PÄS: Talk about your mom as an artistic influence… NB: Fully, you have to be or you can get attacked by friends. Blender illustration from Vans Thalia show. PÄS: When is the last time you paid for clothing? PÄS: Did you do any work for the Joel Tudor line, or do you just like to sport it? Check some of the Joel Tudor gear online. NB: I work for Vans doing art, way stoked on them. PÄS: If there was no such thing as Art or Skateboarding, who would you be? The Scorpion was drawn by Larry Gordon’s son, Eric. NB: Coffee Break, Faces, Prayer, and Scorpion. PÄS: What are the names of these graphics? (pictured below) Blender decks I started using paint brushes and ink then. When you changed the shape, you’d want to match up with some new art. Graphics didn’t change too much in the early 80’s. NB: That was my 5th graphic for the bottom of the board in 1985, or 86. PÄS: The guy laying down with the coffee cup. PÄS: I’ve heard you were the first pro skateboarder to have his own artwork on his deck. NB: Mostly Rock, i guess, some Jazz if it’s old, and there’s no sax. "At The Dump" Acrylic on Denim fabric Acrylic on Acetate You can get “line screen” effects with it. NB: I like all surfaces, but Denim has to be a favorite. PÄS: You seem to do your art with (and on) many different mediums. PÄS: Do you use your freestyle skateboarding mentality when you paint/draw? You invented all these epic tricks as a skater, do you think it’s just your creative side? How did you become such an innovator? PÄS: Talk about your study habits as an adolescent… Got older, skated a lot with Brad Jackman, Skip, Weiser, Parsons… Lester… NB: As a young kid i remember Maggie, our German Shepard. PÄS: What did you “want to do” when you grew up? It worked good to weird people out that didn’t already know. PÄS: Is it true you can vomit on demand? Tell us one time when that was beneficial. "Just Another Dream" Acrylic on Canvas and "Squirrel" Print on Cotton NB: Similar answer, I remember going to The Concrete Wave in Anaheim and vomiting after skating for a long time. PÄS: When did you know you were a skater? PÄS: When did you know you were an artist? it’s our hope to publish these interviews through our blog on a regular basis. his influences range from his Mom, Hagop Najarian and John Sollom to MC Escher, Van Gogh and Picasso… Neil recently participated in our “Walt” show in July. he is truly one of today’s contemporary artists with a humble/mellow demeanor. a strange love for cars, his pet animals, and miscellaneous oddities, Neil Blender shares a little about his life as an artist and almost nothing about his life as a pro skateboarder. “That’s what we call gearing up for getting down.PÄS will start its series of Artist Interviews with Neil Blender. Manhead found me and escorted me back to the hotel. Moments later I was in a broom cupboard puking up what I thought was blood (it was undigested steak). I threw a whitey during a screening of the Bones Brigade doc whilst sitting next to Steve van Doren. Later that night I made the mistake (?) of getting hammered with TP after eating a steak. I rambled on uncomfortably throughout in a similar vein to the chrome blog post above. Neil Blender’s G&S Footage section is the most important video part of all time” I walked on stage and said, “My name’s … and I’m an alcoholic. Some years ago during the Vans Downtown Showdown event in Amsterdam (the one with the Palace ashtray/spliff obstacle) I, along with Rowley, Churchill and a couple of other people were asked to go on stage and talk about our favourite video parts. This is great, reactions etc to his Footage part : ī) I’ve just broken up for Easter holidaysĬ) Neil Blender is the most influential pro skateboarder ever - this is a fact - you can argue with that statement but it doesn’t make it any less true.
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