Bohie Palecek

Taditional Sign-writing in the Canberra region

ATTENTION:

Bohie Palecek Traditional HAND PAINTED SIGN-WRITING will be in the CANBERRA REGION for the MONTH OF JUNE!
BOOK your sign job NOW -

BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!

Traditional Sign-writing featured in Nothing's Wrong Magazine (VIC)

Defero's Nothing's Wrong magazine released with a bang, featuring a custom traditional sign-writing piece of mine on the inside cover (left) -

Custom Typography featured in RAW PAW (USA)

Super excited to be featured in this beautiful issue of Raw Paw Magazine.

Raw Paw is an Austin (Texas) based publisher, record label and creative platform "providing paper trails for at risk artists".

So RAD!
It's such a good feeling publication, with a really high quality standard of content (illustration, art and creative writing).

My featured typographic artwork

Original Sketch

Recent Personal Illustrations

It's getting rarer and rarer that I find myself drawing without a client, but I'm determined to change that over the coming months.
Here's a few old and new pieces of mine that are hanging on my studio walls at the moment.

Assisting Tristan Kerr at The Annex Cafe (SA)

I've just returned from an incredible week in Adelaide (after a sensational solo camping trip along the way, see below) where I travelled to meet Tristan Kerr, local young sign painter. He was busy setting up an incredible body of work for an exhibition at The Annex Cafe in beach front suburb, Glenelg.

Tristan was so welcoming and did a great job introducing me to the blossoming art scene in Adelaide, sharing his studio space with me at Tooth and Nail Studio and Gallery, in the CBD.

I laid my first fragile gold leaf on his stunning window sign at The Annex, and felt privileged when asked to design and paint the building number above their door.

The owner's of The Annex Cafe, Tash and Laura, are doing amazing things with their cafe/store/gallery/music venue and I spent the second half of my time in Adelaide with them combing vintage shops, sampling cafe food, planning my own exhibition there and generally having an awesome experience.

A huge thanks must go out to Tristan, Tash and Laura for taking me in and showing me all the totally rad stuff that Adelaide has to offer.

Tristan's gilded window sign

Me and my #3

Tristan and I talking 'shop' until late into the night

Tristan laying the delicate gold leaf down, piece by piece

Some of his artworks in the exhibition (trés cool)Photo credit: Tash McCammon

Solo Camping trip to South Australia

I just returned from an amazing road trip from Melbourne to Adelaide. It's an 8 hour drive if you take the freeway, but I drove the gorgeous Great Ocean Road for 3 nights and then turned north into The Grampians National Park for another 2 nights.

There's nothing like hitting the road by yourself, and opening yourself up to what ever opportunities lay before you.

Until my films develop, here are some digital photographs for you.

Huge surf scene along this stretch of coast, every lookout spot was full of surfers peering out of their vans to check out the surf. The worse the weather the better the conditions.

This stretch of coast line is renown for its treacherous weather and rough seas, creating some stunning cliff decay.

Sunrise on the Fleurieu Peninsular south of Adelaide

Storm rolling in at Port Campbell harbour

Getting my 4 x 4 in action off the beaten track

Breakfast in the bush

Met my first Koala bear in the middle of a quiet road where I pulled over and spent a few minutes trying to coerce him back into his tree

Hiking and camping in the Gampians National Park was absolutely unforgettable.

At the top of a long hike up to 'The Pinnacle'

Stretched my driving legs on my BMX bike at some great skateparks (in beautiful locations) in and around Adelaide

Flyer Design for Pre-SXSW Show (USA)

It's been a busy week but I've managed to squeeze in a few more flyer designs for show's in Austin, Texas.

By all accounts SXSW sounds like a time of madness and beards for ATX, with over 2, 000 PERFORMER's and brings in about 20, 000 visitors to Austin every year. Sounds hectic, but I'd love to see it one year.

Here's another flyer design for local Austin venues The Historic Scoot Inn and The Owl.

My Freelancing Studio (Melbourne, VIC)

Usually I'm out in different locations all week sign-writing, but this week I've been tucked up in my studio working on graphic design stuff, wish it was raining outside instead of being so beautiful and sunny!

Also had a play around photographing these dried flowers/herbs that have been hanging in my backyard for a few weeks -

European Tour Poster for My Empty Phantom (USA)

Here's the first glance at a poster I just finished designing for Austin musician MY EMPTY PHANTOM's upcoming EUROPEAN TOUR (original drawings by yours truly) -

Fingers crossed he comes Down Under next because his music blows my mind! Have a listen!!!

https://soundcloud.com/my-empty-phantom