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Each Creative Action Network poster is hand-printed and handled to make sure that only the highest quality is offered and sent out. The sturdy matte paper and premium inks create a vibrant, museum-quality image that looks great both framed and unframed. Posters are printed in Los Angeles, CA on Epson Enhanced Matte Paper heavyweight stock, with a wide color gamut and Epson UltraChrome HDR ink-jet technology. The framed poster arrives wrapped in a protective yet lightweight black frame and includes a shatter-resistant acrylite front protector that won't break during shipping. International orders may be subject to customs duties & taxes.
Lyla Paakkanen lives in Sacramento, where the Pony Express ended its route. She is a freelance artist and illustrator, has a Master’s Degree in Art from CSUN, Communications Design from UCLA. She taught art at 5 colleges and has won many awards in California and Colorado for her work.
Lyla Paakkanen lives in Sacramento, where the Pony Express ended its route. She is a freelance artist and illustrator, has a Master’s Degree in Art from CSUN, Communications Design from UCLA. She taught art at 5 colleges and has won many awards in California and Colorado for her work.
When I first thought about a design for this campaign, the image that came to mind was of a cartoon scene of a gun being plugged and blowing up with the muzzle curdled back like a flower. I wanted to use the hand in a “stop” gesture to imply that the hand could stop a bullet, and like the cartoon gun, the gun has exploded, but in a bouquet of flowers! The flower inspiration is from the '70's when the flower was a symbol of peace and love, “Make love, not war!” The flowers and the sleeve of the stop hand are the safety orange color. Violence with a gun is not the answer! — Lyla Paakkanen
