Stanley Mouse

 He pin-striped and painted flames on hot rods and air-brushed cartoon characters — crazed monsters with gear shifts in their hands atop fantasy vehicles — on sweatshirts he sold every weekend at county fairs, drag races and car shows. He provided the Grateful Dead with album covers like “Workingman’s Dead,” “Europe ‘72” or “Terrapin Station.” He drew the Pegasus logo for the Steve Miller Band that adorned the seventeen-million-selling greatest hits album. He devised the scarabs that decorated all the Journey albums and stage designs.

All along, with his mix of irreverent humor, outlandish images, fearless freehand, bold lettering and inflammatory script, Mouse has drawn on the very same resources that also feed the heart of rock music. His art drinks at the same trough as the music.  His art is music on paper. High above them, Stanley Mouse and the musicians are tapping the same inspiration and telling the same stories, but the musicians only play rock and roll. Mouse draws it.