Monkey Business | 42 x 30 in | $1,500

Kevin Bradley is a master of the unexpected—and his ongoing series Storetry is proof. Blending Southern storytelling, hand-set letterpress printing, and a healthy dose of absurdist humor, Storetry is a genre-defying body of work that Bradley refers to as “visual poetry.” Each print in the series features a dense collage of phrases—some pulled from life, others completely invented—that take on new meaning through their bold typographic arrangement.

At first glance, these works may seem purely humorous. But upon closer inspection, they reveal a deeper exploration of language, culture, and the American experience—especially through the lens of the South. From offhand remarks and overheard conversations to surreal non-sequiturs, Storetry captures the rhythms of contemporary speech with a distinctly analog soul.

What Is a Storetry?

The term combines “story” and “poetry”—an invented form that mirrors the spontaneous way we speak, remember, and joke. Bradley prints these works by hand using traditional woodblock and movable type techniques. Every edition is a physical artifact of the printing process: tactile, layered, and full of personality. 

Each Storetry print is:

         -Hand-printed using vintage wood type and - custom-carved blocks

         -Rooted in oral tradition, humor, and improvisation

         -Signed and editioned by the artist

         -A reflection of Bradley’s decades-long dedication to the letterpress medium.

Storetry invites us to consider how language shapes memory, mood, and meaning. These prints don’t just communicate—they perform. The viewer is asked to read, to laugh, to pause, and to question.

Whether you’re a longtime admirer of letterpress or discovering it for the first time, Storetry is a compelling example of what’s possible when language, printing, and pure creativity collide.