A surfboard has to be hands down one of my favorite canvases for my art. Every fresh new CI Surfboard that comes through my house gleams back at me, I am lucky if I can get the paint on before Kilian gets ahold of it and it gets consumed by his stickers, wax, and his drawings. This time I got lucky, I would argue that he got lucky, and I drew a Nymph on his new Flyer. He is off to Argentina and she went with him. I love drawing pin ups! Check out one of my many muses below. xoxo
My Muse Mandy
A picture of painting I did of my muse Mandy Candy a while ago. I haven't finished it, and I don't know what to do with Hula Mandy Candy, but I still really like the piece. I faded the color on this picture... the one below is closer to the orginal but I liked the faded effects on this one. What do you think I should do with her?
Featured Artist Tee for Teva Shoes
I am so very proud to present to you my first printed work and collaboration!!!!
A while back, I was approached my one of my peers to collaborate on a featured artist limited edition tee shirt for Teva Shoes. Teva has been around for as long as I can remember and they are based out of Deckers Outdoor Corporation in Goleta, Ca, where I presently work out of Skate One. Deckers distributes and overseas Ugg Australia, Simple Shoes, Teva, and a couple of other outdoor based shoe brands. Teva has recently been getting a facelift thanks to my buddies Erin and Darren, whose youthful creative energy is being plugged into their outdoor & water performance products. I am stoked to work with such a well established brand that is not based on fashion alone, but the outdoors and psychical performance... as these are the principles I tend to value the most as I myself am an active individual. I am extremely grateful to Erin and the Teva brand for giving me the chance to work with them as this was my first arstic assignment with clear direction and a product to show for my efforts. Again, a special thanks to Erin Tsukashima whom is the graphic artist and brains behind this collaboration, it was a pleasure taking creative direction from you! The above painting is the orginal piece that was used for the silk screen on my tee which is currently hanging up at Deckers. As the brand is based around water, well... you can see where I went from there. I have a box of the tees if you are interested in one... Please just email me a request. They are not for sale, as this item is a special promotion product for events and their team of athletes. Hit me up if you want one xoxo
Painting done with acrylic paint and sharpie
Fashion paintings
Irie Manga
"Baby Owl" Feather Clips
This week I went over to my friend Natasha's house. I always love going to her house because her family is European. Her father is from Iran and her mother is from England... so there is always a good mix of culture over there. Tosh and I are working on some crafts, she is working on a leather bracelet with turquoise and I made this feather clip. All I did was braid some pieces of leather, attach some feathers and a "roach" clip I bought from the craft store. I am calling them Baby Owl feather clips (NO they are not really baby owl feathers) because Tosh actually did have a baby owl feather and it was my inspiration for the night.
some random little trinkets I had in my bead box... so did Tosh, we made a little family
My hair clip