Outsider art is in

A new book called "Surf Graphics" features purveyors of"lowbrow" visual art

By Gary C.W. Chun

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 27, 2012

~~<p>It's not often you'll see a vibrant painting of a tiki-headed surfer shredding a lava flow on display in an art gallery.</p>
<p>But at Diamond Head Gallery the work of Dennis Mathewson is there for all to see, a reflection of the growing popularity of a graphic art style rooted in the anything-goes, hang-loose surf, skateboard and hot rod culture.</p>
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It's not often you'll see a vibrant painting of a tiki-headed surfer shredding a lava flow on display in an art gallery.

But at Diamond Head Gallery the work of Dennis Mathewson is there for all to see, a reflection of the growing popularity of a graphic art style rooted in the anything-goes, hang-loose surf, skateboard and hot rod culture. Login for more...