Opal - Grateful Dead - The Beekeeper Stickers It had to look and

It had to look and feel both melodic and heavy

2015 at Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre in Englewood

I pictured the band performing among nature

NOTES: 24 x 18 inches /// 5 screens /// signed and numbered edition of 100

The colors really vibrate in person on this

Opal - Grateful Dead - The Beekeeper Stickers It had to look andI tentatively titled this Grateful Dead art as "The Beekeeper" during the illustration process. I knew the band had encouraged bee and butterfly conservation in the past thru milkweed seeds and garden pollinator packs being distributed at shows. That idea stuck with me and a single bee ended up being the genesis of the art here. The sunflower was drawn next as a symbol rooted in psychedelia. The radial lines from the sun are meant to mirror the petals