FROM THE ARTIST: The meaning behind my work not only draws from the ocean, but also a life that is on hold for now while I pursue my academic future. A true surfer at heart that only has the ocean in my dreams for now.
I started out as a young teenager the street way, affectionately known as the tag artist SCRIBBLER, also known as a graffiti artist. This led to a few businesses offering commissions to paint murals on their walls. Eventually I started hand painting images on clothing and vehicles along with pin striping mini-trucks.
I became a surfer and would often sketch ocean scenes on my sketch pad while waiting for a good set to come in. Surfboard shapers would notice my sketches and commissioned me to paint surfboards. For a while I expressed myself with images laid-out on a board, but I really desired to work with a more natural medium as a sort of connection with what god has given us.
I explored how I can combine my love for the ocean and self-expression as an artist by use of both traditional media such as oils with the non-traditional natural medium of slate. My theme usually centers on some type of turbulent seas. I love abstract and surrealist art and I love oceanic landscapes. I never want my abstract landscapes to look too real where creativity is lost because the image is so plainly displayed. All perspectives of depth and motion need to be created in the viewers mind.
The most difficult part of my art is finding the right pieces of broken slate to fit together in a way to accomplish what I’m trying to convey.
Slate is my way of sculpting on the canvas.
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