After creating my first album cover this winter, graphic design has become a prime artistic exploration of mine. Finally beginning to to pierce through the surface of the infinite possibilites in this creative dreamers world. Steve Owen requested earlier this year that he needed a design for the Richmond Electronic Collective's first album which included tracks by a various number of electronic artists from Richmond Virginia. I was quite thankful and honored to provide the first album design for Steve's first of many compilation albums. Here is the graphic and link to the
REC: Richmond Electronic Collective Volume 1.
REC: Richmond Electronic Collective album cover by Chapin Mathews
A few weeks ago I came up with an idea I wanted to explore with photoshop. I started editing an image of an LED hula hoop a friend was playing with on St. Augustine Beach last summer. You may remember the reference from a
previous publishing. I spent the next three days adjusting and tweaking the images and layers I selected until I found an acceptable balance. Here is my most intricate and ambitious graphic yet, titled "Light Offerings".
"Light Offerings" by Chapin Mathews
High Quality Prints available upon request at chapinmathews@gmail.com
Continuing to collaborate in Boulder has produced some new promotional material I never thought to create until I became close with Joe Zalan. A film student at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Joe has been exploring with traditional and artistic film techniques for years. He has been such a help the past few weeks filming and creating two new promotional videos for both my music and live painting. I gladly introduce to you these new, fresh perspectives in my artist promotions! Follow and check out more of Joe Zalan's work
here.
Promotional Music Video from Chapin Mathews on Vimeo.
Clip from a track titled "Move" by Chapin Mathews
Video by Joe Zalan
Promotional Painting Video from Chapin Mathews on Vimeo.
Clip from a track titled "Narnia" by Chapin Mathews
Video by Joe Zalan
Lastly, I am extremely excited to announce I will be painting four shows next week with Derek VanScoten, aka
D.V.S* on his Colorado run. If you have not heard his music please take some time to explore his albums and enjoy this
beautifully technical electronic music. You can also check out his tour
here. These are the dates and locations I will be performing with D.V.S* next week.
3.14.12: Three20South in Breckenridge, Co w/ The Polish Ambassador
3.15.12: Aggie Theatre in Fort Collins, Co w/ OTT
3.16.12: Summit Music Hall in Denver, Co w/ OTT
3.17.12: Fox Theatre in Boulder, Co w/ The Polish Ambassador
Thanks for tuning in and I look forward to meeting some new Colorado music and art lovers at the shows next week.
Chapin Mathews
3.6.12♥
