The Mesa

This piece is a little treasure. It depicts one of Jerry's recurrent themes, the desert west. Jerry often found the landforms inspiring. Like seeing images in the clouds, Jerry saw images in the shapes of the Mesa's, plateaus; and land masses were always keeping to his whimsical sense of humor. Note the similar themes in the artwork titled "Footprints in The Sands of Time"

Abstract Angles

Garcia mentioned that this image was inspired by the sun highlighting the corner angles of some space containers in a child's toys. This piece is also available with a Pencil Signature. Call for price.

Arches

The arches on the left of the composition can be viewed as a human skull.

Banyan Tree (Black and White)

Looking at this picture for the first time, it seems that the artist used ink and black wash only. On closer inspection we see subtle hues of purple. This print was released in Japan, at a prestigious Toppan Studio.

Banyon Trees Color

“Banyon Tree (Color)” was originally drawn with ink and watercolor in 1991. The tropical trees delighted Jerry on his trip to Hawaii. Combination of flowing lines and luminous colors gives the artwork mysteriously attractive power.

Barnyard View

Barnyard View is painted from two different perspectives. The farmyard is viewed from an overhead angle. The landscape is presented along the horizontal plane. The scene is probably somewhere in the South West.

Bee

Jerry produced very few etchings during his life. Bee is one of them.

Bluegrass Musician

Bluegrass Music was one of Jerry Garcia’s enduring musical interests. Some of his best playing was done alongside David Grisman.

Blue Iceberg

Jerry was taking art classes as a teenager at the San Francisco Art Institute. In 1986 when he woke up from a diabetic coma, suffering memory and motor skill loss, he was advised to take art therapy to help restore his memory. His friends set up an airbrush studio in his home. His first images were of what he saw while waking up from the coma. Artwork available is stone signed. Please call for Pencil Signed availability and price.610-722-5807

Butterfly Study

Exquisite use of line and color. The butterfly, a symbol of freedom rising.

Butterfly Trap

Butterfly Trap shows the artist’s vibrant mind and is one of the most intriguing and highly regarded artworks by Jerry. It was included, with a full-page illustration, in the art catalogue Smile, published in Tokyo, Japan. It was also prominently shown in the book of Jerry’s artwork published by his estate in 2005.

California Mission

One of the loveliest, and most desirable, landscapes ever painted by Jerry.

Carousel

The artist's daughter on a carousel in Paris. The horse looks a bit like a dragon.

Cherry 57 Nash

"Cherry" was a description in the 50's and 60's for anything in mint condition, as in this case for his '57 Nash Metropolitan.

Corporate

Jerry's philosophical comment on corporate America. Note the dollar sign on the fishing line.

Courtyard

The use of watercolor and line is similar in Courtyard and Arches. Both images show an interior world of the artist.

Danse

Danse is much in keeping with the style of some of the images that surrounded the Grateful Dead.

Dawn at the Ritz

An impressionistic picture of rare beauty. Most likely a view across Central Park in NYC from Jerry's hotel room window at daybreak.

Dog Beating Pan

This piece shows the mythic creature Pan on the receiving end of a bad dog day. Here we see the playful side of Jerry Garcia.

Dracula Heart

The heart is an organ of fire. Exposed to the world, it is what makes us vulnerable.

Drummers

At least two drummers can be found in this picture. Jerry, partly hidden behind the scene, is looking at us.

Erudite Gentleman

One may think the gentleman is overwhelmed by his knowledge. A latter day Oscar Wilde!

Facets I

The artist used here stencils and airbrush. The work is a studio piece, followed soon after by Facets II.

Facets II

Facets II radiates a power out of its center. It is charged with energy. Works of this size were done in Jerry's home in California.

Feeding in the Light

One of the most joyful times of Jerry's life, aside from playing music, was diving in Hawaii. Feeding in the Light reflects the underwater world as he came to experience it.

Figaro

Figaro is drawn in a traditionally academic style that shows Jerry Garcia’s excellent compositional flair. Figaro was the name of the cat in Pinocchio. Cats have cameo roles in a number of Garcia’s paintings.

First Try

First Try was an early, most likely first, etching by Jerry Garcia. Others, done around the same time, were Fish and Bee. The piece is a study of his initials as the spatial elements.

Flamenco Dancer

Probably inspired by a trip to Spain. The image vibrates with dance and music in a dynamic harmony. The broken lines and bright colors enhance the movement. One of the best drawings by Jerry.

Flaming Meadow

The meadows are aflame with fiery color. In the distance the green mountains cool the scene. In Ireland, a country Jerry Garcia visited, brightly colored fields of the crop called rape provide a brilliant and strong contrast to the deep greens of the landscape.

