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| Reflections of Harmony |
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 SURF ARTIST CHRIS DEL MOROBY TIFF HERVEY If you’re a surfer you have likely seen Chris Del Moro’s art in designs for companies such as Patagonia, Honolua Surf Co., Sanuk, Matuse Wetsuits, Thalia Surf Shop, Mitch’s surf shops, Mollusk, his own company, Collectic, and many more. His illustrations have also landed in many magazines, including Surfer’s Path and Surfing. His art and clothing design is known to carry a message of love, environmental protection, political responsibility and historical evolution of the human psyche. From birth, Chris has been a vegetarian and believes that his energy for life stems from his diet of organic foods and produce. The green surf artist’s travels have opened his eyes to the beauty of the world and the people that inhabit it. “There’s a certain flow or rhythm you get into with both [surfing and art]. When you’re on the right board, with the right brain wave and find a good harmony with the sea, it shares a close relationship with making an inspiring piece of work,” Chris explains. The regular-foot rides anything from a 9’6” single-fin log to a 6’1” thruster. He competed through his teens, surfing on the U.S. Surf Team for four years and traveled the world on photo trips. In 2001, Chris became an L.A. County lifeguard and stopped competing in order to focus on the adventure side of surf travel and documentation, as well as his love of the arts. 
Chris was raised in Florence, Italy. At six years old, he moved to the water’s edge in Los Angeles where he quickly learned English and found the great joy of riding waves. “As far back as my memory goes I can remember the three most important things in life have always been family, surfing and art,” Chris says. “My priorities haven’t changed much. I am now 25, surf professionally and am able to travel around the world. My dream of being an artist has blossomed into a career and I am able to live a wonderful life by bringing my daydreams to life.”Like many artists, Chris has been creating art since he could hold a crayon and was busy drawing in his notebooks during school days rather than listening to the teacher. As these sketches mounted in his teens, people began to like his work. The next thing he knew he was selling designs right from his sketchbooks. It was a natural evolution. Most recently Chris has been creating pen and ink work for his various freelance accounts. “I have also been doing some mixed-media acrylic paint and silkscreen projects, clothing design, collage making, surfboard painting and random rock stacking,” he explains. “I tend focus on earth elements and light-hearted messages that will make people have pleasant thoughts when they see my work,” Chris says. “My greatest inspiration for creating is life itself. When I travel or am in the day-to-day, I always have my eye open to interesting designs, thoughts, words or daydreams. In a lot of ways I find comfort living in my dream world, and I try to bring that energy to anything I create.” At 18, Chris began a grassroots movement of clothing, street literature and various artworks entitled Sadking. Chris also began curating and displaying his art works in various shows such as the “Rainbow Revolution” in Rome, Italy, “Tunnels” in Oakland, Calif. and the “High Five Show” in Santa Cruz, Calif. Three years ago Del Moro started a small clothing and art project called Collectic. “We have focused on bringing our family of creative people together to make some unique limited edition lines and radical art,” he says. 
Unique is good way to describe Chris Del Moro’s artwork, inimitable perhaps. His personal philosophy allows him to participate in positive projects that are rich in progression and integrity, “Treat others like you would treat your mother. Respect the Earth we live upon and enjoy life.” www.collecticlife.com
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