Why the art gallery?
We have shows with people who are familiar names in skateboarding but have work that they don’t have an outlet to show. My partner and I curate most of the show and like to put work together from, say, a known skate photographer like Mike O’Meally and show it next to one of our local kids’ work. It’s awesome. I’ve ended up buying a lot of artwork! We keep the shows up in our gallery for a month so that if people miss the openings (or aren’t 21) they can come check it out another time. We have some really great shows coming up in 2007. I’m very excited. Do you see a links between your artists and skaters, the art world and the skate world? Skateboarding to me is an artistic outlet. I’m way more into watching a kid with style than a kid that just does technical tricks perfectly. Lots of the pros get to travel the world and get inspired to take photos or paint and to me it all makes sense. You started modeling after being spotted skating. How did you balance the two? Well, that’s a huge p
