Music Based Art for the Artful Musician

Back in early 2011 two longtime friends who live across the country from each other got together over the phone and brainstormed a joint artistic endeavor. Justin Potts and Tom Meyers met in high school where one was obsessed with drawing and the other with the darkroom. The common passions that brought them together and keep them close are making art and making music. They named the venture Artful Musician, a small business focusing on art prints that cater to other lovers of art and music. You can find their 'sister' Etsy shops by following the links below. (click on individual images for specific pricing information.)

Tom's Etsy shop, www.artfulmusicianny.etsy.com, features a gorgeous array of music inspired art prints based on Tom's original photography and polaroid transfer art.

He captures the vintage artistry of brands like Fender, Vox, Marshall, Gibson, Orange and Moog. A range of musical gear is represented: microphones, headphones, speakers, amplifiers as well as guitar, bass, drums, band and classical instruments.

Fine art prints are available as 11x14, 8x10 or 5x7, as well as ACEO print packs of 10...all at extremely affordable prices.

Justin's Etsy shop, www.artfulmusician.etsy.com, features art prints based primarily on photo collage, though his watercolor and ink drawings make appearances, too.

Justin's detailed and dreamy musical collages are created from original drawings, paintings, old photographs and other imagery. They're filled with guitars, drums, bass, piano, harp, choirs and composers.

This musical art is available as 11x14, 8x10 or 5x7 prints. You can also choose from several music themed sticker sets. Justin's shop also features his beautiful altered guitars and art-ified drum heads.

Iffy The Cat and Portland's, The Joggers

NOTE: Justin's new designs are now up for sale on our website!











I finally finished "Iffy The Cat", a custom clock I've been working on for a friend of Jonah's (our six year old son). It's very bright and design-y, with a swinging tail and I'm really happy with how it turned out!


On Saturday, Justin dragged me out to a live show at BERBATI'S PAN. I mean dragged, not in the sense that I don't enjoy live music, but in the sense that I firmly believe if I'm out past midnight, I'll turn into a pumpkin (a referendum on my thirty-something-mom status perhaps).

Anyway, Justin and I are going to do a joint blog about THE JOGGERS, a local indie band that, I must say, ROCKS! I'm soo glad I went! I managed to snap a few shots from the left of the stage and I even got a few good ones of the drummer way in the back - once the lady with the blonde ponytail and camera left, that is. But, I'm not really a music critic, so I will leave the rest to Justin.

Justin: I love synchronicity, and the fact that Portland's The Joggers were playing a show minutes from our house just as my obsession over their album "With a Cape and a Cane" was peaking, made me very happy! I don't get out to shows as much as I would like these days, but this one made up for that in a "quality over quantity" kind of way. Their sound reminds me of a long-ago favorite band of mine called Polvo from Chapel Hill, NC- but updated and chanelled through their own strange and wonderful prism. Cheers, Joggers!

Mary: One more thing - my personal favorite of the evening was drummer, Jake Morris, who was a pleasure to watch. He's an incredible drummer, and whether he knows it or not, a great performer as well. I apologize for the less than flattering photo, but I'm attempting to convey this guy's awesome energy and intensity!

Fun, fun!