The man is an art-making machine, and everyday we bounce a galaxy of creative possibilities off one another, and I just can't imagine my career right now without him as part of it. Recently, Matt has invited me into his shop as a working ink slinger, and our art and friendship has only profited by the collaboration. As a disclaimer, it should be noted that Matt Decker is also my best friend. I would like to also point out the work of tattoo artist Matt Decker of Premium tattoo in Oakland. Tom Killion is another HEYDAY artist who has been making woodblock landscape prints for decades and whose recent work with the poet-of-poets Gary Snyder forever sings to my heart. HEYDAY was started by Malcolm Margolin - look him up, he wrote THE OHLONE WAY - who has become a good friend and whose generosity of spirit is constantly humbling is a man I've learned to look to as an ambassador of all that is good and worthy in this world. John Muir Laws creates the most beautiful field guides to exploring the California back country and his work and way of truly seeing nature for both its scientific and its artistic quality is super inspiring. I've been so inspired lately by that team that runs and creates for the publishing house and the support they've offered me.
What are 3 reference points of inspiration for your work: (philosophy/culture):įor the past year and a half I've been pouring all my heart into the creation of the CALIFORNIA FIELD ATLAS - a book that is being published by HEYDAY out of Berkeley. Covered in Oaks and patrolled by a healthy population of mountain lions, I found my invisible family there - between the spider webs and the sage flowers - a frequency that dispelled all my youthful loneliness and opened me up to the great mysteries of the natural world. I spent my childhood mapping Mount Diablo, a 3,500 peak, twenty five miles east of San Francisco. My parents were both scientists: my father, an astrophysicist and my mother, a psychologist. I suppose the brand and the man have merged on some level: for the most part I don't post about my personal life at all. I've found a really enjoyable groove with instagram, where I can connect with my clients and my collectors and speak my poetic voice and those who get it, get it strongly - I think social media works best on that level. A few years later I joined instagram as which has become a bit of a moniker for me, as if my first name is Coyote and my last, Thunder. I started the website a hub for all my art, and my land-conservation efforts in 2010. I'm convinced every school should have this gentlemen educating young minds on the awareness of the living world around and his book should be required reading to facilitate a visual experience of the Californian landscape. Do yourselves a favor, pre-order and follow the trail of Obi below. A few days ago, his recent book titled " California Field Atlas " was released for pre-order and the first wave of orders has been thundering in. He's been a driving force behind the harvest and cultivation of the brand, Juniper Ridge and his voice is being echoed through his call for our generations to wake up to the toxic damage upon Mother Earth.
Immersing himself in the backcountry by sunrises and campfire, he thoughtfully draws the mirrors of the natural world around him. He's the real deal and I value individuals who walk what they preach in the world. His illustrations and poetic kissings really struck a chord and the further I dove into his world, the more my appreciation grew for Obi.
When I first began exploring the realm of connection through the web of instagram, I happened across his profile.
Obi and I have been circulating one another's work for 4 years. Wilderness preservationist, illustrator, poet and artist Obi Kaufmann is this week's maker.
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