Andy Stattmiller

Get Yer House Painted!

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

Local artist Andy Stattmiller has brought his rad style from his “Take a ride on the 49…” paintings and is applying it to SF's beeeeeeeautiful architecture.  Best of all, he'll paint a portrait of your pad if you give him the requisite amount of cash.  If your house is a Victorian in the Haight, you'll be left with a lovely reminder of your fine San Francisco digs and the Humboldt County dirtbags who defecate on your doormat for years to come.  And if you live in a fancy new condo, you'll have yourself a pricey reminder of how dull the exterior of your $600,000 mistake is.

Get the details on how to commission a painting over at Andy's blog.

Previously on Uptown Almanac: 

Sketching the Giants

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

Speaking of Andy Stattmiller, he also drew these badass caricatures of Brian Wilson and Lincencum.  Andy explains: 

For the two freaks that won the world series for the town of san francisco! Tim Lincecum(The Freak) and Brian Wilson (Black bearded guy with a mohawk). What ever happened to a nice clean crew cut like the old days? Those darn hippies. Well they can throw fast so I guess I will like them. Oh and did I mention that the won the #$##%$#@ world $#@!$# series!!!? Hats off (really, please remove the hat and rise) to the men who served this fine country with America's Favorite Pastime (baseball).

Not sure why he chose to make Lincencum's lower body look like Gollum's, but I dig it.  Anyway, also be sure to check out his caricature of Buster Posey.

Finally, a 49 I actually want to ride

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

Okay okay, maybe you cannot ride a painting (or can you?), but Andy Stattmiller's “Take a ride on the 49…” is perfect.  From the overweight person sitting in a motorized wheelchair at 16th & Mission, to the tagger atop of Farolito, to the painter covering tags at 29th and Mission, and all the crackheads and street people in between, he pretty much nailed every character you see along the route.  Good work, sir.

$2100.  On sale now at Fabric8.