Watercolor Artist - USA (2019-12)

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Paper,

Scissors

Rock,

G

eoffreyMcCormacksaysthat

mostofhiscareeringraphic

designandillustrationhasbeen

organizedinsucha waythat he

couldcallhimselfa “surferartist”

ratherthanan“artistsurfer.”

“Mywholeideaoflifewasabout

lifestyle,”saysMcCormack.“Iwasa hardcoresurfer,

startingin1953,somywholeideaoflifewasto

havethefreedomandenoughmoneytogosurf

wheneverI wanted.I tradedwealthforlifestyle.”

Nowthattheartistispasthisprimesurfingdays,

hisfocushascomebackaroundtofineart,and

especiallytowatercolorandacrylic.Aftera trip to

Greecein 2007 withDavidMcGuire,a friendand

teacherfromhisdaysatCabrilloCollege,

McCormackfelta renewedsenseofwonderatthe

Chaos Theory and the

Treachery of Images

(watercolor and gouache

on paper, 30x36)

CALIFORNIA ARTIST

GEOFFREY McCORMACK

USES FAMILIAR OBJECTS

TO CREATE STRIKING

DESIGNS THAT CHALLENGE

TRADITIONAL NOTIONS

OF ABSTRACTION AND

REPRESENTATION.

By McKenzie Graham