RANDY LAYBOURNE

RANDY was raised on the west coast of Canada (British Columbia) with mild bears and non-stop drizzle. High school in a small town taught me to run fast from large 4x4 trucks. After two years of community college, I travelled in Europe for a year with a backpack and a skateboard. That experience forced me to talk in many other languages, even if it was only a few words. I realized I did have a Canadian accent. Once back in North America, I went back to college, on the east coast of Canada (Halifax, Nova Scotia) to get Fine Art degree and a Visual Communications (design) degree. My introduction to California was through an internship at Snowboarder magazine, which led me back for more work with them and then a few other skateboard related companies. Now I'm headed home. Vancouver calls me back. I don't know what to expect other than rain and more time to do art stuff and take pictures and of course hang out with my new wife. I'll be back down in California for a solo art show at Oceanside's Swiv Tackle Circus gallery in Jan of 2009. After that we go back to the drizzel.