I love how he cuts the canvas with a knife and the builds the image around the hole in the canvas. Stencils and spray paint make this one pop a bit. Love original paintings as they have so much more depth and texture compared to prints. He is reasonably affordable compared to some contemporary artists.

One of Banksy’s most famous prints, fondly known as LIITA, these signed versions skyrocket to $400,000 or so during the pandemic era. Much more reasonable now in the $100.000 range (but still super expensive). This is actually a good buy, to be fair to get a signed iconic image from one of the best and most prolific artists or our time.

Fusing together my love of sports, collectibles, cards, and modern art. This 1980-81 Topps Bird/Magic rookie is an original card-sized watercolor painting done in an 8-bit format by the incomparable artist Adam Lister. Adam often does sports themed and pop culture work in both small and large format, including original paintings, like this, and also less expensive print versions that are all signed and numbered. This one is hand numbered 1/1.

Tristan Eaton is one of the top urban artists in the United States. His mural pieces are featured in many cities all over the US. He has done giant murals for Marvel has pieces in New York, LA, Las Vegas, Miami, Tampa, and other cities. This is a beautifully colored PEACE print that has aesthetics, including holograms, burned edges, and laser cutting. The print is small approximately 4” x 4” (perfect for y desk!) and is carefully encased in a frame of lucite.

I went to my cousin’s house in Chicago last weekend, it was very excited to see that their modern art collection has been evolving without me. This is the artist Dani, from New York City. He uses pop culture, fashion, and mixed media, including acrylics, collage, spray paint, and wheat paste to create amazing works original art on canvas. Even his prints have a nice hand-finished element that gives them both texture in depth. He is fairly collectible yet still reasonable to afford.