Where were you born? Year, Country, State. Where do you live currently?

 

I was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut USA in 1979.  I currently live in Oakland, CA 

 

 

 What initially drew you to drawing pretty pictures?

 

It was colors, ever since I could remember I have always been attracted to crayons and markers. One thing lead to another and I've been involved in making art in some form or another ever since. 

 

 

 

 

Yosiell Lorenzo

Who is your favorite skateboarder, living or dead? Any ties to skateboarding?

 

Willy Santos.. always portrayed a positive attitude and I was hooked on his board graphics since day one

 

 

Who is your favorite artist, living or dead?

 

Kamisaka Sekka

 

 

When you're not creating amazing works of art, what do you enjoy doing?

 

Love reading up on the occult, divination, things of that sort... watching old horror movies and listening to the Chromatics 

 

 

Who are your biggest influences? 

 

Music tends to influence me a lot.. as of late bands like Isis, Chromatics, The Knife have inspired a lot of my works

 

 

What mediums do you enjoy working in?

 

For my paintings, Acrylic on wood and magic sculpt and resin for my sculpts.

 

 

Anything else you want to tell?

 

I just launched my new website www.sicklings.com based on my sculptures, head on over there and take a little looksy