Tracks Magazine: Used Boards as the Ultimate Bartering Tool
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Tracks Magazine: Used Boards as the Ultimate Bartering Tool
Article by Luke Kennedy
NAS alumni Roman Giuffre was in need of a new surfboard and brokered a deal with Kennedy: rather than diminish his cash supply for the board he offered to create an original art piece.
“I would say my art could be described simply as studies of shape, colour and form… I pull compositions from my environments that catch my eye and try to distil them until they work as a resolved image.” – Roman Giuffre.
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