bluegrass art? where can i find some

[jose250]

All,

I'm working on changing up my living room and I'd like to add some some bluegrass into it. I was looking for a couple of good classic photos of Bill Monroe, Sam Bush, the Dawg, etc. Any other memorabilia would be cool, too (posters, etc.) Do any of you know where to find anything like this kind of stuff? I was looking for more of an old school looking stuff (my home was built in 1919).

Hope all are enjoying the day. GEORGE MASON!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif? March Madness. The best 4-day weekend of the year!!!

Take care.

Kelly http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[SternART]

EBAY would be a good place to start

[Tweeder]

I’ll second the Ebay recommendation. I know I was browsing Ebay the other night and found some reproduction Monroe, Flat and Scruggs, and Ralph Stanley concert posters. I wasn’t looking very hard either. So I’m sure if you REALLY wanted to find something that Ebay would be the place!

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[Darren Kern]

Check out this thread I started a while back, it has a link to a place to get some great prints---> LINK (http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=12;t=32118;hl=hydrilla)

[LateBloomer]

Here is a link to my favorite Bill Monroe portrait

http://www.nashvilleportraits.com/NPhtml/BillMonroe.htm


A bit pricey - but good to look at!

[Darren Kern]

LateBloomer, I would normally like that pic if Scott hadn't ruined it for me, now when I see it all I can think about is Regis Philbin http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Stillpicking]

Not exactly "bluegrass art" but certainly mando related.
If your interested in more of my work you can view it at:

www.art.com/memberartist/Michael_Voelkl

Thanks

Mike

[f5loar]

I know of a place that took the old bluegrass LP album covers and cut for just the front and then glue onto the wall like wallpaper and shellac over it. There is no end to the LPs you can pick up used on ebay. From you favorite artists to unknown one off artist/groups. It's called album art of the 60's and there are even books about it.
Just picking up the main legend artist like Monroe,Flatt&Scruggs,Stanleys,Osbornes,Jim&Jesse,Reno&Smiley would quickly fill a big wall. While you are doing it plug in a turntable and listen to the records while you work.

[LateBloomer]

Hydrilla,
I'm fairly new here, so I must have missed Scott's post or joke about this photo and Regis. Want to help me out - or is it better left unsaid?

Kelly,
To lbuild on what f5loar said - we have old sheet music wallpapered onto our ceiling in our family room. Pretty simple to do, just use wallpaper paste, lots easier to do than long sheets of real wallpaper.

Stillpicking,
Very Cool Art work! Reminds me of the collages of Nils-Ole Lund

[Darren Kern]

LateBloomer, I couldn't find the original thread, but Scott told us on April 1 of the new Bill Monroe biography movie that was going to be coming out. Here's a link to a recent thread that has the pic in it- LINK (http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=12;t=33158)

[jim simpson]

My art piece started out in the 60's. It features an acoustic guitar deconstructed by a cinder block, an old parking ticket, a piece of a fiddle found in an abandoned property formerly inhabited by a bluegrass band, etc. I actually had it exhibited once in an art show after artist friends talked me into it. The wine & cheese reception was fun. These days I try to put them together instead of the other way.