Today is the final day to purchase the “Emerging from the Deepness” limited edition print. The 5 day timed release ends tonight so now is the last chance to pick one up before they leave the Shop for good.
I’m so proud of this painting. It is a real showcase of everything that I want my work to be. Mysterious, playful, and atmospheric. The forest setting of this piece is truly from deepest part of my creative soul. Which is one of the themes behind this painting. Bringing these images out from the dark, conceptual ether and into the light of reality has always been the most magical part of creating. I love it so much.
I wouldn’t be able to do any of this with out all of your support. It’s been a wild journey with my work, filled many twist and turns; triumphs and hardships. Through out it all, you’ve allowed me the freedom to grow technically, emotionally and conceptually over the years. You have my undying gratitude.
And a huge thank you to those that have already purchased one of these wonderful prints. You’re helping me continue my creative journey and I also just think these prints are really lovely. It’s my first collaborative print with theprintspace and I couldn’t be more pleased with them. They are the final result of this painting’s journey and I know that you’ll love them.
I’m proud to present my newest digital painting, “Emerging from the Deepness.”
Emerging from the Deepness - Digital Painting - 2023
Sometimes when it comes to making a new piece, I just need to go somewhere comfortable. For me, that’s the deep forest—creative speaking anyways. As much as I love the forest, I can never be absolutely comfortable there. It’s the home for critters, plants, and creepy crawlies--not me. But I do love to create characters that actually belong there.
They move through these surroundings with a natural presence and a knowing grace in a way I wish I could. Freedom not fear. They are truly of the forest and the wild.
PRINT RELEASE
Also very excited to announce that Emerging from the Deepness will be my first print release through my partnership with theprintspace.
This limited edition print will be a timed release that runs from June 28th through July 3rd. You will only be able to purchase this print during this time period. After that, they will be gone forever.
DETAILS:
Starts: June 28th, 3:00 EST
Ends: July 3rd, 11:59 EST
Available in these sizes, including a border for easy framing
A1- 30” x 22”—76cm x 56cm (Editon of 10)
A2- 21” x 15.5”—53cm x 39cm (Edition of 20)
A3- 15” x 11”—38cm x 28cm (edition of 30)
Framed with FSC-certified Wood in Oak Veneer, Painted Black or White styles.
A1- Total Frame Size: 34.1" x 24.3"--87cm x 62cm
A2- Total Frame Size: 24.4" x 16.6"--62cm x 45cm
A3- Total Frame Size: 17.5" x 12.6"--45cm x 32cm
Print signed & numbered
Comes with a signed & numbered Certificate of Authenticity
Printed on acid-free, archival cotton Photo Rag 308 gsm Giclée paper, from Hahnemühle the world’s oldest mill who have been producing fine art papers for more than 500 years
Guaranteed archival life of 100+ years
Carbon neutral, sustainable production, packaging and shipping
Express Global Delivery with tracked & insured shipping
As a reminder, I’ll send out another Newsletter on the day of the release with even more info.
I also have a countdown banner on the homepage of my Shop that has a reminder feature. It will email you an alert 10 minutes before the print goes live.
Got some solid, in the books, dates for you concerning upcoming Print Shop developments.
I’m phasing all printing and fulfillment duties over to theprintspace on June 21st 2023. Which means that I’ll have some of the current prints in my Shop available with new options—such as sizing and frame options—but that also means a good portion of my prints will be leaving the Shop. Here is selection of some that will be phased out next week.
Some of the prints leaving on June 21st
To see all the prints that will be leaving, go to this collection inside my Shop. If you've been waiting on grabbing any of these, now is the time.
Note: Some of the themed prints—such as the Halloween and winter themed paintings—could be released again in a future date closer to those occasions. Definitely going to have a Halloween collection coming out in the Fall.
New Print Release
My next print release will be on Wednesday June 28th and will run through July 3rd. It will be a timed print release so after July 3rd, they won’t be available for purchase ever again.
The print will be of an unreleased painting called, “Emerging from the Deepness.” Here’s a preview of the painting.
Emerging from the Deepness - Preview
Really excited about this new piece. I’ll post the full image next week when I officially announce the new print.
I’ll be moving most of my future print releases over to a timed release format. This format will be way more beneficial to my upcoming work schedule. So if you don’t want to miss any future releases, be sure to keep updated with this newsletter and check in with my social media accounts:
Hello everyone! Big big changes coming when my partnership with theprintspace begins this June.
