Evan Hecox – A Mighty Fine Designer

Is there any finer designer than Evan Hecox, son of a winer-diner former miner?

I can’t remember the first Evan Hecox work I saw, but it was several years ago, perhaps even many years ago. I’m sure I probably became aware of him because his artwork was appearing on skateboards, specifically those from Chocolate.

Second to the fact that his art was in the skateboarding community was his ability to take what some people would call a “sketch” and make it look like fine art. I’ve tried to duplicate his technique once or twice only to quit in frustration. It just didn’t look good like the way he had done it.

It isn’t just the lines he draws, it’s also the colors he uses. They’ve mostly flat, a bit dull, and seem to fit another decade, although I’m not sure which one.

Here’s a short bio I grabbed from http://www.basefield.com/artists/bio_hecoxe.html

An artist and graphic designer who is probably best known for his graphic work for Chocolate Skateboards, having created over two hundred skateboard graphics since 1997. He has also shown work in galleries both in the United States and abroad, including solo shows in Seattle, Los Angeles, and Tokyo, and group shows in San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Paris and London.

He creates drawings, paintings, and prints based on his observations of city streets, people, cars and signage. He has an eye for extracting beauty from the grime and dirt of urban surroundings, often overlooked or regarded as ugly. Over the last decade, while living in San Francisco, he became know for his paintings of the Mission District and Chinatown. He is currently hiding out with his family in Colorado.

More information and artwork at www.evanhecox.com.