Dreaming into the infinity of imagination, and finding your passion… Within this secret wave I share, a magnificent liquid flux of one water drop to the next, and it's quest to infinity. I was so drawn to these miniature waves that I spent a good part of 5 years trying to capture them on film. They are mesmerizing and make really strange sounds like as if you were yelling in a tunnel. Some are a mere centimeters high moving at super high speed and reflecting light in a distinctive and mysterious way. Water seems to have viscosity to it and the smaller you go on the scale the more thicker and soupy it breaks. These micro-waves have really opened my eyes to the real magic of surfing and the possibilities of what may exist out there beyond earth, and to be in absolute awe with every moment we have. Wave riding truly is a lifetime passion that will forever change you.
Studied 2 years at Southern California Institute of Architecture
Prior owner of clothing and sticker company "Socially Hazardous"
Exhibited at the Eclectic gallery 2004 Exhibited at New York Art Expo 2003
Visited first Andy Warhol Exhibit in Slovakia (Curator "Ultra Violet") Summer 2000
Wade Koniakowsky translates the power and magic of land and ocean to
canvas. He has been deeply involved in art and surfing his entire adult
life. Wade resides in San Diego, California with his wife and two
daughters.
Ron Croci is more than just an accomplished multi-media artist with 30
years of commercial and fine art experience. He continuously searches
for new and different ways of expressing his love for the ocean. As a
water sports enthusiasts, surfer and diver, his paintings and prints
depict joyful scenes of woman in water sports, ocean landscapes and
beach scapes. 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
and museums throughout the United States, his artistic themes evolved
into more landscapes and expressive figurative art.
As the fastest growing online photo art gallery we provide the surf
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Nicole Bruckman has always had a creative eye for
expression. When she was a young girl she started to develop her style
by taking private art lessons in her home town of Mentor, Ohio. She
also actively participated in art programs throughout high school.
After high school Nicole started her four year journey at Columbus
College of Art and Design, where she took basic skills and turned them
into her own unique style.
Roger Chandler, a local artist with national acclaim, has worked many
years as a free-lance illustrator, graphic designer and fine artist.
As a pioneer in computer illustration, Roger earned recognition from
his peers with over 20 Addy awards, HOW's On-line Design Award, Print
Magazine Annuals, and the New York Art Director Club Award. He has been
commissioned by national and international clients including
Hewlett-Packard, Keebler, Sea World, Pizza Hut, Capri Sun and many
others.
Nydia Cisneros. Orange County born and bred. An enigmatic soul, she
mimics the feel of the plastic, sand and surf of her surroundings. With
a father working for the famed mouse of Orange, and a mother cleaning
the homes of the privileged, Nydia was brought up with one foot in
fantasyland, and the other knee deep in the mire of reality.
As the fastest growing online photo art gallery we provide the surf
artist with a great opportunity to showcase his or her artwork and
paintings of surf related topics and themes, as well as, coastal
scenes, landscapes, and seascapes before an audience of magazine
editors, advertising agencies, art directors, art galleries, art
buyers, and of course, the Surfillustrated.com members.
We are pleased to present to you some of the best surf artists
and painters. From the traditional styles of Jim Krogle, Scott
Westmoreland, Paul Cumes, and Dan Johnson, to the more contemporary
styles and work of Joshua Serifin, Gabe Leonard, and Matt Kotch, the
Surfillustrated.com Photo Art Gallery covers it all!
It is our hope and desire that the work of each artist will in
some way move, inspire, and encourage you to tell others about the
artist featured on surfillustrated.com.
As the fastest growing online photo art gallery we provide the surf
artist with a great opportunity to showcase his or her artwork and
paintings of surf related topics and themes, as well as, coastal
scenes, landscapes, and seascapes before an audience of magazine
editors, advertising agencies, art directors, art galleries, art
buyers, and of course, the Surfillustrated.com members.
We are pleased to present to you some of the best surf artists
and painters. From the traditional styles of Jim Krogle, Scott
Westmoreland, Paul Cumes, and Dan Johnson, to the more contemporary
styles and work of Joshua Serifin, Gabe Leonard, and Matt Kotch, the
Surfillustrated.com Photo Art Gallery covers it all!
It is our hope and desire that the work of each artist will in
some way move, inspire, and encourage you to tell others about the
artist featured on surfillustrated.com.
As the fastest growing online photo art gallery we provide the surf
artist with a great opportunity to showcase his or her artwork and
paintings of surf related topics and themes, as well as, coastal
scenes, landscapes, and seascapes before an audience of magazine
editors, advertising agencies, art directors, art galleries, art
buyers, and of course, the Surfillustrated.com members.
We are pleased to present to you some of the best surf artists
and painters. From the traditional styles of Jim Krogle, Scott
Westmoreland, Paul Cumes, and Dan Johnson, to the more contemporary
styles and work of Joshua Serifin, Gabe Leonard, and Matt Kotch, the
Surfillustrated.com Photo Art Gallery covers it all!
It is our hope and desire that the work of each artist will in
some way move, inspire, and encourage you to tell others about the
artist featured on surfillustrated.com.
Matt Kotch was born in southern California in 1967, he grew up in
Orange county during the 1970's. During his childhood he lived within
walking distance to Knott's Berry Farm and the Hollywood Wax Museum
which he and his friends made a constant weekend trip, this is where
they taught themselves how to panhandle. They always ended up with a
pocket full of money. The colorful wax statues of monsters as well as
the movie mask's in the gift shop fed a deep hunger for a young,
creative mind. At a local liquor store he discovered "Ed Roth" monster
cards so with his extra change he made his first art purchase.
Jim Krogle, A Southern California native, Jim was raised in the San
Fernando Valley and moved with his family to Huntington Beach in 1963.
He began his studies in the field of art at Orange Coast College in
Costa Mesa. Jim then transferred to Chouinard Art Institute in Los
Angeles, where he received his bachelors degree in illustration in
1969.
As the fastest growing online photo art gallery we provide the surf
artist with a great opportunity to showcase his or her artwork and
paintings of surf related topics and themes, as well as, coastal
scenes, landscapes, and seascapes before an audience of magazine
editors, advertising agencies, art directors, art galleries, art
buyers, and of course, the Surfillustrated.com members.
We are pleased to present to you some of the best surf artists
and painters. From the traditional styles of Jim Krogle, Scott
Westmoreland, Paul Cumes, and Dan Johnson, to the more contemporary
styles and work of Joshua Serifin, Gabe Leonard, and Matt Kotch, the
Surfillustrated.com Photo Art Gallery covers it all!
It is our hope and desire that the work of each artist will in
some way move, inspire, and encourage you to tell others about the
artist featured on surfillustrated.com.
Gabe Leonard was born and raised in Wyoming where he
spent his childhood trying to skateboard on gravel roads in the summer
and digging his parents car out of six foot snow drifts in the winter.
He graduated from the Columbus College of Art and Design in 1998 with a
bachelor of fine arts degree, which he is still paying for and will be
to the ends of time.
Joshua Serafin is a twenty-nine year old artist. He has been a resident
of Huntington Beach, California for twenty-six years and graduate of
California State University, Long Beach with a Bachelor of Art degree.
Serafin's emphasis was in painting and photography. However he enjoys
working in various mediums such as computer graphics, charcoal, pen and
ink.
As a native San Diego, Californian, Tony Spineto believes much of his stylistic uniqueness as an artist germinated during his sojourns to the beach. Although his artistic pathway includes study at the Art Institute of Southern California in Laguna Beach, he considers his independent acquisition of understanding art through his exploration of the masters as a major influence in his continual growth as an artist.
