santa cruz triptych (enlarge)
This 3-color hand-pulled screenprint sends you to one of our favorite places : lovely Santa Cruz, California. Produced for Artisans Gallery. It's a trip-tych!
size: 20 x 16
price: $40
fun pak tube thing
Send me some sheckles, and I'll send you a big tube of stuff in the mail. You'll get posters; you could get tshirts, magnets, one-of-a-kind test prints, patches, and/or dog fur.
size: A tube full of lovely goodness.
price: $20
2012 campout poster (enlarge)
A three-color screenprinted poster for this year's Campout festival in Pioneertown, California. The Joshua Trees make Space Bear feel right at home. Printed by Bloom Press.
size: 18 x 24
price: $25
ALO - sounds like this (enlarge)
The Animal Liberation Orchestra has a new album out : Sounds Like This. We created this poster as a special incentive to pre-order the record. I have a small stack here as well!
size: 12 x 18
price: $20
queen for two weeks (enlarge)
A 14-page collaborative artists' book by myself and Jim Winters. Seven Queens, Seven Crests. What makes you feel like a Queen? See more images here.
size: 5.5 tall x 80 wide
price: $30
CVB - campin (enlarge)
This is a poster done for the first-ever CampIn, held in lovely Athens, Georgia, at the world-famous 40-Watt Club. Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker headlined.
size: 15 x 21
price: $20
secrets of the dog park (enlarge)
I was asked to contribute to a Tom of Finland tribute show, and this image is what I came up with. 3 color screenprint on delicious acid-free Rives BFK paper.
size: 15 x 22, image size 10 x 10
price: $40
2010 campout poster (enlarge)
2 color screen print for the 2010 campout in pioneertown, california. have you ever visited joshua tree before? no? oh, you really should go. it's lovely.
size: 18 x 24
price: $25
there's a moon in the sky (enlarge)
3 color limited edition screenprint by michael wertz for the songs in reverse show. printed on acid-free rives bfk at inky oxnard studio. more about these prints here and here.
size: 12.5 x 18.5. paper size 22 x 30.
price: $60
travelling apothecary poster (enlarge)
2 color screen print for the second apothecary tour that cracker and camper van beethoven did in 2010. those folks work mighty hard. david has a blog you might like.
size: 18 x 24
price: $25
a dazzling display of dogs (enlarge)
The follow-up to A Curious Collection of Cats is here! Poetry by Betsy Franco, Illustration and lettering by The Wertzateria. See more images here.
size: 6.5 x 19
price: $17 or so
jonathan segel's 'honey' (enlarge)
hand silk-screened cover on recycled cardboard. 12 guitar-heavy pop gems! jonathan and i made these in the basement.
size: cd fits perfectly in cd player
price: $15
alo : tour d'amour 2013 (enlarge)
Deerly Beloveds: ALO is gearing up for their seventh Tour d'Amour. This is a two-color hand pulled screenprinted poster; LOVE is the message, children.
size: 12 x 18
price: $20
2013 cvb calendar (see the whole thing)
This year's calendar includes all the illustration for the new CVB record, assembled by designer Julie Wertz and printed by the fine folks at Leewood Press. Check it.
size: 6.5 x 9.5
price: $8
camper van / cracker 2012 (enlarge)
Here's the poster for the Cramper's annual end-of-year shows at The Independent, The Belly Up, and The Mystic Theatre. Calling occupants of interplanetary craft!
size: 12 x 18
price: $20
cvb winter tour poster (full image)
Push me off to start the fun / On a bike ride to the moon / Lots of fun for everyone / On a bike ride to the moon! Those Camper/Cracker kids are cycling towards your town this winter.
size: 13 x 20
price: $25
dog dreams (enlarge)
Originally printed by hand in a limited letterpress edition of 100 copies at the SF Center for the Book, Dog Dreams is now available from the kind folks at Gingko Press.
