This is an original, handmade, spray paint stencil print on high quality 11″ x 14″ acid-free smooth Bristol Board paper. Two different series (so far), one black with red (designated “A”) and one black with blue (designated “B”). Both open edition. Signed and numbered in pencil at lower right of design. Suitable for framing.

Inspired by the recent Shepard Fairey “HOPE” posters of Senator Obama, and by Obama himself, I wanted to do something of my own to help promote and raise some money for his campaign. I’ve never been moved to want to contribute money to or get involved in any way with any political campaign before in my life, but this candidate has managed to motivate and inspire me in a way no other politician ever has.

Being an indie/DIY artist, I don’t have a lot of money, but I can make art. So I decided to make a stencil and do prints. I’ve been a stencil artist for many years now, but I’ve actually never really made paper prints, instead preferring to stencil on tshirts and other clothing and unconventional, recyclable things like vinyl records and baking pans. So this is a bit of an experiment. I actually started stencilling as a means of protest in the year 2000, after the presidential election theft by Bush. One of my first stencils was that of Bush’s head with the word “evildoer” underneath it; it has remained one of my most popular designs over the years, as you might imagine. So here I am again, eight years later, but this time actually excited and hopeful about the election. I wanted to make something positive this time around, to support the candidate who gives me hope that maybe, just maybe, things can get better in this country if we all come together.

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