January “Southern Wind” By: Zen Del Rio STORY BEHIND THE IMAGE Dream scape hand painted ceramic tile splash for the home of Stefan Hurwicz. The colors match his beautiful granite countertops perfectly. PERSONAL CONNECTION This image illustrates the power of our local surf community. I was introduced to Zen through his wife Diana that I surf with regularly, only to realize that I also surfed regularly with Zen, but just didn’t know him personally prior to the introduction. We

October “Inside Out” By: Cameron Aldrich   STORY BEHIND THE IMAGE From the artist: Grew up in Cocoa beach Florida, started surfing at the age of 5. Always loved art and the ocean. As an animation and illustration graduate from San Jose state, it pushed me to do a series of paintings from surf travel around the world. Several photographs from our travels inspire me to paint more from real life. I spent significant time on land and underwater during our travels to Indonesia. Se