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Artist Statement:
Artist Statement
Surf Art, Defines his Art
There are many ways that
Nathan Paul portrays a
subject, he uses muted themes,
political sarcasm, and
disguised messages, developed
through the application of
painting, chemical, and
textual techniques. Through
the use of acrylic on panel he
loosely applies the paint
trying only to control the
content leaving the
nature-created waves, of wood
grain often exposed. The found
object sculptures he creates
openly reinvents the energy of
ocean waves and the way they
move, form and break. Nathan
Paul takes an optimistic point
of view trying to imagine surf
everywhere and paying respect
to the idea that wood gave us
surfing. “Using an alternate
idea or view was always a gift
of mine, Sometimes'....
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Nathan Gibbs Biography:
| Biographical information for Nathan Gibbs can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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Age
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35
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
1
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| Religion |
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| Education |
Post Graduate Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
surfing, painting |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Acrylic
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| Your Personal Biography |
Surf Art master, Nathan Paul Gibbs was born in Washington State on the Kitsap Peninsula, and raised from 13 on, in North East Florida. Since 1999 he lives and works on his art career in South Orange County and abroad. Nathan Paul has created surf art work in Fiji, Bora Bora, Moorea, Costa Rica, and Mexico. Self taught, he is influenced by Pollock, Van Gough, Cezanne, and others. He takes his paintings to a deeper level that invokes participation from the viewer with a visual, emotional, and cognitive experience. His work has exhibited in Florida, Washington, South America and the Southern California Area and has clients from all over the world.
Other Artistic Endeavors
In addition Nathan Paul wrote and illustrated the acclaimed environmental conscious story and art book, The Betrayal of Man.
Nathan has just been awarded the 2007 1st Annual Earth Day 'GAIA' Environmental Award for his constant efforts in providing philanthropic support to water related charities. The award was given for the Literature Division.
Nathan also collects cast off pieces of wood, driftwood, old chairs, anything that os worn with character. He then tries to give it a new life. 'It is not like I am recycling, that would be changing the form of the wood, I am re-birthing. I am in a way reincarnating the pieces into new and thought provoking assemblages. Sometimes when I am looking through pieces of wood in the old ghost towns of Death Valley, or combing the beaches of central California, I imagine the wood talking to me, saying 'pick me, pick me! I can do this for you', like they are wanting a second chance feeling as though they failed somehow in not being a good rocking chair, or coastal tree.'
While it may seem odd, and even a little bit strange, it allows Nathan to begin the creative process at the resource gathering point. Most artists do not begin the process until they reach the studio with the canvas or board in front of them. |
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