matt lopez

Cream

2009-12-13T12:14:00.000-08:00

I've been listening to Cream a lot lately so I mashed up a few lyrics and ideas of theirs into this image.

The White Stripes

2009-12-06T20:24:00.000-08:00

Did a little poster for the white stripes. I tried as best as I could to stick to red black and white, but I couldn't help give it some color.

The Strat King

2009-11-23T21:31:00.000-08:00

Here is Jimi sitting in his guitar throne getting down with the spirits and the sounds of his soul.
Up next is some Cream art.

Taj Majal, Guitar Shorty and Keith Richards

2009-11-14T14:38:00.000-08:00

Here is the last three of the blues guitarists.

Taj Majal looking for hope in the sky,

Guitar Shorty on his fire burst strat,

and Keith Richards on the tele.

tab benoit, lonnie brooks, elmore james, otis rush, and a quick self portrait

2009-11-09T16:51:00.000-08:00

these are the rest of the blues guitar players series I was doing except for keith richards

heres the self portrait

Derek Trucks

2009-11-11T20:20:00.000-08:00

Here is one of the last blues portraits, Derek Trucks. Keith Richards is up next.

self portrait

2009-11-11T19:54:00.000-08:00

This is a very Barron Storey inspired self portrait. It was a lot of fun. The color is made from the pastel portrait below, manipulated in photoshop.

T Bone Walker

2009-11-01T22:38:00.000-08:00

Number 1o, T Bone Walker smiling for chicago

BB King

2009-11-02T00:42:00.000-08:00

Number 12, B B King and Lucille

Eric Clapton

2009-11-01T22:40:00.000-08:00

Number 11, Eric Clapton goovin out his Cream years.

Kid Ramos

2009-10-29T21:23:00.000-07:00

Here's number 9, Kid Ramos formerly from the fabulous thunderbirds.

Duane Allman

2009-10-29T14:51:00.000-07:00

Number 8, Duane Allman sliding warm tones out of his Les Paul.

Johnny Winter

2009-10-29T02:38:00.001-07:00

Number 7, Johnny Winter heating things up!

Self Portrait

2009-10-29T02:34:00.000-07:00

Here is number 6, myself beating blues out the guitar.

Muddy Waters

2009-10-27T15:40:00.000-07:00

Number 5, Muddy Waters thinking of his delta past.

Blind Lemon Jefferson

2009-10-27T14:26:00.000-07:00

Number 4 on Blind Lemon and his big head.

Albert King

2009-10-27T14:23:00.000-07:00

Number three with Albert King Playing his Flying V.

SRV

2009-10-27T14:18:00.000-07:00

Here is number two in the series, Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Skip James

2009-10-22T17:39:00.000-07:00

I'm starting a series of blues guitarists to explore drawing and mixing pastel with other media. Here's number one, Skip James.

Blues roots

2009-10-17T08:09:00.000-07:00

This was for an article in Rolling Stone about Keith Richards and Jack White talking about their roots in blues music. Was a fun adventure in pastel

The Dirty Macs

2009-10-19T22:13:00.000-07:00

Did this a few weeks ago after watching a video of John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, and Mitch Mitchell making music.

Icky Thump

2009-10-19T22:16:00.001-07:00

Just finished this illustration for the White Stripes song "Icky Thump". The songs pretty crazy so I felt the image should be too.

2009-10-09T05:12:00.000-07:00

Eric Johnson

2009-09-30T11:26:00.000-07:00

Heres a little mix of Robert Johnson and Eric Clapton. Did another Experiment with pencil drawing over pastel color.

happy accedent

2009-09-28T03:33:00.000-07:00

I drew this in pencil as an underdrawing not knowing I had a pastel drawing underneath. The backside got some cool colors and texture. I reversed it in photoshop because it was backwards.