In 1970, I was turning 29 years old, just 4 years out of art school. I had created a black and white drawing style mascot portrait called 'Johnny.' I made a poster for it and sent it around the world to corporate art departments.

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• John Van Hamersveld:

  In 1971, I put together the 'Johnny Face' drawing as a concept, with the words as part of an image

• John Van Hamersveld:

  'The Next Wave' started as a drawing for a new silkscreen fine art print. I ended up doing the prin

• John Van Hamersveld:

  In 2008, 'Surfer's Journal' published 'The Next Wave' image with an article.

• John Van Hamersveld:

  The drawing of a 'Pipeline Wave' started with Billabong as a commission for their 2009 Pipeline Mas

• John Van Hamersveld:

  For the surf idol Duke Kahanamoku portrait, which I created for the Surfrider Foundation, I took a

• John Van Hamersveld:

  With the Larry Bertlemann portrait, I started with a photograph that I could use for it. I built th

• John Van Hamersveld:

  I look at graphic design as communication, meaning that the work has to have a vibe to connect to t

• John Van Hamersveld:

  In teaching color, you teach people how to look something and see the tone in it and break it down

• John Van Hamersveld:

  Because I went to Chouinard, which then became CalArts, I became a multi-discipline artist - it was

• John Van Hamersveld:

  I'm working on my own work, my own publishing company.