One of one art piece painted by @xus_d_demiurge (Happy's art pseudonym). Painted on a gripped Holiday deck. Yes, the deck can be skated.

Spec's

Size: 8.0"
Length: 32.0"
Wheelbase: 14.25"
Nose: 7.0"
Tail: 6.8"
Shape: Popsicle

   This piece is titled 'Chill Retreat, Waterfall at Dusk'
The art is created using spray paint & a pallet knife. When I painted this, my head was all over the place & was craving a relaxing place to go to & just chill the f##k out. But who's got time for that, so I painted it instead.

About the Local Artist:

When I paint, I either go into it with a feeling I wish to convey/release, an idea I wish to see materialised, or simply just let something come about, like play. I know if I spent time falling into my subconscious I could give you the reason & deeper meaning for each piece I paint, but in honesty, I prefer people to come to their own occlusions with all of my artworks.

In recent years, having learnt to do space/galaxy spray painting as a kid watching artist do it along Cavill Ave at the Gold Coast, I started doing pieces on skateboards. For details, I find working with paint brushes can force me into more of a perfectionist mindset, while when I use pallet knife, I allow myself to "play" more. Holding less need for a piece to turn out exactly as it is in my head.

Creatives having pseudonyms has always interested me, & wanted to have one that created more questions then answers, thus Xus D. Demiurge came about. It creates a separation from the person & the art.

I skate a lot of my art pieces, it's how you finish a piece on a skateboard in my opinion. You take the chaos of the mind & create something somewhat rational, then imbue it with the chaos & marks skateboarding brings. Create! Skate! Destroy!

   "Liam ' Happy' Burton - @xus_d_demiurge "