Footprints

“Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and departing leave behind us footprints on the sands of time.” From a poem by 19th century American poet Longfellow.

Foxtrot

It seems as though the clown and the animals have broken free at last from the ghosts of the past. The title takes its name from the inscription on the side of the clown’s cart.

Garcia-Grisman

Jerry Garcia was sometimes hinting his presence in his watercolors and drawings, but in Garcia/Grisman, we are left in no doubt. With Grisman by his side, he is playing for the kids as if there is no tomorrow. A very rare lithograph. This image adors the CD cover Not For Kids Only.

Grandmas House

Grandma seems undisturbed by the sudden entrance, as if through a wall, of a menacing face.

Humiliation at the Animal Party

A continuation of the saga of the tortoise and the hare. The story is a metaphor for being humble, and not boasting about our deeds.

Irish Tree

Jerry Garcia visited the West of Ireland, sketching and painting the raw, wild and mysterious landscape. Enjoying rare, temporary, anonymity.

Landscape

One of Jerry's best traditional landscapes: a view of the California's coast, just north from the Golden Gate Bridge. Warm colors of the mountains contrast sharply with the cool blues of the water.

Like The Twittering Machine

The last of Jerry's limited editions. Released in 1995 from an earlier drawing. Mechanistic birds and mobiles. Reminiscent of the works of the Swiss artist Paul Klee.

Lizard Board

Painted with a bold and surreal vision. One of six images lithographed at the prestigious Toppan atelier in Japan.

Marshlands

Jerry enjoyed plain air sketching and painting. This piece shows Jerry’s love and concern for the environment.

Mixmaster

A surreal juxtaposition of objects, kitchen appliances included.

Moon Mountain

A mystical landscape of rock structures reminiscent of another world.

Never Swat a Fly

A very whimsical artwork; it can bear many interpretations. Here is one: Bending reality in art allows the artist to deal with issues that exist below the level of ordinary consciousness.

New York, New York

At first, we see only skyscrapers. However, we can also imagine, that we are looking down at cars parked on rooftop parking lots below us.

Northern Lights

Using mainly crayons, Jerry was able to capture here a magical and otherworldly atmosphere.

Nude

The cubist nude in this work seems to move constantly around. Jerry used crayons and color pencils to create this image.

Paris in the Rain

A lonely figure (Janis Joplin?) shielded under an umbrella, walking alongside the river Seine. Garcia visited Paris in 1980's.

Poet Reflects the War

Based on conversations with Robert Hunter and his reflections about the Gulf War. Hunter wrote poems and comments on Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

Race Record Dream

Race Record Dream is a print from a magic marker and water color original that Jerry rendered as a tribute to his passion for the beloved roots music from days gone by. In the 1920s thru 1940s, 78 rpm shellac disc records of jazz and blues marketed to African Americans were known as “race records.”

Reluctant Dragon

The dragon's destiny is to breathe fire, but this one is reluctant, and given half a chance, would rather be a happy, smiling creature. The volcanos are spewing fire for him.

Sea Anemone

Sea Anemone is based on Garcia’s diving experience in Hawaii, the activity Jerry enjoyed so much. The work was done around the time of Feeding in the Light. The underwater creature on the right has almost human-like features.

Snail Garden

Warm and rich colors and blurred edges give it a vibrant psychedelic look. The image was on the catalogue cover of his lithographs. The painting originated in an accidental drip of paint on the watercolor paper: Jerry looked at it, and drew a shape of the snail.

Tennis Shoe Escape

Keyboards, psychedelic scriptures, bee man, mousy superman, and other unidentified characters carried away by the 1960’s tennis shoe, running away from reality? This imagery was also inspired by the Special Olympics in 1995.

Volcano

Bold colors accented with pen and ink give a solidity to this picture.

Wetlands II

In 1986 when Jerry woke up from a diabetic coma, suffering memory and motor skill loss, he was advised to take art therapy to help restore his abilities. His friends set up an airbrush studio in his home. He first painted the images he saw while waking up from the coma. Jerry always supported the conservation of rivers and wetland habitats. This lithograph is one of his most sought after artworks.

Wild Turkey

Original color drawing. Magnificently executed with balance and a great sense of design.

American Abroad

Original Pen and Ink Drawing signed by Jerry Garcia Perhaps a friend of Jerry’s out of her “comfort zone” in a foreign country. This artwork is featured in the book JERRY GARCIA – The Collected Works published by the estate of Jerry Garcia.