size: 7" square
price: $15
lake merritt print (full image)
An image originally produced as a t-shirt for Oaklandish, this is a lovely 2-color silkscreen print depicting our favorite view. Beware the Lake Merritt Monster.
size: 8 x 14
price: $20
2011 campout poster (enlarge)
This year's 2-color Campout poster. This is the annual music festival held in Pioneertown, California. I posted a bunch of snaps from our trip out to the Campout here.
size: 16 x 21
price: $25
key lime pie poster (enlarge)
Here's a 3-color screenprint for Camper Van Beethoven's Key Lime Pie Tour which kicked off here in lovely Oakland, California. Jonathan Segel's band opened, and we all sang along.
size: 13 x 19
price: $25
do you really want to hurt me? (enlarge)
3 color limited edition screenprint collaboration by michael wertz and jim winters for the songs in reverse show. printed on acid-free rives bfk. more about these prints here and here.
size: 18.5 x 12.5. paper size 22 x 30.
price: $60
monks of doom poster (enlarge)
monks of doom are a CVB side project who speak in secret metallic languages and poke your brain. this poster commemorates one of their reunion shows in 2009.
size: 18 x 24
price: $25
hot tub club (enlarge)
A poster produced for ALO's fan club, the Hot Tub Club. I'll be selling a few of these from the studio soon, but for now to get one in your hot little hands you gotta join the club.
size: 12 x 18
price: included with HTC membership
CVB : La Costa Perdida (enlarge)
The new CVB record is here, and it's a goody goody. 10 new tracks from your favorite tin-foil-hatted weirdos. The whole package was lovingly designed by yours truly.
size: cd fits perfectly in cd player
price: $12.41, apparently
oakland museum poster (enlarge)
A large three color poster designed and printed by Wertz to show off the beautiful garden, sculptures, and environs of the Oakland Museum. We love the OMCA!
size: 18 x 24
price: $25
ALO - spring tour (enlarge)
This is the first of three posters we'll be designing (and printing) for ALO in 2012. This fellow's beard doubles as a garden, which comes in very handy on Mother's Day.
size: 12 x 18
price: $20
zebrahead poster (enlarge)
Zebrahead asked me to do a poster for their world tour. They went *all over*, I tell you. As far as I know, they got nice. So did the zebra, the bison, and the polar bear.
size: 15 x 21
price: $25
sutro tower print (enlarge)
Sutro Tower has been "screwing up San Francisco's skyline since 1973", and I love it. Here it is as a two-color silkscreened print. It is beaming a special message to you!
size: 8 x 12.5
price: sorry, sold out
zoodiac (enlarge)
An artists' book by yours truly and Superdilettante - silkscreen from Inky Oxnard, and letterpress from the San Francisco Center for the Book. See more images here.
size: 9 x 5.5
price: $25
the palace guards (enlarge)
David Lowery's (from Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker) first solo record. The reviews are quite good. Illustration, lettering, and design by yours truly.
size: cd fits perfectly in cd player
price: $11 or so
the man that i am (enlarge)
3 color limited edition screenprint by jim winters for the songs in reverse show. printed on acid-free rives bfk at inky oxnard studio. more about these prints here and here.
size: 12.5 x 18.5. paper size 22 x 30.
price: $60
2010 halloween poster (enlarge)
3 color screen print - orange, blue, and GLOW IN THE DARK inks. yes, you read that right! this poster is for the driveway follies in oakland. amazing puppet show and a yard haunt to boot!
size: 18 x 24
price: $25
hostelling tee-shirts (enlarge)
2 color 'wave' designs printed on dark chocolate brown 100% organic 'anvil' cotton tees. Catch a wave, you'll be sittin' on top of the world.
price: $20
cvb & cracker apothecary tour (enlarge)
2 color screen print for the cvb & cracker east coast materia medica extravaganza. what is an apothecary? a fair question, and one that i have often pondered myself.
size: 18 x 24
price: $25