KELSEY BROOKES: SURF POP ART

Kelsey Brookes is an upcoming artist, gaining a lot of attention in the pop art community and California surf scene. While his work exhibits a strong and creative interplay with figure, abstract forms, text and design, his background is not in art at all, but biochemistry. After working as a biochemist, he abandoned the science because“ I thought I was going to be there for a few months to make some money and get out of there. Four years later I was left wondering if I had become what I always despised – the funny guy at the water cooler, except not so funny. I was the confused, not so funny guy at the water cooler.” Seems Brookes made the right career move, and you can now see his work in a slew of publications like GQ, Paper, Nylon, Juxtapoz, Beautiful Decay, Dazed and Confused and Huck. He has also collaborated on illustration work for RVCA, Vans and Insight 51. Check out some more of Discosalt’s favorites from Brookes portfolio below:

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