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With an unquenched thirst for knowledge and understanding of the world around him, Erik Abel assembles his experience into a complex visual language, one which alludes to some primitive yet thoughtful origin...  It was in his formative years in Long Beach, California, where Ken grew up with his feet deeply planted in the surfing culture, that he first learned to express his art talent. Caught up...  Chris Bolden has been painting since 1990. Graduating from Pasadena Art Center College of Design in 1997 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Illustration, he immediately...  North Shore-based artist Heather Brown is land-based... barely. She's worked as a divemaster, boat captain, and aquarium maintenance diver in a life knitted together by an abiding love for the ocean...  Accomplished in a wide variety of media, Alan Casagrande has been creating art for over thirty years now. A degree from the Hollywood Art Center in the early Eighties capped Alan's formal art education...  Ron's artistic history began in the 1970's with a unique surrealistic style reflecting the tumultuous events of current society. As time progressed and after numerous showings in prominent galleries...  Norm was born and raised in San Diego, California. As a third-generation San Diegan, he took to all manner of water sports at an early age but settled with surfing in the early Seventies...  Growing up on O’ahu’s North Shore, Ea Eckerman’s artwork has always been influenced by nature and a love for the ocean. From doodling waves at Sunset Beach Elementary to completing...  The integral nature of surfing and creativity, for Meegan Feori, stems from her father, who introduced her to the ocean, and her mother, who encouraged her to create. As surfing...  Fascinated with the relentless love/hate experience comes with living with one foot in the city and one foot in the sea, Los Angeles-based artist Damian Fulton creates a uniquely original "Urban Surf" vision...  A former international fashion model, Robb Havassy began his formal painting career in 1996 after receiving a beginner's art kit as a 26th birthday present. Entirely self -taught, his first "traditional" painting...  Howard Kirk grew up surfing in Huntington Beach, California. Howard and his friends traveled up and down the coast in search of the perfect wave to ride. "From Santa Cruz to Baja...  Self-effacing and humble, Wade Koniakowsky creates evocative, atmospheric art that could only be informed by a surfer’s perspective. His work transports the viewer to dreamlike...  Mike’s fascination with the total aesthetic experience of surfing is what drives his work, and his paintings seek to capture the mystical and wild nature of the ocean...  Born and raised in Manhattan Beach, California, James Parkhurst was inspired at an early age to cultivate his artistic abilities. James attended Otis/Parsons College of Art & Design...  Gazing into a Grant Pecoff painting, you are drawn into an atmosphere where vibrant light and electric colors transform the familiar into the extraordinary...  Born and raised in San Diego, California, Bob Penuelas learned to draw at an early age from his father who was a technical illustrator. He was heavily influenced by the satirical humor of MAD Magazine...  Now in his late seventies, Bob Phillips has an offbeat background in a field where offbeat background is the norm. A Purple Heart veteran from the Korean War, former pro baseball player...  Rick co-founded the popular surfwear company, Maui & Sons, in 1980. He held the position of creative director for 10 years, his artwork launched the success of the company's image and popular appeal...  Growing up in Pacific Beach, Ca, Lauren was able to breath in the magic of the ocean. Her father introduced her to surfing at age 8, taking her tandem surfing in.......  Kevin’s work is found more often in museums around the world than in surf shops. This modern impressionist grew up in Goleta, California, and learned to surf at College Point...  Inspired by surfing, in color, form, and content, Tony focuses on creating works of art that capture the essence of the freedom and flow of the sea. Through a kaleidoscope of brilliant colors...  Surfing wasn't just a sport to Pat. It was his way of life, his poetry, his Zen, his muse. He fashioned his own big-wave guns and rode the deepwater mysto breaks of Mainland Mexico...  Skye Walker is first and foremost an artist and designer. It’s all he knows and all he’s ever wanted to do, which led him to pursue his muse at Oregon State University... |
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