BEN BROADFOOT JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FL

Creator Background

My name is Ben Broadfoot. I am a Jacksonville native, but have also lived in Germany, France, New York City and Santa Cruz, California. I have had anarchitectural design business for 25 years and have also been an artist all of my life. From the early 1970’s, I havebeen a fan of blues music and made many drawings and paintings inspired by the blues.

Project History

Recently, I created 16 original silkscreen designs of blues artists. I made the silkscreens, hand-printed over 600 t-shirts, and presented them locally at the 2012 Springing The Blues Festival, along with paintings and drawings related to the blues.

In 2012 I was commissioned by K C Crave Restaurant to create three

large paintings for the interior of their new dining establishment.

Project HistoryDirty Red’s Restaurant in Neptune Beach has twelve of my blues paintings on display as part of their Southern/Cajun décor.

Next Steps

My goal is to grow my business further here in Jacksonville. I also want to develop my website and promote blues t-shirts and art to fans throughout the world. I would like to have the ability to donate a portion of my proceeds to a non-profit organization. I have many more blues designs ready to be produced, and in the future would like to expand my business to include designs related to jazz and other forms of American music.

Uses of Funding

To take my business to the next level, I need to rent a work space for art production and printing, and purchase additional screen-printing equipment and supplies. I need to complete the development of my website and continue to promote my designs to a wider audience.

I appreciate the opportunity offered by One Spark and crowd-funding to make my artistic dreams a reality.