Rhys Meatyard’s Apocalyptic Soup Cans are your daily dose of absurdity, now in gloriously tangible 3D. Each can is secretly a trinket box, hand-painted, hand-labeled, and lined with felt so your existential crisis stays nicely cushioned.

• Body: Hand-turned wood
• Label: Hand-painted, hand-lettered paper
• Interior: Lined with felt (bottom and inside wall)
• Rim & Lid Interior: Painted and finished with polished wax (non-sticky)
• Height: 4.25 inches (standard soup can height
• Diameter: 3 inches

BIO:

Rhys Meatyard is an artist, illustrator, and graphic designer based in Historic Roser Park in St. Petersburg, Florida. After years of working multiple jobs, raising a family as a single parent, and studying visual art and anthropology at Eckerd College, Rhys is now fully dedicated to the creative life he’s always dreamed of. His work blends bold imagery, sharp wit, and a deep sense of emotional resonance, often reflecting themes of absurdity, nostalgia, and dark humor.

Professionally, Rhys wears many hats: he’s the art director of a New Jersey design studio, the creative director for the independent record label Friend Club Records, and an in-demand freelance illustrator. His art has been featured in group exhibitions and on countless album covers, where his love of music and visual storytelling collide. Rhys’s artistic journey is grounded in resilience, shaped by experience, and driven by a lifelong passion to make meaningful, memorable work.