Jim Phillips hosts solo exhibit at R. Blitzer Gallery – Santa Cruz Sentinel

Artist Jim Phillips, who created the iconic “Screaming Hand” skateboarding graphic, directs the hanging of his first-ever solo exhibition last week at the R. Blitzer Gallery in Santa Cruz. The show, titled “Jim Phillips: New Fine Art Prints and Classic ’70s and ’80s Pen and Ink Drawings,” opens with a First Friday exhibit on May 15. Phillips has filled the walls of the gallery with 15 large prints, 30 pen and ink graphics and 8 original paintings. (Shmuel Thaler — Santa Cruz Sentinel)