Coffee Art Book + Charity Tour

About
I'm Jon.

I am an artist living my 12th year in San Francisco. Honestly I can't really believe it either. Darwin was right.  
I am founder and owner of Lost Colony San Francisco.  This project is constantly evolving; at the core, LC is my love letter to The City.   I decided some time ago that living here is no longer about what the City can do for me, but what I as an individual can now do to give back to the community.  

Portions of all art sales will be going to different charities that i care about. The goal is to showcase as many local charities as I can, and then go from there.  Forever.

 
I infuse all of my Pen & Ink illustrations with coffee.  Funny story, it happened by accident one jittery morning, and when I discovered how cool the sepia wash looked, the rest is history.  

The Book, The Tour, The Documentary

I am looking to:

1) publish a coffee table art book featuring 100+ of my works.  

2) tour the entire West Coast:  Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle.  book shops, coffee houses, pop up galleries, you name it.  

3) make + sell merch! original drawings, shirts, stickers, mugs (if it's doable).  

4) film the whole damn thing!

The Charities!!!

A portion of all book + merch + original art sales will be going to LOCAL CHARITIES IN EVERY CITY STOP that I care about a LOT: 

- homeless outreach/relief
- womens' domestic violence counseling/relief

The Funds

The Goal is a pretty round figure:  $12,000.  

a third of it is going towards the book, a third of it is going towards the tour, and a third of it is going towards merch.  

 Personal Significance

It is a very long story but I can sum up both causes i care about with one common theme:  

I want to fight fear.  
All I want to do is help. It makes me really sad to know that there are people practically in my back yard out there every single day who have to live in fear... fear of not having a bed to sleep in, a meal to eat.  Fear of getting their tents taken away by the police.  Fear of being beaten up, fear of being raped, fear of being harassed or tortured.  

The perspective was given to me a long while ago when times were tough, but I still had a roof over my head and I never had to starve.  I feel that it is my duty as a human being to help others, regardless of gender or any other classification, and to leave my footprint in human history as someone who cared and someone who actually did their best to make a difference.  

Thank You!!! 

If it's a lot or a little, anything you contribute helps!  Thank you so much for reading, watching the video and for donating!