Modern Mountain Folklore

The mountains have always been full of stories. Some were passed from campfire to campfire. Others disappeared into abandoned mining towns, forgotten trails, and the silence beyond the tree line.Many were never written down at all.

My work lives somewhere in that space.

Drawing from the culture of the American West, wilderness, skateboarding, skiing, and imagined folklore, I create illustrations that feel both familiar and impossible. Kings wear feathers instead of crowns. Strange creatures wander forgotten valleys. Ordinary places become stages for legends that may have existed—or perhaps are still waiting to.

Rather than retelling mythology, I'm interested in building it.

Every illustration is an invitation into a world where mountain towns harbor forgotten saints, cryptids become local celebrities, and absurdity is treated as fact. Humor and mystery coexist because that's often how real folklore survives.

Whether printed on a skateboard, a ski topsheet, a t-shirt, or hanging on a gallery wall, my goal remains the same: to create objects that people don't simply look at—they live with, wear, ride, and pass on.