Pope Francis, Philadelphia... The Tour De Francis 2015. Popemobile? Pope Canoemobile! The Miracle of No Traffic on the Schuykill!

Pope Francis, Philadelphia... The Tour De Francis 2015. Popemobile? Pope Canoemobile! The Miracle of No Traffic on the Schuykill!

$40.00 Sale

Art by the legendary and delightful Norwegian artist, Fred Lammers. By exclusive arrangement with The Grand Review.

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Print size 24 x 18, and consciously formatted to work with a standard 18 x 24 store bought frame, or custom framed as you see fit.

Well... Me and Fred had been discussing another variation of the Popemobile. Why not? Next to the Batmobile, the Popemobile is the most recognizable vehicle in the world. No matter what the actual vehicle is based on, if it is white, has the Pope in the back waving and a focused driver up front, it is the Popemobile.

When Fred sent this latest, it was a circular concept for a sticker. I immediately asked him to develop it into a full size print and worked on the copy. Yes, I whooped with joy when it all came together, and here are the results.

For those of you that don't know, there are traffic jams predicted with the coming of our Pope Francis to Philly. One of the main traffic arteries in the region is the Schuylkill Expressway, beloved by many and less loved by anyone sitting in gridlock on it. That said, is follows our amazing, historic Schuylkill River with some of the most beautiful inner city views anywhere in the country.

Though it has become one of the most important and busy rowing rivers in the world, you'll never be stuck in river traffic except perhaps during the Dad Vail or the Stotesbury Regattas. Well, Pope Francis has proved himself over and over to be an innovator, so bring on the Pope's CanoeMobile!!!

NOTE... the other prints are here for reference. They are a part of the same series!

 

  • Handmade item
  • Materials: Art stock enhanced matte paper, archival ink
  • Made to order
  • Only ships within United States.

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A NOTE ON OUR PROCESS, OUR CHOICES AND THE QUALITY OF THE GRAPHIC CRAFTSMANSHIP THAT GOES INTO OUR PRINTS.

Every print we deem exciting enough to present to the public via our Etsy store or available here at our studio has gone through a number of steps. The first of those is always discovering and falling in love with an obscure image, always an original that we can hold in our hands. That image is speaking to us, sometime screaming “Don’t leave me here. See what I am, what I was, what I can be, what I SHOULD be!”

There is a real sense of excitement involved, and a great many smiles and knowing grins when we make that deal and bring that ancient print, that battered photo, that scrap of ephemera that contains some scrap of genius from an unknown commercial artist home with us, knowing already how we mean to approach its restoration.

There is the heady promise of a further hunt just as real as what drags a weekend fisherman out of bed at 3AM to work a favorite brook as we start our research, looking for that great backstory, and both ready and willing to tumble down as many rabbit holes as are revealed to us to get that story.

Then there is a meticulous digital restoration that is as often as much fun as riding a vintage Moto Guzzi on a winding coastal road. I don’t care if that sounds crazy, it really is like jumping in the saddle! So many choices, so many chances to take to subtly or spectacularly give new life to otherwise permanently obscure images.

This dedication and the ongoing rush of joy in the accomplishment of it, and the opportunity to share the results in our studio and here on Etsy, is the fire of passion that keeps these engines roaring. We make every effort to ensure our customers are not just satisfied but thrilled, and we happily stand 100% behind our work.