{"id":222,"date":"2021-02-26T19:36:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T19:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/?p=222"},"modified":"2021-02-26T19:36:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T19:36:34","slug":"wes-wilson-psychedelic-design-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/2021\/02\/26\/wes-wilson-psychedelic-design-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"Wes Wilson; Psychedelic Design Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wes Wilson is regarded as one of the psychedelic pioneers of the \u201860s .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilson attended San Francisco State University and while attending the university, Wilson worked at a small printing press.&nbsp; At that small press was where Wilson\u2019s career as a psychedelic poster artist would take off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.22.23-AM-630x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-226\" width=\"332\" height=\"538\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilson mainly designed layouts for pamphlets and flyers which eventually led him to become an established poster designer.&nbsp; When the Fillmore Auditorium began to hold weekly concerts, Wilson was asked to design posters for them.&nbsp; Wilson designs for the auditorium were fresh and vibrant and so addictive that other artists decided to replicate his style in their own work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.25.37-AM-632x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-224\" width=\"376\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.25.37-AM-632x1024.png 632w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.25.37-AM-185x300.png 185w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.25.37-AM-768x1244.png 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.25.37-AM-600x972.png 600w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.25.37-AM.png 862w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilson was able to create such hypnotic imagery by intertwining his experiences with LSD and his experience as a printer together, Wilson also drew many of his inspirations from the Art Nouveau masters.&nbsp; I find it quite fascinating, today drugs are looked down upon as it is more common for them to be laced with something fatal but decades ago it seems that wasn\u2019t as large as a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.26.10-AM-577x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-225\" width=\"377\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.26.10-AM-577x1024.png 577w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.26.10-AM-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.26.10-AM-768x1362.png 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.26.10-AM-866x1536.png 866w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.26.10-AM-600x1064.png 600w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.26.10-AM.png 876w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As Wilson\u2019s career continued to peak, he began to grow disillusioned by all the financial opportunities and his career as a poster artist.&nbsp; The disillusionment grew to be so overwhelming that he decided to move out of the city to live on a farm in Missouri Ozarks.&nbsp; This does not mean he lost his love for poster art though, just that Wilson lost interest in the competitive, ever growing field of business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.27.26-AM-556x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223\" width=\"336\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.27.26-AM-556x1024.png 556w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.27.26-AM-163x300.png 163w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.27.26-AM-600x1105.png 600w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.27.26-AM.png 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly Wilson passed away last year on January 24, 2020.&nbsp; Wes Wilson and his art will forever be looked back on as someone who was able to define his generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.27.56-AM-716x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-228\" width=\"341\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.27.56-AM-716x1024.png 716w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.27.56-AM-210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.27.56-AM-768x1099.png 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.27.56-AM-600x858.png 600w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.27.56-AM-945x1352.png 945w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-11.27.56-AM.png 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wes Wilson is regarded as one of the psychedelic pioneers of the \u201860s . Wilson attended San Francisco State University and while attending the university, Wilson worked at a small printing press.&nbsp; At that small press was where Wilson\u2019s career as a psychedelic poster artist would take off. 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