Hawaii-native Sean Yoro, aka Hula, traditionally worked with paint on wood panels, until the day he combined his surfboarding skills and creative character, and took to the seas in search of street art-style canvasses. Hula grew up on the island of Oahu, where he spent most of his days in the ocean. Although he grew up dabbling in graffiti, watercolor, and tattoo art, he didn’t take his work seriously until he began to paint the human body when he was 21. Instead of applying his paint to walls and surfaces in urban environments, Hula made his way to abandoned spaces and untouched building façades only accessible by water. Carefully carrying cans of colored paint on the edge of his board, the now New York-based artist sources seaside locations in the creation of his most recent series of female portraits, half submerged in the surrounding water.
The series of artworks comprises four female portraits, each painted with distinct hyper-realism. While their faces are painted on the wall, their bodies ‘hide’ under the water’s edge — the perfect placement for them to appear as if they are serenely floating in the surrounding abyss. The pool of water below reflects a semi-transparent image onto the surface, making the faces seem as if they are looking into a mirror.
In addition to painting on building façades, Hula uses cracked surfboards as a surface to paint his female portraits. You can see more of his work on his Instagram, here.
Submitted by: Crystal
Source: Design Boom, CNN