After careful consideration, I’ve decided to switch the printing and fulfillment operation of my print shop over to creativehub, which is run by the UK based company, theprintspace. They will be taking over those duties starting in early June. I’m very proud of the quality of my prints and how I’ve built up this Shop over the past 13+ years. While I really enjoy running my print shop—and being in control of every aspect of the production—it is monumental task for a single person. As the Shop has continued to grow, so has my time commitment to running it all and its become an overwhelming endeavor. This is the major reason for the switch as my time for actual creative work has continued to shrink. With a number of projects and new endeavors coming on the horizon, it’s a step I felt like I needed to take.
That being said, there are a number of amazing benefits to along with it.
Benefits:
Quality: While I’m extremely proud of the quality of my prints, I’m not a professional printer by any means. theprintspace are top notch printers and they will produce the best print possible on super quality paper—which I’ll have options on which is very cool. I’ll be involved in every step of the printing process, so all prints will have my personal stamp of approval and a certificate of authenticity to go along with it.
International Shipping: One of the biggest challenges for me running my Shop has been shipping—specifically international shipping. Shipping outside of the USA is outrageously expensive for everyone involved and has also been very extremely inconsisent—especially with USPS and international local postal services. Since theprintspace is based out of the UK, shipping to Europe will be a breeze and I’ll be able to offer DHL courier service to the whole world. And all at a much more affordable price than I could ever offer. Such a relief.
Size Options: Each new print will now come in 3 different sizes—small, medium, & large—each with their own editions. This will give you even more freedom to choose a print size that will best fit your space. I get a ton of inquiries if my prints come in different sizes. Now they will.
Framing: This one is huge. I’ll be able to offer ready to hang frames for each print in each size. There will be 3 options-white, black, & natural wood—and I’ll be able to customize the mat size and mat color for each one. So awesome.
Consistent Fulfillment: While I always try to my best to get prints order out within a week of receiving them, there are times when I just can’t do it. When I’m finishing up a painting for a show, or have a strict deadline looming, there is simply no time for me to print, pack, and ship orders. It’s also hard for me to stay on top of large amounts of orders during busy times like the Holidays. Now orders will always leave within 48 hours, and with the courier service, will reach you within 5 days of shipping.
Environmental Benefits: theprintspace is a 100% end-to-end carbon neutral company that offsets all its emissions and invests in renewable energy sources. This is very important to me in these times.
Changes Coming:
Print Availability: When theprintspace takes over printing and fulfillment in June, I’ll be removing the vast majority of prints from my Shop. A select few open edition prints will always be available and limited edition prints will be more time based. When new limited edition prints are released, older prints will be phased out. This is to reduce the somewhat overwhelming amount of options in my Shop at any given time. Prints will be more curated and will be rotating. Some current prints will be re-released again in some manner, but most of them will be gone forever.
Price: With the move to a 3rd party printing and fulfillment service will come a jump in pricing. But the options for size and framing should accommodate most budgets.
I’ll be making a separate post about this, but if you see any prints you like in the Shop, now is the time to pick up one before they disappear and also before they go up in price.
All in all, I’m super excited for the move to theprintspace. It’s going give you way more options and way more consistency in shipping. And it will also give me a lot more time to focus on creating which is so so important.
Thank you so much for reading and supporting me up to this point. Let me know if you have any additional questions.
I've launched a couple new product collections in the past couple weeks that I can finally share with you.
The first is for all the gamers out there.
Inked Gaming
Very excited about my first collection. I've been an avid Magic the Gathering player for a while now and a good playmat is a must. I'm now partnering with Inked Gaming, who actually make my favorite playmats. Just great quality all around and they really stand up to active playing. I've been wanting to offer playmats for so long but I could never logistically do it in my Shop. Now I can finally do it through Inked Gaming.
So if you play any cards games such as Magic the Gathering, Pokemon, or Yu Gi Oh--or know anyone that does--pick one of these bad boys up. Also, make sure you get the stitched edging. It looks great and adds a lot of durability. Nothing kills a playmat faster than the edges coming up.
Also some love for the PC Gamers. I've been using playmats as large mousepads for years--both for work and for PC gaming--and I love all the mouse room. It makes such a nice working & gaming surface. Turns out I don't have to use playmats anymore because Inked Gaming also makes giant extended mousepads.
These look so cool and they are huge. These come in 3 sizes with the standard coming in at 25" long and the largest XXL size coming in at 48" long! Your desktop can essentially become a painting. I got a couple of these heading my way right now.
