“Home Slice”, A Surf Painting by Jay Alders
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…
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Meeting surf legend, Mark Richards
On July 20th I got a call from my good friend & local surf icon, Vince Troniec from Spellbinders Surf Shop in Allenhurst, NJ. Vince told me of a last minute visit by former World Champion…
‘Sweet Aspirations’ released, a new Oil Painting by Jay Alders
A few months back at the end of our cold winter here in Jersey, I was talking to a friend about summer. It seemed like it would never arrive with the brutally cold winter we were dealing with. It got…
July 17th 2010- Trip to Montauk, NY
On a last minute whim, we decided to drive out to Montauk, New York to spend a couple days with our friends who were performing at The Surf Lodge.
With an hour or two notice, I shot…
July 14th 2010…My Art Show in Asbury Park…Donavon Frankenreiter & Mishka Concert
July 14th 2010….It was a day that I was looking forward to since our trip to Australia together a few months prior. Because this particular summer day was when our friends Donavon Frankenreiter, Eric Brigmond and his wife…
Jack Johnson,G Love,ALO Show-Pt 2- July 13th 2010-Holmdel, NJ
It’s not often that so many of our musical friends tour together on this level. So when Jack Johnson, G Love and ALO all offered us VIP tickets to come to their July 13th…
Hang time at the Jack Johnson-G Love-ALO Show- July 11,2010
We left our S.A.M. Jam tour in North Carolina on July 11th and drove straight through to Camden, NJ where Jack Johnson, ALO, G Love and Paula Fuga were performing together. It was…
Outer Banks, NC Tour Recap
I got back from my tour in Brazil for FestivAlma 2010 on Monday,July 5th and the very next day, I re-packed my bags and we headed off to the Outer Banks (OBX) of North Carolina for…
FestivAlma Tour in Brazil (June-July 2010)
I recently returned to the states after having the honor of being invited back to Brazil to showcase my surfing artwork at the prestigious FestivAlma 2010. My last tour through Brazil in 2007 was one of the…
Name droppers…I’m with so-and-so…
I guess to some extent, we all do it. Name dropping that is. In high school, upon arriving to a house party, you told the kid at the door how you’re with ‘so-and-so’ just to get…
ALO rolls thru Philly/NYC
We had the pleasure of catching up with our friends from the band, Animal Liberation Orchestra (ALO) this past week as they rolled through our neck o’ the woods. They were groovy enough to…
Neil Halstead Show in Brooklyn 5/18/2010
My bud singer/songwriter, Neil Halstead invited us out to Brooklyn last week to for a pre-show hang and to see him perform at Union Hall.
Our friend Scott Imbrie, co-owner of Original Longboards rolled in with us…
A home without good art is like driving with ear plugs.
There you are, cruising in your convertible on a sunny summer day. Your hair is blowing in the win as the warm sun skims the surface of your skin.
“Let’s get some tunes for the drive…Hmm…What do I want…
See like an Artist: Negative Space
Spend a day focusing on ‘negative space’ and learn to grow your perception of the world around you. If you’re an artist, you already “get this”, but so many people see the world with a narrow vision both…
Slightly Stoopid’s Rymo rocks Jay’s Art
I got a nice email this past week from my pal G. Love with this pic attached (below) of his friend Rymo from the band, Slightly Stoopid. Rymo was holding his skateboard that he bought in…
