I was recently invited to create some artwork for Dean Guitars’ on-going charitable art exhibit called “Six-String Masterpieces“, curated by Curse Mackey. The exhibit features over 80 Dean ML  electric guitars that have been painted by rockstars, tattooists and contemporary artists. It began in 2005, as a tribute to slain metal legend and Dean Guitars artist, Dimebag Darrell Abbott. To date, Six-String Masterpieces has generated over $250,000 for organizations such as Little Kids Rock and the Wounded Warriors Project. Rob Zombie, Ozzy Osbourne, Alex Grey, Mark Ryden, Marilyn Manson, Dave Grohl, Ace Frehley, tattoo artist Paul Booth, James Hetfield of Metallica are amongst the “who’s who” of artists that have painted guitars for the Six-String Masterpieces project.

Needless to say I was thrilled to be a part of this amazing exhibit. I’ve completed the illustration and am cutting some test prints to make sure it matches up perfectly before I send it out for high quality printing and start cutting and mounting this bad boy. After the artwork is done, Dean Guitars will give it a factory finish and drop in all the hardware for the show! I’ll post continued progress on this one for sure.