
Coachella runs from April 12th - April 14th, and again from April 19th - April 21st.

Finished design for Coachella 2013 t-shirt design
To be printed on dark grey t-shirts

Coachella 2012

In April 2012, I was invited to create a t-shirt design for the Coachella Art & Music Festival and to also live paint in the Coachella Boutique. I've been to Coachella before in 2004 and the one thing I can't forget was the relentless desert heat. For my shirt I chose to illustrate my bear, grimacing, while exclaiming "DAMN IT'S HOT!".
For the live art portion, I choose to create a variation of the shirt design on to the 4ft x 4ft wood panels we were provided. I never fancied myself a competent live artist. I generally do things slow and methodically, and I'm easily distracted. But I'm happy to say this is my most successful live art creation to date. 

 Coachella : Fuck It's Hot

Acrylic on Wood Panel

48" x 48"

2012

The Coachella Boutique Live Artist lineup features Angry Woebots, The Beast Brothers, Dabs & Myla, Luke Chueh, Phil Lumbang, and Sket One.
On Saturday, May 12th, 2012 the six live art paintings will be sold at auction with all proceeds donated to a charity for the Raices. The event will be hosted by the Shag Store (725 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262)

If you are unable to attend the auction and would like to bid on a piece, please contact jon@theglasshouse.us or call 714-396-3473