Surf Expo 2012 - Florida

BambooSK8 was recent at Surf Expo out in Florida.  We were part of the iRideiRecycle *Green Zone* booth where a bunch of environmentally focused small companies like ours teamed up.  (Companies such as Odina, Eqo-Optics, Tribu, and more!)  My coworker just found us on this website  where we have a photo of our booth.  However, I continued looking through the photos and had to stop at this image below!

  PT with a Letty Nowak painting in his likeness from the “Faces Of Surfing” collection

photo: Dugan

 I am a total sucker for someone who can create a unique, yet realistic portrait and this woman seems to nail it! I asked my most knowledgeable friend, Google, about her and this is some of what I found:

• Born and raised in Michigan
• Attended Michigan State where she received her BFA
• Father gave her the artistic inspiration
• He was a sign painter, screen printer, and had a unique and funky style.
• He also owned surf shops throughout Southwest Michigan.
• Started painting faces when she had to choose just one thing to paint for a semester senior year
• Faces of Surfing
• Her series of portraits of the faces of famous surfing legends in North America, Europe, and Australia
• 100 oil on canvas portraits make up this series!
• SURF: "a lifestyle, freedom, a way of expressing yourself and enhancing life through nature"

Totally Inspiring! 

Sources:
surfcollectivenyc.com
lettynowak.com