One nice thing about being an artist is that many of my meetings are in casual or hip settings. For example, there’s a group of artists I’ve recently joined, we meet each week at this quiet dive bar in Southside to work on a book project. Everyone comes with their materials and we all show what we’ve accomplished over the week. Since it’s a bar, of course we enjoy drinks while sharing career advice. During the first meeting, I noticed a piece of colorful artwork on my beer bottle label and discovered something that made me a little nostalgic:
Artwork By Caleb Morris, for Blue Moon Brewing Company.
You see, several years ago I did my first oil painting. Compared to what I can do now it’s not even that great, but Molson Coors liked it enough to purchase it for their art gallery and use the piece for their advertising:
“La Luna Azul” – Molson Coors Art Collection
Working on “La Luna Azul” fueled my passion for creating, and that project was really the one that started my adventures in developing symbolic work with a popular slant. This was also the first piece I ever sold, which gave me the confidence boost I needed to pursue an art career. I always hoped Blue Moon would do another artist series for their brand, seeing these labels made me happy that they’re continuing the tradition and I hope the artists in this series will enjoy great success from the experience. This series is pretty strong, here are a few more pieces in case anyone’s curious:
Artwork by Donald Ross.
Artwork by Brian Jasinski.
You can also check their home page gallery for details. If Blue Moon decides to do another contest like this one I’ll be sure to share the news!
