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Gary Houston

Gary Houston of Voodoo Catbox

Gary Houston is well known as the “Blues Fest” poster artist of Portland and for his illustration company, Voodoo Catbox. Houston’s posters are handmade using traditional methods like scratchboard illustration or hand cut Rubylith, and then hand pulled.

Since 1995, Houston has humbly operated under the moniker of Voodoo Catbox, a well-known entity in the poster industry. But he is most well known as the signature artist for the Portland Blues Festival, which his unique scratch-board style has become the timeless branding of the festival since 2001. Houston calls the work he does as: hands-on, physical, creative and romantic. “It’s leaving a little bit of history,” Houston told Oregon Music News in 2009.

Besides the Waterfront Blue Festival, Houston has done work for: Oregon Music Hall of Fame, Portland Art Museum, Crystal Ballroom (with Northwest acts like Mel Brown, The Decemberists, Robert Cray, The Dandy Warhols, Sallie Ford and Death Cab For Cutie).

“Inspired by the music and musicians themselves as well as Northwest Native American art, Houston’s work often contains a message and humor, but it wouldn’t be rock and roll without eagles and skulls and flaming guitars,” writes Vortex magazine of Houston’s body of work.

Houston has always been a notable artist of his craft, locally and nationally, doing visual works for such national acts as: Willie Nelson, Ben Harper, Moonalice, Steve Martin, Little Feat, Los Lobos, The Grateful Dead, Social Distortion, David Byrne, The Black Crowes, Wilco, and many others.

voodoocatbox.com


Vortex Music Magazine – Portraits of Portland Music: Gary Houston’s Voodoo Catbox

Posters

Festival of Rock Posters 2009 poster by Gary Houston
TRPS Festival of Rock Posters by Gary Houston
  • 4/20/19 Moonalice silkscreen poster by Gary Houston
  • Phil Alvin benefit poster by Gary Houston
  • Festival of Rock Posters 2009 poster by Gary Houston

Photos

  • Glen Kalina & Gary Houston of Voodoo Catbox
  • Gary Houston of Voodoo Catbox
  • TRPS Festival of Rock Posters 2016 (photo credit: Mikal Malkovich)
  • TRPS Festival of Rock Posters 2016 (photo credit: Mikal Malkovich)
  • Gary Houston, 2015. Photo by Loretta Baraona
  • Gary Houston wraps
  • Gary Houston
  • Gary Houston & Arlene Owseichik
  • Gary Houston Booth
  • Gary Houston sets up
  • Houston's Voodoo Cat Box

Social Media

Twitter

Tweets by voodoocatbox

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/p/BaEbdzrn3YH/

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Wendy T Chapman says

    December 21, 2021 at 2:08 pm

    I own your silkscreen of Warren Zevon and Jill Sobule. Can you tell me under what circumstances it was created?

    Reply
    • The Rock Poster Society says

      December 22, 2021 at 11:07 am

      Hi Wendy,

      You can contact the artist, Gary Houston, at http://www.voodoocatbox.com

      Pam

      Reply

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