Air+Style

While once viewed as juvinile criminals spray painting their self imposed nicknames in back alleys all over the world, Graffiti Artists have transcended pop culture, allowing them to hold down real jobs using their artistic talents in an office during the day, while still making their mark in the streets at night.

Teddy Kelly is one such artist. Born and raised in Mexico, and inspired by skateboarding and surf culture, Teddy has built an impressive resume as an Art Director. Building the brands of companies such as Forest Skateboards, Ambiguous Clothing, and Maverick / Live Nation.

Graduating from character based compositions, Teddy begun shifting his artistic sights into a specialized blend of style and symmetry, resulting in gorgeous geometry based prismatic pop-art. Drawing inspiration from everyday life, Teddy combines his experience and surroundings to communicate his perspective, hoping to inspire others the way he's been inspired throughout his entire life.

For more information on Teddy Kelly, please visit http://teddykelly.com

If Lisa Frank and Patrick Nagel had a baby, it still wouldn’t have been as awesome as James Haunt. Exploding with passion and, oozing neon colors, the sultry work of James Haunt is like Pop Rocks + Coke  for your eyes.

LE TIGRE by JAMES HAUNT

Based out of Los Angeles, James Haunt feasts on a steady diet of skateboarding and UFOs. His talent has taken him all over the Golden State, allowing him to spread his vivid viewpoint throughout the streets of California.

IMAGINE by JAMES HAUNT

Having worked with James over and over again in the past, that’s why we’re bringing him back to the Air + Style Festival this year in his hometown of LA!

James Haunt (alongside BumblebeeLoveYou and StarFighterA) will be doing what he does best, live painting a full sized mural of his sick art. We’re also giving away 3 seperate mini prints of James’ work, so stop by and try to get your hands on all 3!

For more information on Air + Style, please visit airandstyle.com

With a namesake inspired by an inside joke amongst friends about a striped t-shirt from Hot Topic, BumbleBeeLovesYou decided to stop drawing indoors and went outside to start sharing his art with everyone, including YOU, who he apparently loves.

While everyone is going around town trying to make a name for themselves by slapping bootleg Bart Simpson stickers on street signs, or wheatpasting heavy handed political posters on the side of electrical boxes, BumbleBeeLovesYou specializes in an wholesome style of street art… kids being kids doing kid stuff!

BumbleBeeLovesYou is like the Bob Ross of street art. His artwork makes us feel all warm and fuzzy inside, that's why we're bringing him back to Air & Style this year. BumbleBeeLovesYou will be live painting a mural outside our booth, where we'll be giving away free mini wood prints of his work. Hope to see you there! Don't forget, we love YOU too. :P

Air & Style is coming back to Los Angeles this February 18th and 19th for 2 days jam packed full of snowboarding, music and art! And just like every year, Prints On Wood is bringing the heat with the hottest artists at our booth!

Located in the Hansen’s House, the PRINTS ON WOOD booth will have live mural painting on the outside by 3 of our favorite artists!

STARFIGHTER A also known as Christina Angelina, shown above channeling her passion through her painting of pensive portraits...

BUMBLEBEELOVESYOU rocking his black and yellow stencil art featuring kids in striped t-shirts having fun...

and JAMES HAUNT coming at you like Patrick Nagel on acid!

Inside the booth, we’ll have MATT GONDEK destroying your childhood with his explosive pop art...

alongside the modern art marble madness master, Teddy Kelly, both of which will belive painting on canvases!

So stop by the Prints On Wood booth to say “Hi” and check out these masters holding it down! We’ll also be handing out mini fine art wood prints featuring the Art of James Haunt and BumbleBeeLovesYou, so don’t forget to grab one before you leave!

For more information on this event, please visit airandstyle.com

Last month, Prints on Wood set up shop for the weekend at Shaun White's Air + Style LA. The event was a highly attended, adrenaline-infused success, bringing together rad elements for lovers of music, snowboarding and visual arts.

For the two-day half music festival, half extreme sports competition, Prints on Wood had the pleasure of hosting the production of four paintings by POW artists Nick Walker, Jeff Soto, KMNDZ and Bumblelovesyou. The celebrated artists live painted in real time for eager attendees, producing a team of awesome mini murals for the audience's viewing pleasure.

Day 1 and Day 2 are chronicled here on the POW blog with a photo essay to illustrate each day, but to get an in action taste of the festivities, check out the video recap below!

Prints on Wood wrapped up Day 2 of Air + Style Los Angeles  2016, Sunday February 21st with a lot of great memories en tow. The day began and ended with fans stopping in to pick up one of our 4 in. x 4 in. mini wood prints from our Air + Style 2016 artists Jeff Soto, Bumblebeelovesyou, Nick Walker and KMNDZ. Over the course of the two-day event, 800 mini prints found new homes, many of which were signed by the artists on site.

