About the Artist:  Dennis Mathewson

While experiencing Dennis Mathewson's artwork for the first time, you will find yourself embracing and sharing his passion for the true Island lifestyle in Hawaii. In each and every one of Mathewson's art pieces, he shares his life and experiences of the Islands. Through his fun whimsical storytelling tiki pieces he portrays his personal views of a lifestyle unique to Hawaii. They are sure to bring a smile not only limited to local kama'aina folks, but malahini (visitors) as well. He combines his exclusive color combinations of underwater life mixing it with beautiful, unique, exotic as well as familiar sea creatures. He shares his own genuine Hawaiian scuba diving experiences through his painting with a realistic natural liquid motion style to his work. His bubbles have become a signature to his style as well as his original industrial metal Island images that he hand grinds onto aluminum showing his diversity, skill and years of past experience. In addition to all this, he has decades of experience in award-winning motorcycle, automotive and industrial custom painting. He has successfully owned and operated his commercial art studio, Cosmic Airbrush, for over 30 years. Mathewson is still presently considered one of the world's "top guns" in this industry with world wide magazine press and articles, too numerous to mention. He is also a freelance writer for numerous trade magazines, a gifted speaker and teacher and featured artist at major events worldwide. All of this comes together in Dennis Mathewson's own unique, detailed art that is highly prized and collected by his enthusiastic fans and devoted art collectors world wide.