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As the world's leading platform for quality custom products, Zazzle is home to millions of inspiring designs made by talented artists from all around the world. We feel pretty lucky to see this cool art every day, so we thought we'd share the wealth with our fellow California drivers. To beautify the highways and brighten up the commute, we've created an ongoing art exhibition that turns commercial billboards into gallery space and displays each piece of art at 60 feet wide by 20 feet high! Discover Zazzle's universe of amazing art, as we celebrate freedom of expression and honor the world's creativity with the ongoing commuter exhibition, "The Art of Zazzle".
Location: Southbound on 101 near San Francisco Airport
About This Week's Artist
Zazzle Bay to Breakers | San Francisco, CA
Celebrating the 100th Bay to Breakers
Come join over 100,000 revelers from over 40 countries in celebrating this cherished tradition and historical moment in time. We’re planning an entire week-long series of event. Special thanks to Herm Pugay and Italy Pittman for the great billboard photos. Check out the Bay To Breakers store here
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Previous Weeks' Featured Artists
Chad McCown | Rolling Hills Estates, CA
Bliss
Chad McCown's illustration and design impacts the viewer immediately through the artist's clean and minimal compositions and sophisticated graphic styling. When asked about his work, artist Chad McCown explains: "This illustration was created as part of a series for the holiday season. In the winter's chill what better way to stay warm than to bundle up and keep cozy with a hot cup of cocoa." Check out Chad's Artsprojekt store here
Hallmark
Jolly Old Saint Nick
Santa Claus is coming to town! To celebrate Santa's arrival, Hallmark has partnered with Zazzle to offer cheerful holiday designs for your loved ones and friends. Check out Santa's billboard on Highway 101, and have a holly jolly holiday with great custom gifts from the Hallmark store at Zazzle. See more Hallmark Holiday Designs here.
Larry Hausen | San Francisco, US
Christmas Train
Larry Hausen, a northern California native and graduate of California College of Arts & Crafts, illustrates and designs for a range of clients in professional sports, entertainment, special events and consumer products. He is recognized for sports portraits and award-winning fairs and special events posters and graphics. Comfortable working in a traditional watercolor medium, Larry excels in digital expressions. Christmas Train depicts the holiday tradition of train decoration and travel during early 20th century periods of economic growth. Visit Larry's Zazzle store here
Steve Scott | London, UK
The Visitor
Steve Scott is an animator and illustrator whose works have appeared at the Guggenheim, graced the stage behind Led Zeppelin at the band's last live performance, and exhibited at Onedotzero festival and Pictoplasma. His animations have appeared at festivals across the world. In The Visitor an astronaut investigates prog-rock enlightenment. Check out Mr Scott's Artsprojekt store here
Franco Brambilla | Milan, Italy
The Urania Take Off
Franco Brambilla is an Italian illustrator devoted to sci-fi. He's the founder of Airstudio, a common playground of creativity, which produces collective illustrations, graphic and musical works. Franco is one of the main illustrators of the "Urania" sci-fi book collection by Mondadori. He received the "Best Artist" Award at Eurocon 2009, and his "Cute Little Aliens" have been spotted in Wired, Sunday Telegraph, and Juxtapoz Magazines since their first arrival on Earth in 2007. Check out Franco's Artsprojekt store here
Jim Phillips | Santa Cruz, CA US
Banzai Buick
Jim Phillips is an iconic music and action sports illustrator, who has helped guide the imagery of popular culture for nearly 50 years with his laid back graphic style. First published as a surf cartoon contest winner in a 1962 issue of Surfer Quarterly, Phillips went on to create rock posters for Bill Graham Presents and Family Dog, as well as iconic skate graphics for Santa Cruz Skateboards. Exclusively licensed reproductions of Phillips' original art are available in his Artsprojekt store
Mimi Yoon | La Habra, CA US
Closer
Mimi Yoon is an LA area artist, whose art allures and seduces the audience into her stormy and vulnerable in-between world. She is the founder of Artis Art Academy, which teaches drawing and painting to kids from 1st through 12th grades, and includes portfolio preparation for students applying to art colleges. Here, Mimi describes her piece, "Closer": "It's about being far and close at once, wanting what's too far to hold, and longing for the breath she once shared..." Check out Mimi's Artsprojekt store here
Chris Parks | St. Petersburg, FL US
Koi
Vector phenom Chris Parks is the creator of Pale Horse, an art and design studio focused on entertainment industry graphics, logos, and typography. Chris has created work for Nike, Redbull, Hurley, Mattel, and Cartoon Network, and has shown his art in galleries around the world. When asked about the origins of his billboard illustration, Chris explains, "Koi is inspired by old Japanese watercolor paintings mixed with a traditional tattoo art style." Check out Chris' Artsprojekt store here
Ronald Todys | Cleveland, OH US
Diva
Photographer Ronald Todys was captivated by photography at an early age, when he used a birthday gift certificate from his mother to buy a Nikon FG20 camera. Since then Todys has upgraded to digital and turned his photo-journalistic shooting style on subjects including seasons, holidays, animals, and architecture. Todys' emotive black and white photograph entitled Diva really tugs at our heart strings. Check out Ronald's Zazzle Store here
Jasmine Becket-Griffith | Celebration, FL US
Three Witchy Sisters
Jasmine Becket-Griffith, also known as Strangeling, is a fulltime artist creating her own visions of this world and others with acrylic paints & brushes. Jasmine's original acrylic painting "Three Witchy Sisters" features her trademark big eyed characters with a decidedly creepy twist. Jasmine explains, "Keeping one's eyes closed and hat on properly may bring serenity, but with open eyes one can be shocked into clarity." Discover her original fantasy images of Gothic, Fairy, and Steampunk in her Artsprojekt store here
Keith Reicher | San Mateo, CA US
Evening at the Golden Gate Bridge
Photographer Keith Reicher loves the physical challenge of photography. Whether trekking up Fox Glacier in New Zealand or standin in the cold for hours by the Golden Gate Bridge, Keith feels that the more challenging it is to capture an image, the more worthy the photo. He comments, "I wanted to capture a long exposure of one of the most iconic images of San Francisco. The blustery winds and cold weather were well worth it." See more in Keith's Zazzle store
John Bergerud | San Antonio, TX US
DJ GOH-GOH
John Bergerud is a comic illustrator and part-time electronic dance music DJ with a passion for Asian culture, Sci-Fi films, and fantasy art. His alter-ego and signature character is the Futuristic Samurai DJ SHWANN. Featured on this week's billboard is DJ GOH-GOH, a sword-wielding Cyber-Ninja DJ Assassin and part time go-go dancer from the ever-growing SHWANN universe. Visit John's Artsprojekt Store
Mike Karolos | Athens, Greece
Jellyfish
Born in Manchester, UK, Mike Karolos lives and works in Athens, Greece. Graffiti influences are apparent in his application of graphics to design and photography. Karolos explains, “Jellyfish look like they are dancing in slow motion, so using the natural lights and lines were the way for me to transform your screen into a window to the deep blue sea. I Just added my point of view. Art on art.” Visit Mike's Artsprojekt Store
Chris Leavens | Los Angeles, CA US
Calling The Sun
Chris Leavens is the creator of optimistic and whimsical, if not bizarre, vector illustrations of surreal scenes in which monsters and anthropomorphism reign supreme. As the first featured Zazzle billboard artist, Leavens touched us with the aspirational and triumphant birds of his piece Calling the Sun and his intention to “put a smile on your face and make you think.” Visit Chris' Artsprojekt Store