Congregating over the love of art, extreme sports and music, Air + Style 2016 was a hugely enjoyable day for the artists and performers as well as the fans. Travis Barker, Kaskade and Incubus were among the performers of the night, adding a much appreciated soundtrack to the day's vibes. Several hours of painting brought into fruition 4 expertly rendered pieces by the aforementioned POW artists, which will make their way to a benefit show in Los Angeles this week!

To view images of the day's festivities at the POW booth, as well as the lively happenings around A+S 2016, scroll below!

Illustrator and painter Bumblebeelovesyou executed his signature striped style, creating a dreamy rendition of his original titled "Somewhere I'd Rather Bee," showcasing a kid and some very Cali-centric palm trees against an equally Cali sunset. Bumblebee enlisted the help of his friends during the weekend event to help color in portions of the piece seen above using markers, crayons and paint, adding to the community feel of the space and in line with the guy's bubbly personality. What's birthed is a crazy cool multi-medium piece with big kid vibes in the art and execution.

Painter and muralist Jeff Soto brought quite a few smiles to the Prints on Wood creative space, with plenty of fans stopping in to nab photos and chat with the artist while he executed up his colorful and layered panel. Sans his signature owls, Soto reached for a different animal representation for this piece, one of which may very well be a mythical creature straight from the Soto thought process. Furry, antlered and faceless, the creature is a very cool execution of a mix between the Abominable Snowman and an elk. Of course, Jeff Soto can bring this odd description to life with some expert skill and cool usage of paint brushes and spray cans.

Johnny KMNDZ Rodriguez kept it elegant and simple, offering up the imagery of a bird mid-flight, narrowly missed by an arrow. As the definite romantic among us, Johnny's work speaks volumes to sentimental vibes and all things that pull at the heart strings. Check out an interview with KMNDZ from this year's DesignerCon 2016 to get a feel for the artist.

Stencil artist Nick Walker came through with a super unique piece for A+S 2016. Titled "Numbers," Nick adds a visual layer to the piece using numerical stencils to represent his background. The artist's varied range of work can be seen here, as well as his recently released limited run  piece titled "Amour Plated."

Till next year!

Day one of  Air + Style Los Angeles 2016 successfully kicked off today at Expo Park at the Coliseum in Downtown Los Angeles. Per usual, Prints on Wood was happily in the building soaking in the extreme sports and music-centric vibes. 24 athletes competed on the event's 16-story snow jump, while eleven musicians took to the stage including J. Cole, A-Trak, Action Bronson and A$AP Ferg.

Founded in 1993 by Andrew Hourmount, the event was the first Big Air snowboarding event of its kind. Since '93, Air + Style has held 27 editions of the competition in locations such as Austria, Germany, China and the US, drawing in thousands of fans. This year was no different, as several thousand attendees flowed through the Expo Park fair grounds, enjoying the festivities, catching the Big Air show, peeping musicians, picking up free POW prints and stopping in to watch this year's POW lineup of artists get down.

Johnny KMNDZ Rodriguez, Jeff Soto, Bumblebeelovesyou and Nick Walker started on the early stages of 4 wood panels that will shape up to become a few fantastic works by the end of Day Two. Be sure to check back tomorrow to see how things pan out. To see shots of the fest grounds and festivities, images of the performers, the monstrous 16-story ramp and our POW artists in action, scroll below!

Families and friends looked on at the gigantic 16-story snow ramp set up at Air + Style 2016. The finalists of the day's competition include:

KADONO, Yuki
MCMORRIS, Mark
SANDBECH, Stale
PARROT, Max
BERGREM, Torgeir
KLEVELAND, Marcus
SHARPE, Darcy
WILLETT, Eric
CICCARELLI, Michael
HANSEN, Kim Rune
TONTERI, Roope
TRUCHON, Antoine
THORGREN, Sven
TOUTANT, Sebastien
MACK, Kyle
ULSLETTEN, Emil
PIIROINEN, Peetu
DE BUCK, Sebbe
LUNDSTROM, Tor
PREISSINGER, Maximilian
MOUTON, Boris
WEISSENBACHER, Mathias
ROISLAND, Mons
MILLAUER, Clemens

More angles of the ramp in action, plus, a couple of snap shots of the festival's host, Shaun White.

Bumblebeelovesyou hanging out in the Prints on Wood section working on his wood panel piece, plus signing one of his mini prints for a fan. Environmentalist group Global Inheritance had their Rain Supreme team on the grounds during the event as well, with a full-on art show displaying water canisters painted by a medley of artists, including Bumblebee!

A look at Day 1 Air + Style 2016 performers All Time Low, Allie X, Action Bronson, Paz and Haim! The crowds were pumped the entire day from start to finish, with each performer putting in work for a high intensity show.

