I’m a fan of good art. I’ve got art in my home, I love going to galleries in every city I visit, and I have friends and family as accomplished artists. I like art because it allows for everyone who views it to have just a second of meditative contemplation on how a piece affects them personally.
One of my good and dear friends, Andrew Tolentino, is one such amazing artist. Andrew really got fierce into his art in high school, derived amazing cultural and artistic inspiration in college, and then started turning his passion into a movement after graduation. Andrew uses mixed media to bring to life Bosch-like landscapes, cartoonish sketches, and all around wonderful things.
I’ve commissioned art from Andrew before (when we were in college he did an oil on canvas of a stylized Sumo wrestler that now hangs in my office) and I felt it time to do it again with a piece based on his interpretation of my personal company, match head creative. I wanted it to be a large piece, something that he had full control over, using the logo as the launch pad. Andrew brought up an interesting notion: he needed his own website for a portfolio, and proposed a trade, my craft for his
I normally don’t do work for trade, but being able to create a piece of functional art for an artist in exchange for a piece of art? Yes, I think I can do that. Please have a gander and explore the twisted, fun mind of my dear friend Andrew. GET TOLENTINOED.
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