I look at graphic design as communication, meaning that the work has to have a vibe to connect to the viewer or perceiver. I make a black and white drawing and then add color digitally, bringing in a contemporary pattern… — John Van Hamersveld Copy Share Image
While 'The Endless Summer' poster was designed at the Art Center College of Design in the contemporary style of its time, the image grew out of my relationship with Rick Griffin and our deep relationship to surf images. — John Van Hamersveld Copy Share Image
What is Southern California but an ever-changing dreamscape backdrop for the postmodern ideal? The psychology of the postmodern world is the continual state of… — John Van Hamersveld Copy Share Image
In this century of hyper-postmodern ideals, with the digital future, we're segmented into different people, places, and things in a constant state of change. — John Van Hamersveld Copy Share Image
In 1970, I was turning 29 years old, just 4 years out of art school. I had created a black and white drawing style… — John Van Hamersveld Copy Share Image
I look at graphic design as communication, meaning that the work has to have a vibe to connect to the viewer or perceiver. I… — John Van Hamersveld Copy Share Image
In 2009, I began creating 'Waterworks' with the new vernacular coming from the 'Signs of Life' work in Las Vegas. — John Van Hamersveld Copy Share Image
My life in Hollywood surrounded by celebrities became a point of view for me - sports, fashion, music, film, arts, and politics as a… — John Van Hamersveld Copy Share Image
For the surf idol Duke Kahanamoku portrait, which I created for the Surfrider Foundation, I took a photo from a book cover and abstracted… — John Van Hamersveld Copy Share Image
Meeting everyone you wanted to know in the small surf industry, I saw how the surf trade was made up of characters that not… — John Van Hamersveld Copy Share Image
For me in my twenties, working in Hollywood was confusing in that the differences between what was fiction and what was nonfiction seemed to… — John Van Hamersveld Copy Share Image
In teaching color, you teach people how to look something and see the tone in it and break it down to be able to… — John Van Hamersveld Copy Share Image
'The Next Wave' started as a drawing for a new silkscreen fine art print. I ended up doing the prints digitally because the water-based… — John Van Hamersveld Copy Share Image
