Collection: Stanley Mouse

Stanley Mouse ( American. b 1940) born Stanley George Miller is an influential American artist best known for shaping the visual language of the 1960s counterculture through his iconic psychedelic posters, album covers, and fine-art practice. Emerging from the San Francisco Bay Area, Mouse became a central figure in the West Coast psychedelic movement, blending Art Nouveau, Surrealism, hot-rod culture, and comic-book imagery into a highly recognizable visual style. In the mid-1960s, Mouse partnered with fellow artist Alton Kelley to form Mouse Studios, producing some of the most enduring images in rock history. Their work for the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix helped define the era’s aesthetic. Among his most famous creations are the Skull & Roses and Bertha images for the Grateful Dead, which have become lasting symbols of American music culture. Beyond poster art, Stanley Mouse has maintained a lifelong dedication to fine art, producing paintings, drawings, and mixed-media works that explore figurative imagery, symbolism, and expressive abstraction. In his later career, working primarily in Northern California, his oil paintings reveal a more intimate, painterly approach—emphasizing gesture, emotion, and the human form. Mouse’s work is held in major museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Smithsonian Institution, and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He continues to be recognized as a pivotal figure in American visual culture, bridging graphic design, fine art, and countercultural history.