Surf Painter Steven Valiere on Youth Surfing Culture - KVIC-TV, myKauai.com [Art]

Surf Painter Steve Valiere has a style that differentiates him from any other surf artist. Steve discusses his background, inspiration, and the youth surfing culture.

"As as kid I was 20 years old, living in Australia, and I did whatever it took to buy another bar of wax. I was painting boards and decals... They were colored pencil and india ink on rice paper, and we'd glass them on the board. A friend of mine sent me some canvases from the mainland and I though I'd just paint a big decal. Somebody wanted to buy one, so I sold it for 30 bucks and went and bought another canvas, I was so stoked."

"The way they surf has inspired me, and I think I put the top surfers in the world on my paintings, and I pretend it's me, throw some long green hair and tattoos on a tiny little surfboard and make it look nostalgic."

"Most of my paintings are in Kapaa, the Aloha Images art gallery in Kapaa across the street from Mermaid's. There's another gallery in the Dragon Building that has some of my larger pieces in there. At Poipu Fine Art. There's paintings in California, Australia, France, and Japan has a bunch."

For more information, visit http://www.stevenvaliere.com

Aloha Images - http://alohaimages.com

Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aloha-Images/115201301867638

Yelp - http://www.yelp.com/biz/aloha-images-kapaa

Address: 4504 Kukui Street, Kapa'a, HI

Phone: (808) 821-1382

Poipu Fine Art Yelp - http://www.yelp.com/biz/poipu-fine-arts-koloa

Address: 2360 Kiahuna Plantation Dr., Koloa, HI 96756

Phone: (808) 742-8338

Nani Kauai Gallery - http://nanikauai.com

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Yelp - http://www.yelp.com/biz/nani-kauai-gallery-princeville