Fans pose by a David Bowie tribute piece water canister at the Rain Supreme exhibition.

Over at the POW tent, festival attendees got their hands on a variety of free mini prints from Bumblebeelovesyou, Jeff Soto, Nick Walker and KMNDZ.

Nick Walker adding in some elements to his piece during Day 1 of Air + Style utilizing his signaure stencil style. Below that, you can get a look at Johnny KMNDZ Rodriguez' piece in the foreground, and a glimpse of Jeff Soto's work in the background.

A look at the 5 Points tent, where festival attendees were welcomed to work on an Air + Style group mural, adding in whatever artistic elements they'd like.

ASAP Ferg was a crowd favorite of the night, keeping energy high at the event's 'City Stage.' And of course we can't forget about A-Trak, offering the crowd a high intensity mix to ring in the night. J Cole was the long-awaited finale out the night on the event's 'Mountain Stage, closing out the show. Check out a video of Day 1 festival highlights here!

Shaun White's Air + Style is coming back this year, bigger and better. Air + Style is a two day festival at the EXPO Park at LA Coliseum, that consist of live music performances by top level music artists and bands like Kaskade, Omen and J. Cole. There will also be a variety of fashion, art and technology exhibits for people to enjoy. The Air + Style was mainly created to have the world's best snowboarders compete against each other with the infamous Air+Style's 16 story high snowboard jump, and to also acknowledge the global music and art industry as a whole.

Prints on Wood got the amazing opportunity to create a few wood prints for David Cook, also known as Bonethrower. David Cook is from Brooklyn, New York, but currently lives in Los Angeles. He creates color pieces that are extremely bold and mystic, creating his own twist to pop culture figures. His work has even been used by many tattoo artists as well. We created a couple of these large cut to shape wood prints for his exhibit at Air+ Style. These prints are a great example of his bold, colorful and mystic pieces because of the different shapes, and symbols that incorporated with each print.

It's that time again! Extreme sports athlete Shaun White is hosting yet another year of his highly anticipated Air + Style Sports and Music Festival. Beginning February 20th, the two-day event features entertainment from top international athletes including Eric Willet, Antoine Truchon, Markus Kleveland and He Wei. The tour athletes will be dishing out pro tricks on the event's gigantic snow ramp, keeping all of our adrenaline high.

Of course, you can't forget about the undeniably on point music line up offered at this year's event. From Travis Barker performing on the drums, then hitting us with a DJ set, to Action Bronson and headliner, J. Cole, this is a stand out year for the fest for sure.

POW attended last year's Air + Style and can vouch the event is quite unlike any other event offered locally in LA. Half extreme sports and half music festival, it brings the best of both worlds to the forefront. And since art is the world's universal language, you know we had our hand in the festivities as well.

Last year, we brought along Greg Craola Simkins, James Haunt and Jeff Soto to paint live or audiences. This year, we couldn't be happier to announce that we'll have Jeff Soto returning, as well as Nick Walker, Bumblebee Loves You and Johnny KMNDZ Rodriguez coming along for the ride, and painting live with us at Air + Style!

Each of the four artist will be undertaking a 4 foot by 8 foot wood panel, creating something awesome for our viewing pleasure. Additionally, we're stoked to announce that we'll have 4 in. by 4 in. mini wood prints to share with Air + Style attendees. Be very sure to stop by and nab one of these mini prints, and catch our artist roster in action. See you this weekend, February 20th and 21st, at Air + Style!

Just in case you missed Shaun White's Air+Style event at the Pasadena Rose Bowl last weekend, here is a second chance to experience the Prints on Wood booth. (minus the sun, rain, snowboarding, music, live art, free mini-prints, who needs all that anyway! And you save $50 a ticket too)

After a grueling 9 hours of set up, the booth is complete!  And the one of one, signed prints fit in just perfectly.

Mountain Giants by Jeff Soto

Night Nest by Jeff Soto

Leak by Luke Chueh (unavailable)

Bird and the Bee by Luke Chueh (unavailable)

All Eyes on Me by KMNDZ

Mary Becoming Annette by Greg "Craola" Simkins

Never Alone by Greg "Craola" Simkins (sold)

Imagine by James Haunt

See All by James Haunt

Plus a couple live pieces by Luke Chueh and Johnny KMNDZ Rodriguez

The outside of the booth looked just as good by the end of the day.

James Haunt going non-stop

Craola and Jeff Soto, working side by side

Craola and family

Craola's final piece before the rains start to come (and Joe the booth builder extraordinaire!)

James Haunt's finished mural

Jeff Soto's finished piece

and a bit of good humor

Calling it a wrap!  (Soto, Craola, KMNDZ)