The Rathskeller Boston "Love Letters" Giclée Art Print (Multi-size options)

$20.00 - $55.00
The Rathskeller Boston "Love Letters" Giclée Art Print (Multi-size options)

NOTE: all wall art is made to order! Please allow ONE WEEK to ship! Color laser print on heavy cover paper stock.

All of my prints are love letters of sorts, so I decided to jazz up a few of my favorites just in time for Valentine's Day (and beyond)! Garish pinks, purples and cheesy fake glitter effects seemed to evoke the elementary school Valentine cards I loved so much, so this is what I went and did here. Oh, and how about a tattooed heart in there as well, just to pay a little extra love to the cities that rocked? Done & done!

How fortunate was I to catch even a sliver in time at the venerable Boston rock n' roll venue, The Rat? The Fenway was my 'hood in the 90s and I very much had a rock n' roll heart (hell, I still do!). If The Channel was Boston's answer to the 9:30 Club in Washington DC, then The Rat was certainly Boston's own CBGB, am I right?

The attitude was razor-sharp, the bands were wicked loud, and the bathrooms were appropriately disgusting. My oft-told tale is of the time I scooped up a pee-soaked twenty dollar bill from the men's room floor while other, more scary-looking dudes looked on incredulously. The bill was then wiped off as best it could be, then exchanged for a couple of pitchers for me and my then-girlfriend (now my wife). A lasting romance, courtesy of The Rat!

I used a few reference images when making this print. The one that helped most with perspective and scale was taken by Larry Bouchie. He says: "I took that Rat photo late Dec ‘86 one Sunday, driving through Kenmore Square. I was at the Rat about two nights every week back then. That day, I spotted a bunch of open parking spots right out front, and I had a Canon Sureshot camera handy. I parked and took a couple of photos." Thanks for taking such an iconic image, Larry!

All available options are standard frame sizes found at your local craft store, frame shop or IKEA! (frame NOT included)