ALONG FOR THE RIDE

200+ pieces of art and scrapbook-ish interactivity inspired by a father (Mike McSwain) & son’s (Larsson McSwain) road trips across America during COVID—for celebration, for mourning, for connection, for escape.

Along for the Ride exhibited at Artspace (Shreveport, LA), from November 12, 2021 — January 15, 2022

Above: 2’x2’ mixed media originals on 2” cradled Gessobord™ (cut paper, gouache, acrylic, color pencil, solvent transfer, collage, mechanical pencil, #2 pencil, oil, pastel, crayon, and whatever else I could sweep off the studio floor)

Below: Photos from the gallery. In addition to the 20 paintings and 500+ drawings—I thoroughly enjoyed designing billboard “advertisements”, the AFTR logo, postcards, t-shirts, tote bags, coffee mugs, rest areas, display cases, large vinyl wraps, and whatever else you might spy in the pics.