The September Sessions

The September Sessions is a surf film that came out like 20 years ago — probably right around the time I moved to Key West. It was shot by Jack Johnson on 16mm film and the soundtrack was a total vibe.
Every year, when September arrives on the island to clear out the tourists — or lay the groundwork for another big storm — I think about that movie and how Key West has its own September Sessions.
This year has lived up to the same historical precedent — dead slow at the shop and a big ‘ol storm out there, just west in the Gulf to kick up enough swell to make our own little surf film.
Vibes either way.
Pre-surfcheck today, I made a point to X one random studio task off of the growing list of improvement projects that get put on the shelf for rainy days.
The job was to look through my flat file and figure out the plan for a bunch of my archived large format photo and screen prints that have been taking up precious space in the studio.
A clean studio always equals a clear head for me.
In my sorting, I came across mostly old photo test prints as well as some artist proofs of more recent designs — both of which are basically early prototypes of works that later ended up in a limited series of prints at a gallery.
I also found a handful of photos that I made test prints of a couple years ago — all taken on a solo trip to Cuba in 2019. During that jaunt, I took hundreds of snaps, and even though I archived dozens of favorites in film and digital formats, I never figured out what I wanted to actually do with them. So the five test prints and the dozens of others that made the cut have just been put on the shelf for a rainy day like today.
All said, in an effort to clear out some studio space to have some more usable head space for upcoming projects, I decided to offer up the proofs and prints for sale online.
Some of the screen prints you’ll recognize from recent exhibitions — but the ones listed are early versions which usually have some small issues of alignment or ink flow. I always like those ones better anyways — it’s easier to see that they are hand printed.
So yeah, please have a look and enjoy a new painting to remind you to vote.