For a guy whose art adorns a blockbuster music album that’s sold 30 million copies worldwide, artist Michael Rios is a pretty chill dude. Sitting in his studio in the historic Noonan Building in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood, he’d much rather pluck at his hand-painted guitar than talk about his journey through art.

But whether he talks about it or not, Rios’ career is prolific – from becoming one of the first-ever artists to paint a mural in San Francisco’s Mission District to creating the art for pal Carlos Santana’s zillion-selling Supernatural album. He even did the art for an M&M campaign, inspired by an experience he had on LSD.

“They titled it groovy summer,” he laughed.

A new gallery exhibit in the Marlowe Gallery in Union Square does the talking for Rios, featuring dozen

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