My friend Andy Lewis asked me to paint the office space window for Faith Community Church. Here are a couple photos of the windows. The space is next door to the Rio off of Seabright Ave. The painting was a bit challenging because everything in revers because the painting is on the inside of the windows.

Keep a Breast Foundation

My friend Ashley Lloyd called me last week to ask if I could participate in a project to raise money for breast cancer reaserch and awerness. A handful of female pro surfers made casts of their chests and had artists paint or create a piece of work on the casts. I only had a couple of days to get the cast painted and in the mail. Considering the time crunch, I am happy with the final results. The pieces will be shown this next week at the ASR surfboard tradeshow in Southern California. After the tradeshow the peices will travel around Southern Ca. for a few weeks and then will be auctioned off to raise money.

Summer fun

A bit small to be a conventional noserider. This is a 9'4" noserider, that I built for myself this last summer. Generally a noserider is longer than 9'4" but this board works well in it's small stature. I had a costumer that wanted a noserider but pulled down in length. After he shared with me his theory on design I figured that I would try one out for myself. It has worked out great. I appreciate peoples ability to think outside of the conventional design box, it certainly is encouraging to me. Trying new designs and tweaking existing designs keeps things fresh and exciting.

New work space

I moved into a new shop on the West side of Santa Cruz this last summer. The space is small but does the trick. There is a shaping room, laminating/airbrush room, and office. I am in the upstairs of Almar glassing shop where Michel Junod and Strive surfboards are located. I really enjoy working with all of those creative guys, it's a great atmosphere. Feel free to stop by and say "hi".

Mural

This photo is of a mural that I painted for a Young Life camp in the Santa Cruz mountains. The painting was a triptych on three joining walls. This is the smallest of the three paintings and my favorite. This is the largest that I have ever worked to this point. I enjoyed the project and was happy with how it turned out considering the limited time line that I had to work with.