One glorious night of art, planks of wood, booze and digging.

What is Dug?

Combined with Lo-Fi, it is THE BEST night in Seattle, It is...

"A night dedicated to exposing the people of Seattle to the best obscure records from our collections. "Dug" as in we dug them up. Lost diamonds in a sea of schlocky crap. It is our mission to hunt them down and bring them to you for your dancing pleasure... HEAVY FUNK, JAZZ BREAKS, RARE BOOGIE, BOOGALOO, DEEP DISCO, EARLY HIP HOP, REGGAE, FUNKY ROCK, ELECTRO, ETC........If it's good then it's good....You don't stand a chance if you can't dance."


My first night at Dug happened to be as their door girl. And while I collected money from folks dressed to the teeth, I sketched the picture below on the guest list.

Sketch

Rob inspired to paint my sketch

Rob found my sketch and made a copy. Here he is below working on his rendition.
The walls at Lo-fi were looking bare at the time. We decided to decorate the walls at Dug for one night only. There was no opening, no flyer, no show, no titles, no prices....just our sketches and final works hanging on the walls.

A taste of Dug:
Things We Like Vol_ III.mp3

Finished piece

This pretty much sums up Dug....Ladies sitting on planks of wood floating on a river of booze and other craziness. The colors Rob chose really bring out the alcohol induced haze.

Rough draft

Finished pieces

Figuring out how to paint clean letters was a task. I first traced the lettering over my computer monitor. Then I rubbed pastel on the opposite side and transfered the design to the canvas. It didn't produce very clear outlines, but it did the job.

Rough Draft of "Hot Dog Dogs"

finished piece

This is a poor mesh of 2 separate scans of the painting. I gave the painting to my sister who owned a dachshund named Lady when we were children.

Rough Draft

There is a ton of dancing going on everywhere at Dug. All shapes and sizes.

Finished piece

Things We Like Vol_ III.mp3