FEB 24, 2012: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Artist Jay Alders, who has graced the covers of VOID Magazine, Alma Surf and Surfer’s Path, stopped by Action News to work on his newest painting Friday morning.
Alders is a painter, photographer and …
This past Wednesday, I had the honor of joining G. Love & Special Sauce on stage to live painting during their epic performance at The Freebird in Jacksonville, Florida.
I am incredibly appreciative of Garrett for allowing me to be …
This painting had been sleeping in my studio now for a couple years. I had left it unfinished in 2009 and moved on to other ideas. It was originally inspired by my friend from home Quincy Mumford who was about …
Jay Alders and musician/long time friend, G Love will share the stage at Freebird Live in Jacksonville Beach, Florida on January 25th. G Love will provide the tunes and Alders will back him up by doing a live painting on …
The Void Lounge (sponsored by Void Magazine) at Nippers Beach Bar and Grille in Jacksonville Beach, Florida is featuring Jay Alders art work in their newest exhibit. Alders designed a custom cover for Void’s “Green Issue” back in November …
My friend Luke stopped by with his sweet new surfboard recently and asked me to whip him up a quick manatee on the nose. He had his adorable daughter Emilka with him so it was too cute to refuse. He …
On November 25, 2011 I did a live painting demonstration for a nice sized crowd at Sunrise Surf Shop in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Here’s a pic of what I whipped up for everyone.
I’ve been hearing about Art Basel for years, yet I never really understood what it was all about. So this year, being a new Florida resident, I decided to make a voyage down on train to Miami and see for …
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As Albert Einstein so eloquently said, “Make things as simple as possible, but not simpler.” I enjoy exploring new ways to visually dance between the highly rendered and the stylized in my work and this
Jay Alders cover, interview and centerfold as published in the November 2011 “Green Issue” issue of North Florida’s Void Magazine. Interview by Kayla Beckmann.
Jay Alders is perhaps best known for his mind blowing, body altering, and reality bending …
The 2011 Foster’s Belmar Pro is New Jersey’s biggest surf contest, every year growing in popularity and reputation. For the 2nd year in a row Jay Alders was asked by his hometown to design a surf poster for the event.…
There are extreme emotional & creative swings that every artist must endure. It’s part of the creative path we are on. We put up with & accept the frustration and insecurities because when good things happen and those pure moments …
On March 1th, 2011 the Earth shook and Japan’s coastline and population was devastated by one of the strongest Tsunamis our generations have ever witnessed.
I woke up that morning hungover at my friend Luke Thorpe’s house in Atlantic Beach, …
Back in the fall of 2010 I started messing around with some Mermaid sketches as a way to combine my love of female figure with my love of the ocean and nature. I had come up with some ideas but …
Earlier in the year, I was asked to paint a new piece of surfing art to be featured on the Fosters Belmar Pro 2010 Limited Edition Poster. This surfing competition takes place every September and it’s definitely one of the …
