Powell Peralta Artist Bio

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As an artist I’ve dug into my past to find out more about my influences. One of them was the illustrator for Powell Peralta, V. Courtlandt Johnson or VCJ. I have been able to find information and even books on other skateboard artists but even with the internet, I was able to find very little about him. Occasionally I would find a reference to him being a hermit or that he had withdrawn from society. I just came across this article… HERE IS THE ARTICLE, and I was not disappointed. The article was short but this quote:

“Drawing a thousand scales all in proportion to each other taught me to stop time and experience eternity.”

Some artists I research turn out to be disappointments but that quote alone brings me such joy that I can hardly express it. Sometimes reality can live up to your expectations.
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