Rocky IV - Variant

A commercial illustrator since 1996, Jason has created work for advertising, editorial, packaging and book publishing clients internationally. He is a traditional artist, painting in acrylic on watercolour paper or wood panel. His style ranges from realism to exaggeration, usually emphasizing the figure, and a certain degree of humour or caricature. Jason is often asked to emulate a specific genre of illustration, such as movie posters, pulp covers or retro style advertising. His fondness for pop culture, especially movies and toys often creep into his work. Screen printing is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh that transfer ink or other printable materials which can be pressed through the mesh as a sharp-edged image onto a substrate. A roller or squeegee is moved across the screen stencil, forcing or pumping ink past the threads of the woven mesh in the open areas. Screen printing is also a stencil method of print making in which a design is imposed on a screen of silk or other fine mesh, with blank areas coated with an impermeable substance, and ink is forced through the mesh onto the printing surface. It is also known as silkscreen, seriography, and serigraph. It all started when a group of great friends developed a love for collecting movie print art. It’s natural for friends to adopt similar tastes and styles, so we did. For years we’ve been collecting print art and absolutely love it—seriously, you should see our walls. The problem is, when you start to become obsessed with something, your desires narrow. It’s like you’ve been fishing for tuna for years, but what you really want is to catch some great white sharks. Having said that, we grew tired of catching our tuna, so we decided to launch this vessel that stands before you—Skuzzles. With Skuzzles we are able to share the ideas we have with everyone else. We are able to collaborate with many different talented people to create epic limited edition cult decor. Our primary interests are creating opportunities for artists, developing truly unique products for collectors, and to promote and give back to an industry (film and cinema) that has moulded the imaginations of all of us. We are Canadian-based company located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and have partnered exclusively with the Mayfair Theatre. We formed in 2010 and if you’re reading this now, we’re still in business!