The queen of the surreal and the father of the rock '60s concert poster had worked together before,
but in July this year Carolyn Ferris and Wes Wilson officially
teamed up to design a sublimely surreal poster for the Doobie Decibel System show
at The Westcott Theater in Syracuse, NY. As Carolyn described
it, “This is Wes Wilson’s and my first copyrighted image together in true
collaborative/team effort. We had great fun designing it and bringing it into its
vividly full and magical life.” The DDS collaboration was followed shortly
after by another poster, this time for Roger McNamee’s other band, Moonalice. 
Carolyn who used to live in Fairfax, California, recently moved
to Missouri near to where Wes is based.
Describing her career in
art Carolyn said, “I worked with Timothy Leary over a span of about six years, and have
created work for Santana, The Fillmore, and The Warfield. I joined the
incredible Moonalice poster artist pool in 2009; within it, I find sanctuary
with great music and adventure. In the years I’ve been with Moonalice, my style
to date has now changed three times! I
started making posters with computer art using photoshop. In 2013, I used acrylic
on canvas to create posters. By 2015, I
put away those acrylics and I’m now creating posters using ink on paper. I
totally enjoy using ink, and now I even hand draw the lettering!” 
Wes Wilson, who is
generally acknowledged as the father of the '60s rock concert poster, was born
Robert Wesley Wilson on July 15, 1937 in Sacramento, California. He helped
pioneer what is now known as the psychedelic poster. His style of filling all
available space with lettering, of creating fluid forms made from letters, and
using flowing letters to create shapes became the standard that most
psychedelic artists followed. It helped put the “psychedelic” in the art.
Today, Wes Wilson creates paintings, but still occasionally does new posters or
new art of interest.
Recent collaboration between Carolyn and Wes includes the amazing poster art below for Doobie Decibel System, Moonalice and for #yeson64.
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