Back in the Summer of 2008, as the U.S. was on the brink of a massive financial crisis, I took off on my bicycle from Knoxville, Tennessee, and left for an epic adventure that would end 5 months later in Southern California. Before I began that trip, not knowing exactly...
For all wondering, here’s an update on what’s going on here at the Otis James studio… The theme of the last couple weeks seems to be uncertainty. COVID-19 has forced most folks to face tough questions as life changes radically for the unforeseeable future. My family was somewhat fortunate in...
In honor of my collaboration with Electra Eggleston, I am sharing some photos I love by William Eggleston, the man whose paintings and drawings inspired the prints featured in the bow tie collection. His extensive catalog of work is worth exploring. There are so many more I could have added...
It was January 3, 2009. I had just recently finished a solo bicycle trip that spanned over four months and took me about 4,000 miles around the United States. I was exhausted and broke, crashing on a friend’s couch in Los Angeles. Sometime after midnight, in a fit of inspiration,...
