Artist: Shepard Fairey
Title: Dark Wave
Size: 24 x 36 Inches
Paper: Thick Cream Speckle Tone Paper
Technique: Off Set Lithograph
Edition: Open Limited Edition
Year: 2017
Notes: Signed by Shepard Fairey.
"I first illustrated the Dark Wave piece in 2010 as a response to the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico. I made some fine art pieces of the image that I liked even more than the screen prints and decided I'd like to release an offset of the fine art version. I am releasing this both because I like the image, and because unfortunately, the environmental hazards of off-shore drilling are just as relevant today as they were in 2010, especially with the relaxed regulations under the new administration. I enjoy doing illustrations of water with its hypnotic ripples and reflections. There's oil in this water, which mixes ok in an illustration, but not so well in real life. I want future generations to inhabit a livable planet.
-Shepard"