'Heal Mary' by DS, 2020
Sk8 of the Art commissioned special COVID-19-themed Triptych Skateboard deck set.
8 x 31.25 Inches each.
Hand-painted spray paint/stencil on 3 individual 7-ply Canadian Maple skate decks.
Original artwork set (#1/1)
Hand-signed and titled by the artist on each deck top.
Individually shrink wrapped with Sk8 of the Art COA.

*Note: Skate Deck wall hangers sold separately.

ARTIST BIO/STATEMENT

David Schmidt aka ‘DS’ is a US national, UK-bred urban artist, striving to create visually attractive, mentally engaging art all wrapped up in rich colour and form.

"The first stencils I painted on the streets were in East London in 2002, an area heavily bombarded by some of the now ‘greats’ of the street art world. The stencils were crude black and white robots, but the art medium struck a note with me as a teenager.

As far back as I can remember, my love for art was big enough to tame my hyperactive mind, with laser-like focus on a paper, creating a world of minute detailed figures. Consequently a move into a medium using the tool normally suited to a surgeon seemed a natural fit.

Inspired and bitten by the street art bug, it wasn’t long before I finished my art education and started to focus on stencil art.

Perspective and the use of contrasting imagery in art, a juxtaposition of old and new has always interested me; a big reason why a family of dysfunctional angels and cherubs began to evolve over the last 6 years within my art, alongside my art grenades or other strange series.

Now a full-time artist and designer, I have been commissioned by multinational companies, sold art in Harrods, painted MG Motors’ first official "art car" and much more…yet…I feel like this is only the beginning."

- DS