Next is my newest collection with Gelaskins. I've been working with Gelaskins for over a decade and they've always been great to collaborate with as an artist. They make super quality phone cases and they also make skins for anything you can think of. Here is my newest collection:
Andy Kehoe Gelaskins Collection 2023
Some really great pieces in the collection this year. They also have these iPad skins that look amazing:
And lastly, I added another metal print to the Shop.
I have some metal print editions in the works, but there is only going to be one of these prints made available. So this will be a unique item. For more info follow the link below:
Last year was the first year I didn't complete a traditional painting in... decades. Wow that's kind of crazy. I'd already cut back on my art show work purposefully --as the art show circuit was grinding me to dust-- but then covid hit and all art shows came to a standstill. The art show world has since picked up again but nothing really came up for me last year. I've always wanted a place for my traditional painting in my workflow so I'm excited that I have multiple group shows lined up this year.
The first show is a group show called, Existential, which actually opened last week at Antler Gallery in Portland. Sorry for the late heads up! The last couple weeks have been chock full and I didn't have a moment to send out a Newsletter. Just got too much on my giant plate right now! It's a mostly good problem to have.
It's a show themed around endangered species so I went did what had to be done. I painted a red panda. Here's my piece entitled, "Champion of the Rare."
Champion of the Rare - Oil & Acrylic on Wood Panel - 2023
Felt really good to finish a painting. Looking forward to making more this year.
This piece is still available for purchase. There are also a lot of amazing artists with their amazing work in the show so do yourself a favor and check it out. You can find the work from the show here:
We’ll be donating 10% of the sale from each work sold to BornFreeUSA.org to help in their fight to save our endangered species in the animal kingdom. We’ve worked with them many times in the past and they are a great organization dedicated to helping our wildlife.
I have more announcements to make but I'm going to save them for a separate Newsletter as I don't want this to get too bloated. So expect another Newsletter in a couple days.
It felt safe to welcome Spring early because this Winter has basically been Spring for weeks... then it snowed and got freezing. Winter got me with the long game. Good one.
This week has been a sluggish one because of the time change, which never seemed to affect me before. Guess my older self is more affected by these things now. Another fun wrinkle to aging. Between that and trying to figure out a way to keep out dog out of the cat litter room (he's apparently addicted to cat poop), it's been a slow, choppy week. I did manage to redo my portfolio website though, which I've been meaning to do for a while. I think it looks great. Check it out if you're feeling it. Also, my blog moved to this site so if you were subscribed to my old RSS feed, you'll have to update it.
Besides that I've been busy with my Patreon Digital Paintings. Here are the last two I did for 2022 and the first two I did for January and February this year:
October Digital Painting: Spell of Twilight States
Spell of Twilight States - 2022 - Digital Painting
This piece continued my Halloween season paintings. Really love how this turned out with the multiple vertical levels and lighting scenarios. Each sections has it's own vibe but it all works together. Here are some details:
Spell of Twilight States - Lower DetailSpell of Twilight States - Upper Detail
November/December Digital Painting: Season of Subtle Bounds
Season of Subtle Bounds - 2022 - Digital Painting
Here's my winter themed piece for the year. Winter is a season of mixed emotions for me so the duality of this image really suits me. Joy and depression are uncomfortably close to each other during these months. I do love this character and the spirit cat.
For the piece in January, I decided to revisit an old painting titled, March of the Exiled. Here's the original painting from a solo show at Jonathan LeVine Gallery in 2009.
March of the Exiled - 2009 - Oil & Acrylic on Wood Panel
It's one of my favorite paintings from that era. I decided that I'm going to kick off every year with a digital remake of an important painting from my past shows. It'll be interesting to see how I can adapt the old imagery with my current painting sensibilities. This one was super fun and it was awesome to revisit these old friends. You can find prints here:
February Digital Painting: Spirits of Forgotten Places
Spirits of Forgotten Places - 2023 - Digital Painting
As I mentioned in my Patreon post about this painting, I really tried to go simple with this image since it was a short month, but I guess I just can't help myself. My dog loves cat poop and I love ridiculous details. I also really, really love painting dead trees. So much enjoyment. Plus I got to paint a ghost doodle.
I have a couple group show coming up this year. The first is collaboration between Thinkspace and Antler Gallery. Here's the info:
‘EXISTENTIAL'
Curated by Antler Gallery and Thinkspace Projects
On view April 27 - May 21, 2023 at:
Antler Gallery + Talon Gallery
2728 NE Alberta Street
Portland, OR 97211
Opening Reception:
Thursday, April 27 from 6-9pm
We’ll be donating 10% of the sale from each work sold to BornFreeUSA.org to help in their fight to save our endangered species in the animal kingdom. We’ve worked with them many times in the past and they are a great organization dedicated to helping our wildlife.
