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lisadbpl Disposable by Sean Cliver

lisadbpl This slideshow was created using Sean Cliver's book, Disposable: The History of Skateboard Art.

lisadbpl "This led to the Schiffer vs Schiffer board war. You can see Powell Peralta's version above."

lisadbpl "George let me know 'gently' that I was being let go but I didn't leave without a bang."

lisadbpl "My new boss, Rocco, at World Industries heard that I had been working on a Schiffer board that PP was going to release in January of 1992 so Rocco said, redraw the graphic and we'll do it first!"

lisadbpl "In November of 1991 was when my fears were finally laid to rest."

lisadbpl "While I was still new at Powell-Peralta they encouraged me to check out books on: Primitive cultures..."

lisadbpl "German expressionists..."

lisadbpl "MC Escher."

lisadbpl "And Third Reich graphics..."

lisadbpl "In the end all of my experiences and relationships with skaters with other artists ended up in my book, Disposable: The History of Skateboard Art."

lisadbpl "When the dust settled this was a board that represented my time at Powell Peralta."

lisadbpl "Two years in I was worried that my inspirations would dry up."

lisadbpl "The Saiz graphic on the other hand, was much more difficult...any ground I gained with the Barbee design was lost as I adapted a style reminiscent of Court's."

lisadbpl "My first real graphic came when I did Ray Barbee's design...Barbee proved to be the easiest to do with his rag doll concept."

lisadbpl "I left the interview thinking I might get a free T-shirt but instead I got a job offer with an opening salary of $18,000."

lisadbpl "I started at the company in January '89 after dropping out of school...I never ended up working with Court."

lisadbpl "Little did I know that the company was full of soap-opera drama between the skaters."

lisadbpl "I came to find out that his style was influenced by the black and white renderings of M.C. Escher, a Dutch artist whom I was unfamiliar with at the time."

lisadbpl "The interview was not going well when a tall man wearing all white clothing rolled into George's office on a pair of skates and introduced himself as 'Court'."

lisadbpl "This was in fact Vernon Courtland Johnson, aka, Court. The artist behind the designs of Powell Peralta's famous Bones Brigade and the skull and cross graphics."

lisadbpl "In October I found myself seated across from George Powell (on the left) in his office."

lisadbpl "Finally in August I got a call saying that they'd like to interview me in Santa Barbara California!"

lisadbpl "In March of 1988 I saw an ad for 'Artist Wanted' at Powell Peralta in a Thrasher magazine. So, I sent in a few old sketches.

lisadbpl "When I graduated from high school in 1987, I relocated to Madison, Wisconsin, and enrolled in MATC where each semester cost $500 bucks."

lisadbpl "I came to learn and love the one brand that stood out amongst all the others, Powell Peralta's Bones Brigade."

lisadbpl "The punk/skateboard culture slammed into Wisconsin in 1986."

lisadbpl "That's when I bought my first board...a $30 deck with the absolute worst graphic, a cheap imported graphic of a dinosaur!"

lisadbpl Disposable - A History of Skateboard Art by Sean Cliver

lisadbpl "Don't overthink the art - create just for the hell of it, not because 'they' think it's funny or cool."

lisadbpl "Don't strip the fun...

lisadbpl and spontaneity from the art of skateboarding."

lisadbpl "I grew up in one of a zillion faceless townships of the Midwest, Steven's Point, Wisconsin."

lisadbpl "In the 80's I was the typical American nightmare in the making."

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