The Making of the 2011 Jubelale Artwork

The 7 Trappist Breweries

20x35.5in

Oil on Canvas

Commission

A commissioned oil painting of the seven Trappist breweries - the six in Belgium - Achel, Orval, Westvleteren, Rochefort, Westmalle, and Chimay - and the one in the Netherlands - La Trappe. This may be the ultimate beer painting, at least that we'll ever produce.

Supplication, Darkness, and Matt

A commissioned painting of Russian River Supplication, Surly Darkness, and Hair of the Dog Matt - - all phenomenal beers, in our opinion.

Deschutes Jubelale Party at the Bend Pub

This upcoming Tuesday (the 20th) at 6pm, Deschutes Brewery is tapping the 2011 Jubelale and revealing the artwork we did for the label at the Deschutes Public House in downtown Bend, Oregon. We will present at the event, signing poster prints of the art. We've already consumed several bottles of this years Jubelale and it is drinking wonderfully... perhaps the tastiest vintage so far.

Trappist Rochefort crowns 2 of 5

16x30in
Artist Grade Spray Paint on Canvas
Limited Series of Five
$175
SOLD

The second in a limited series of five.

Shades of green - An oil painting of hops

16x14in
Oil Paint on Canvas

SOLD

When our friends at Lone Pine Coffee Roasters invited us to their house recently, they showed us a beautiful sight - a giant mass of hops growing in their backyard. As you can see, we couldn't resist painting them.

Great Breweries of Belgium

Impressionistic Oil on Canvas
16x30in

$360
SOLD

     This is an original oil painting of some (maybe most, but not all) of Belgium's great breweries. This painting includes crowns (and cork and cage tops) from Rochefort, Rodenbach, d'Achouffe, Saison Dupont, Westvleteren, Gulden Draak, St. Bernardus, Westmalle, Chimay, Orval, Duvel, and De Struise. Okay, we'll admit - De Struise has blank crowns and we had to make a fake one, but we feel they are too goddamn good to not include. "But why did you not include Fantome, then?" We don't know, we're sorry. In any case, we're very happy with how this painting came out. Much like the painting of California caps that we did, this one is more painterly than our regular work.

A Work In Progress...

Framboise with Raspberries

Impressionistic Oil Paint on Canvas
14x16in
$170
SOLD

Paintings for The Hopry

We frequent a lot of beer sites and beer blogs, but one of our favorite sites for beer reviews has to be The Hopry. Mark Starr and his small crew manage to make the video beer review format highly watchable, with good production values and very engaging beer talk. We recently did a few small paintings for The Hopry and Mark was cool enough to make a video of him seeing the paintings for the first time. It is a neat thing for us to see our paintings outside the context of our little paint-splattered work den and it may be worth a view for anyone interested in our work. Check it out here! And if you aren't already a fan, be sure to hit TheHopry.com!

Christmas Commissions

It may be a little strange to post about Christmas this early, but last year we received several commission requests in a fairly narrow window of time before Christmas. We did get them all done and shipped out in time, but it required a ridiculously frantic pace and we had to ignore nearly everything else in our life. This year, we would love to do many custom pieces for people to give as presents, but we would also love to have the time to do the paintings and do them right. Because of the nature of using oil paintings, it is ideal for us to have at least a month to complete a piece.

Long story short: Christmas is still far off, but if you're interested in commissioning a painting for a friend or loved one, now would be a good time to get in contact with us!

Cheers!
Cara & Louie

Lagunitas and Hops

14x16in
Impressionistic Oil Paint on Canvas
SOLD

A Room Full of Beer Art

2000 - 2011

We lost our dog Timber yesterday. Actually, we didn't lose her - she died. She wasn't the biggest fan of beer, but she was a great dog. This evening, we are going to be drinking out of our dog-branded Lagunitas jar. More new work coming soon (although, our studio is getting a bit full)...

Beer & Cigars

Impressionistic Oil Paint on Canvas

16x20in

$240
SOLD

This is an original oil painting of an Imperial Stout poured in a snifter, along with two La Gloria Cubana Serie R cigars. Much like the painting of the California crowns we recently did, this painting is a bit more impressionistic.