Artist Profile: Teddy Kelly

Teddy Kelly is an amazing artist and visionary.
Using a seven ply canvas, his art is spreading through the skate world. forestskateboards.com currently has 27 decks showcasing his designs.
Teddy has a featured line TAS “The Art Series”. He describes it as, “a window of expression for established and upcoming artist who share the same repect and passion for life and the planet we all create in.”
After the jump click over to read more about Teddy as told by Justin Ruiz.

Teddy Kelly, 27, from Mazatlan, Mexico, now lives and creates in Southern California.
Presently calling Costa Mesa home, he has immersed himself in the heart of the action sports industry and a globally-dominant-creative-region.

As a young boy, Teddy’s early influences were cartoons and animation, especially Disney’s early black and whites. With his growing interest to create, he then started making his own storylines and comics of popular cartoon characters for his own fulfillment and enrichment. As he and his friends grew, so did there interests; as a teenager he found himself being influenced by what were then America’s action sport lifestyles: surfing and skateboarding.
Read more: Teddy Kelly Bio [Volcom.com]
More: Teddy Kelly Profile Page [MySpace]