Willie Nelson Houston Print By Bailey Race Release

 

Collectionzz is really enjoying working with Willie Nelson, and they have a new official print for him just in time for Halloween! Back in 1975, Willie played at his Halloween Ball in Houston, at a drive in movie theatre. Tickets were $5.00, you'd pull your car up, take out your lawn chair and cooler, and listen to Willie and his band play Red Headed Stranger. What sounds better than that? Bailey Race created not only a concert poster for this event, but illustrated a scene about the event,

I wanted to create a piece that touched on what it would be like to visit a record shop in 1975, while also preparing to go to the Willie Nelson & Co. Halloween Ball. To do so, I really started to get in deep on how I would make it feel like a small record shop, like it was 1975, and like it was a moment of calm before the famous Red Headed Stranger release show. While doing so I was able to really slow myself down and strip back a lot of what I knew about illustration and even the 70's (Being 23, I had to do a whole lot of research about a time that pre-dates me even existing), and really dive deep into creating a world that felt both bustling and intimate, while also evoking nostalgia from folks who remember the time's rummaging through the stacks at their local shop.

In approaching the concert and composition of the piece, I really wanted to take almost an "Anti-Gig-Poster" approach- In which I mean to illustrate a collectible piece of Willie merchandise, while allowing it to also function as a gig-poster for the Hollows Eve 1975 show. To do so, I focused more on the feel and environment of the scene, while putting the show information in as Easter egg-esque bits throughout the illustration (Such as the Calendar, the hand written ad, and the commercial on the TV)- as well as packing in some other timely references and references to Willie and his eclectic catalogue up to that date.-BR

Main Edition - $50.00 each
Officially licensed
Size: 24" x 18"
Edition Size: 50 Hand Numbered 
5 Color Screenprint on French Yellow Manilla Kraft Paper
Holographic sticker on back of print for authenticity

Dusk Edition - $75.00 each
Officially licensed
Size: 24" x 18"
Edition Size: 10 Hand Numbered
5 Color Screenprint on French Yellow Manilla Kraft Paper
Holographic sticker on back of print for authenticity

On sale Wednesday October 28 at 2pm EDT at https://iconic.collectionzz.com/

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