The mighty, mighty Bob Dob returns with five new prints in his tackboard. I am especially impressed with The Man Who Laughs (inset above), and Falling Angel. www.thumbtackpress.com

Did you read today’s LA Times? Thomas Kinkade’s Co. was found liable for $860,000 (that number is estimated to grow by millions after legal fees are settled). The company was sued by Kinkade Gallery franchise owners who realized they couldn’t move the merchandise which were limited edition prints of Kinkade’s work. The defendants also claim [...]

Thanks Mark! www.thumbtackpress.com

To my embarassment I discovered this morning that one of our artists is actually male as opposed to . . . well, you know, not. (see the post below). I shall make amends by blogging about Heiko once more and attaching myself to this wonderful apology by the great John Cleese in A Fish Called [...]

Heiko, who I quickly came to realize never gave me her his last first name, has joined Thumbtack Press. I hope she he doesn’t have a last first name and here’s why:

It matches her his work, which is simple and whimsical I won’t have to go back and retrofit her his store with it She’s He’s already [...]

I’m pretty stoked that Mark Frauenfelder has joined Thumbtack Press. Besides being a really fantastic illustrator, he is also an accomplished writer. I’ve never met a real writer before . . . I meet guys in the mailroom who are shopping their “scripts”. You can find Mark’s work on Amazon, in the columns of Playboy, [...]

This is strange. In one week I’ve added two artists from Argentina, Lucas Aquirre, and the also very talented Irana Douer.

Irana doesn’t title her works, which I’ve come to believe is a pretty good idea. Unfortunately titles sometimes kill the image. Case in point; I had a patron who was very interested in one [...]

Wilson Hsu has just added SEVEN brand new (and spectacular) works to his tackboard. Wilson’s work seems so sophisticated to me, as if he knows so many secrets of the human condition—yet he only will tell us the secrets with riddles and parables. www.thumbtackpress.com

Our small thumbnails do not do Lilly’s work the justice it deserves—so here’s a detail. Click the above image for more info. www.thumbtackpress.com

If you’re driving around L.A. and you see these red and yellow billboards advertising a popular BBQ competition—well, that BBQ chef would be me. I designed the logo for this event, that, and my personal passion for good barbeque (Kansas City!) convinced the client that I might be a good poster boy for “stuffin’-your-face-family-fun!”

Fun fact: [...]

Feast your eyes on our newest Thumbtack Press artist, Jamie Burton. More from Jamie coming soon, you won’t be disappointed! www.thumbtackpress.com

I had to remove an artist this morning due to lack of sales — myself. It’s only fair that I make room for artists that have an audience on this site. Surprisingly, I was struck with a slight pang of bummedoutness when I hit the delete key, but the practical angel on my shoulder tells [...]

Lucas Aguirre has joined Thumbtack Press! Lucas is from Argentina and apart from being a very talented artist he is helping us improve the site for customers that browse South of our border - which helps everyone! It turns out that if you surf Thumbtack Press outside of the U.S. or the U.K. loads of [...]

Stephen E. Hughes has added 3 new images to the site. I’m crazy about this one! www.thumbtackpress.com

1. Embossed.

2. Stiff.

3. We frame. www.thumbtackpress.com