"The Jam" is a series of Rock music tribute prints. These major artworks are rendered in a Pen & Ink stipple technique and depict the musical influences that shaped the evolution of Rock music. "The Jam Part I - A History" is the first in the series and chronicles Rock music from its first awakenings in the 1940's to its pivotal decades of the 1960's and 1970's.

"The Jam Part II - Long Live Rock & Roll" picks up where the first left off, and continues to document Rock music from the 1980's to the present. Each illustration took over five years to complete!

Both pieces complement each other beautifully and look amazing placed side-by-side.

Canadian artist Michael Keirstead spent years selecting which musicians to include, working up the preliminary sketches, masterminding their compositional placement, and of course the painstaking hours of stipple work. "The Jam" series are each comprised of two main sections. The collage of musician faces is the artists' opinion of who the lead personalities are who have forged modern music. The border symbolizes the different aspects of the Rock & Roll lifestyle with poignancy and humour.

It is said that every picture tells a story. We feel these works of art tell a fantastic history. You can look at them for hours at a time and get deeper and deeper into them, seeing new people, new things, and new connections.