New flasks available at the Muddy roots festival

These are my brand new flasks available at the Muddy roots festival Sept 3-4 in Cookeville TN

TOMORROWS THE BIG DAY 2nd annual MuddyRoots Festival

This is the 1st time Ive done this festival,geared toward (outlaw country,blues,rockabilly,blue grass and all fun sub genres of traditonal rock ,Musicians I'm excited about,Wanda Jackson,Th' legendary shack shakers,O'death,Wayne Hancock, and many others,there will be a pin up pageant and a car show along with yours truly and a handful of other very fun vendors (Ill be showcasing my flasks,along with various prints and magnets and ofcourse original artwork, swing by my booth look for the teal banner and snag you one of these flasks before they are gone
for more info on the muddy roots festival being held SAT sept 3rd and SUN sept 4th in cookeville
visit

• http://www.muddyrootsmusic.com

"Newest work"

Fat Elvis and BB king my two newest paintings I completed for entry for acceptance in Estel Gallery's King me show

"TURN THE PAGE"

SHOW RUNS AUG-2nd--SEPT 9th w/ a reception AUG 18th 4:30-6:30PM

"Turn the Page", artist Jeff Bertrand’s current show features art on vintage books from the 20's, 30's and 40's portraying famous classic authors and poets. Paving the way for countless future writers, these influential and timeless figures (including Poe, Hemingway and others) are emblazoned on book covers amongst various shaped cut-outs, nails, colored thread, and Bertrand's signature colorful auras.

Though he has shown in numerous shows in town, this will be Bertrand's first solo show in Murfreesboro as well as his first show in town in quite sometime. He has a full summer planned with shows across Tennessee and the southeast in cities such as New Orleans, Asheville and Winston-Salem.


By creating art on books, Bertrand feels as though he is recycling the past by painting on this alternative surface. In this particular show, he is also exploring methods not used in his art before such as cutting out both the book cover as well as the pages below to create a sense of depth. Bertrand is also incorporating objects such as antique photos, skeleton keys, and colored thread to add to the overall feeling of the works.

Nashville Invades Nola July 16th

Charles Bennett,Brandt Hardin,Dustin Dirt and I all collaborated on these very awesome panels for our group Nola show at Zeitgeist

July 16th I have a show in New Orleans

I am super excited about this show,it will be my first show in New Orleans,
Middle Tennessee artists Charles Bennett, Jeff Bertrand, Dustin Dirt! and Brandt Hardin prescribe to this movement and bring their twisted take on reality to the Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center in July!

Saturday, July 16th from 6-9PM, the exhibiting artists will be on hand for the opening reception of Southern Pop Surrealism. This event will be curated by Myron Warden and Rene Broussard (founder and Executive Director of Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center.) Admission to the show is $7 ($5 for members) and includes live painting, live poetry, live music and body painting along with a special screening of surrealist short films. Create your own piece of surrealism and enter the Costume Contest to win artwork from the exhibiting artists!

July 10 Big crafty in Asheville

Hey guys I have a few shows coming up in North Carolina,July 10th is My 1st show in Asheville Nc -Big Crafty art festival for info regarding the show visit here http://thebigcrafty.com/about/

I'll have a booth indoors,should be a fun event come by and say hello

July 1st Roots Radical at Urban artware Winston Salem NC

Me and Patrick Harris are having our 2nd duo show at Urban artware in Winston Salem Nc July 1st part of the Local Gallery crawl
should be a blast (featuring alot of music legends,icons,and influential characters

Live Painting at No Egrets Tattoo Clarksville

I had 10 pieces in Last nights No Egrets photography show (put together by Joe Melanson) about 20-artists/photographers were present along with live Dj's and models
also me ,Brandt Hardin And Loyd Gant did some live painting here are the photos from the event taken by Aurora Hardin

Art Interview

Guitars I create

so Ive painted a few instruments lately a couple for clients a couple for nashville's retune benefit(which benefits musicians who lost their instruments in may 2010's floods

NEW ART

Chad Gilbert of Newfound glory with his new ARTWORK I created

NEW ART

So I was recently asked by Hayley Williams of Paramore to make a piece of art for Chad Gilbert of Newfound glory for his birthday so here is the results

Retune event

Last year I created a guitar to be auctioned off to benefit musicians who lost their instruments in the flood,famous designer Manuel also created a guitar,I was very lucky to meet the guy who created jumpsuits for Elvis and created johnny cash's man in black (look) also suited all three HANKS here is a photo from the Retune event

Recent commission

This is a recent commission on Neil Fallon from the rock group clutch,the buyer wanted him reading a history book ,so I gave a haunting image of him and some icons from history popping out as if they were ghost from the past
Mixed media on canvas email me if your interested in commissions bertranddesigns@yahoo.com

Original recipe

My interpretation of the colonel sander's 8x10 on wooden plaque if your interested in this painting email me Bertranddesigns@yahoo.com

Preacher johnny

Im a huge johnny cash fan here is a fairly new painting I created
of the man in black its 10x12 mixed media on canvas email me for prices
Bertranddesigns@yahoo.com

Warhol

Warhol created the phrase 15 minutes of fame
I created this painting on paper/burned
w/ acrylics and inks framed 8x10 email me for pricing
Bertranddesigns@yahoo.com

Walt Disney

I created this piece on burnt paper,its mixed media/inks and acrylic framed 8x10

Thriller

This is a new piece I created on burnt paper its mixed media/acrylic and inks framed 8x10