Dennis Mathewson

Framed by a bevy of ancient petroglyphs, this fiery piece features an animated warrior tiki statue surfing a traditional Hawaiian surfboard on a heaving wave of molten lava. Rendered in an illustrative, surreal style and with a wisp of smoke trailing from his segmented wooden dreadlock, this original painting is inspired by a love for the ocean as well as the roots of Hawaiian culture and powerful Hawaiian natural environmental forces.