The other group show is a Beautiful Bizarre Magazine exhibition called, Serendipity, at Haven Gallery in Long Island. That show opens November 4th. More on that as we get closer but I definitely plan on attending that show.
Just a gentle reminder that my Holiday sale will be ending this Friday, Dec 16th. It's still not too late to get that last minute gift, even for international orders. Use discount code, CYBERBLACKCAT22 in the checkout screen for 15% off your entire order in my Shop.
All domestic orders are shipping via UPS Ground and will reach anywhere in the US in 4 days. If you need it faster, email me and we can work something out.
All international orders will be shipped via DHL Express and usually reaches its destination anywhere in the world in 3 days, but give it a week to be safe. All orders made by December 16th should be a safe bet to arrive in time for Christmas.
This will be it for Holiday posts. Thanks so much to all of you who will place or have placed orders with me. It's an honor to have my work used as a gift to spread joy. Truly grateful.
Hush now. Listen. Seriously shut up. Do you hear that?
Are those the sounds of merry scratches inside a cardboard box of winter night? Have you heard objects being pushed off tables only to find a pile of neatly stacked gifts instead of utter wreckage? Is that the pitter pattering of paws zooming down your hallway followed by the strong aroma of nutmeg, pine, kitty litter, and a hint of savings?
These sounds can only mean one thing. Cyber Back Cat has traveled the Meowltiverse to bring jolly mischief and Holiday cheer back to our mundane realm. Time to celebrate their arrival.
From Monday November 28th through Friday December 16th, all items in Andy Kehoe Art Shop will be 15% off using code:
CYBERBLACKCAT2022
That means even the special edition metal prints. There are only a couple of the Together in the Maelstrom Metal Prints left so grab one while you can. They can be found in the PRODUCED section of The Forest Foundry.
Speaking of metal prints, Cyber Black Cat has brought something truly wondrous with them this year.
Midwinter Orison Metal Prints will go live on Monday, November 28th at 4:00 PM eastern. You can go to the Forest Foundry for more info:
Not only that, Cyber Black Cat is bringing PUZZLES!
I have 10 of these new puzzles and they will also go on sale Monday November 28th at 4:00 PM eastern in my Other Products Section.
HOLIDAY CUTOFF DATES: Any orders received after these dates will be shipped after Christmas. Domestic Orders (USA): December 19th International Orders: December 12th
No shipments can be guaranteed but these dates give you the best shot. I’ll do everything I can to make sure your orders reach you in time. For International orders, I’ll be shipping DHL whenever its possible. DHL will reach you within a week which is amazing, but I can’t offer it to everyone because it is insanely expensive to certain parts of the world.
Otherwise I’ll ship via USPS Priority International, which I can’t predict at all. USPS has been pretty erratic with international shipping lately so I don’t have the greatest faith in them. If you want it for sure in time for the Holiday, DHL is the way to go.
If you’d like to know if you qualify for DHL before ordering, email me a message, including your shipping address, to andy@andykehoeshop.com and I’ll check. And if it is really expensive, and you still really want to get an order in time, I can work with you to split the extra cost.
The veil between the living and the spirit realm becomes ever thinner. The time of ghosts and witches are upon us again.
Turns out, I love painting ghosts and witches. This will be the 4th year of me continuing my Halloween themed digital paintings for Patreon and its another reason for me to love this time of year.
Here is my newest: Arise O Gossamer Night
Arise O Gossamer Night - Digital Painting - 2022
This year, I made the brilliant decision to do my piece in September so that its actually done in time for Halloween. Big brain move. Had a lot of fun making this one, though it did take many twists and turns along the way. I documented it on my Patreon page if you're interested in that type of thing.
Limited edition prints are available now in my Shop.
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Other News:
Metal Prints:
I have a few new metal prints in the works including Night Cathedral and Midwinter Orison. I'll be releasing the previews for them soon along with the presale period.
Midwinter Orison
I've fast tracked this metal print specifically so that it'll be available in time for the Holidays. If all goes to plan, these will be produced and in my studio by December.
If you want to be notified when this metal print goes on pre-sale, email me:
That should about wrap it up for this brisk Fall update. Hope all of you in the midst of Autumn are soaking it in and enjoying it. I'm going to do my best to get out there and breath it all in.
For those of you in the Halloween mood, here's a collection of prints to fit the season.
