This season, we collaborated with Ross Pino, an emerging, self tought contemoporary artist as a part of our Artist in Residence series.

Pino’s art revolves around themes of anatomy, “End of Days” theories and poetry, combined to create works that are often dark, deep and mysterious. We are proud to present his art across a limited-edition collection of premium art shirts.

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“The shirts we collaborated on are some of my fun stuff, you can still see the juxtaposition of life in death in them, however they are more playful.”

How did you first start painting?

"I started painting in the beginning of 2019, my daughter was messing around with some paints and so did I also, I found it to be very therapeutic during the rough season I was going through, it just stuck, it was as if I could get lost in it and work out all the issues I had in my life."

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How would you describe your artistic style & where do you draw your inspiration?

I like to think of my artistic style as more of a conceptual way of doing art, I like to see my art work as a spiritual guide - more of a duplication of duality and polarizing life and death, good & evil, right & wrong, black & white, etc..

I draw my inspiration from my daughter’s artwork, also skateboard culture, mainly I pull most of my ideas for the story of life and death. Which is why there are so many skulls.

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How would you describe your creative process?

"I rarely plan anything out, I try to let the work manifest as I mess around on the canvas, it comes naturally. The moment I try to manipulate it into something serious it falls apart."

Are you working on any other projects at the moment?

"I am always working on projects, painting has become a full-time endeavor at this point, from doing shows, to just simply creating. Entering into new mediums is always a fun thing, expect to see more ceramic work and books coming out."  

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Last thoughts?

"Don’t be afraid to dream, but even more, don’t be afraid to fail."