River’s End – Harold Schlotzhauer

Description

Harold Schlotzhauer is a consummate artist who has created artwork for more than 50 years. Throughout the course of his career, Schlotzhauer has worked to refine his authentic style while redefining the language of abstraction in the wake of Abstract Expressionism and other movements of the mid-twentieth century.

Using a complex system of digital imaging and hand-painting, Harold Schlotzhauer emblazons surfboards, snowboards, skateboard decks, and kites with dynamic pop imagery. No matter what shape or surface he chooses to work on, a mastery of formal compositional elements can be seen throughout. Drawing from influences as diverse as Japanese block printing, Asian and American comic book imagery, and Pablo Picasso’s Synthetic Cubism, Schlotzhauer produces works of stunning originality. 

In California, Schlotzhauer was a founding member of Nut Art, a movement that emerged in the late 1960s and—not restricted by style or medium and favoring emerging formats—embraced eccentricity as part of an ongoing process of self-definition.He has exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions throughout the U.S.