artist: Peter Wocken
date: 2005
medium: acrylic, marker, charcoal, pen, on canvas
size: 96" x 144" (243.84 x 365.76 cm)

In the Final Showdown, the new SpaceMarshall has caught up with Roja outside of the spaceport of Port Oasis.

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I juxtaposed the genres of science fiction, steam punk, & western to create a setting full of interesting denizens, technology, and environments.
The majority of the action will be in and around Port Oasis, a space station on the edge of the galaxy. The ultimate goal of this project is to have this setting turned into a role playing or computer game.
I am going to continue developing this idea after graduation. The future is powered by steam.

–Peter
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I wrote this 16 years ago for my Senior Project, graduating as a BFA in Illustration at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design (MCAD). I wanted to go big and show all of the artistic skills that I had learned during school. Since I had focused primarily on acrylic and mixed media, I decided to make a massive painting to cap off my program, so I bought a piece of canvas that was as large as my studio wall, and went to work. Over the course of the final semester, and 309.5 hours of arting, it was complete!

This is a Second Edition of The Showdown
edition size: 999 copies
blockchain: WAX
Includes:

• Photo of the painting
• Sketch
• Museum label

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Other copies of The Showdown on the blockchain:

The Showdown - Collector's Edition
edition size: 42 copies
blockchain: WAX
Includes:

• Photo of the painting
• Museum label
• 17 close up photos of the painting
• 206 page process book - PDF
• 67 page sketch book - PDF
• Photo of the artist next to the painting for scale - taken at the opening of the senior show

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The Showdown - ETH
edition size: 1 copy
blockchain: ETH / WAX
The owner of the ETH version will also recieve a 1-of-1 version of the art minted on WAX, which will include everything contained in the Collector's Edition, but a special 1-of-1 edition.
Includes:

• vIRL NFT (extra NFT), that can be redeemerd (burned) for a physical version of the painting
• Photo of the painting
• Museum label
• 17 close up photos of the painting
• 206 page process book - PDF
• 67 page sketch book - PDF
• Photo of the artist next to the painting for scale - taken at the opening of the senior show