Jay Alders

Jay Alders
Born	New Jersey, United States
Nationality	American
Known for	Painting, photography, graphic design
Website	Official Site of Jay Alders

Jay Alders is an American fine artist, photographer and graphic designer. He is best known for his original surf art paintings, and is a well-known profile in surf culture for his work with musicians, artists and cause organizations.

Alders was born and raised near the Jersey Shore in Howell Township, New Jersey. This environment provided an early-childhood influence for beach culture. Alders openly attributes surfing as one of his artistic inspirations.

Alders attended Montclair State University and earned a bachelor's degree in art in 1996.

He was also a member of the fraternity Theta Xi and illustrator for the Montclarion college newspaper.

According to his website, Alders' stylistic influences include Salvador Dalí, M.C. Escher and Ingres, among others.

Although Alders drew and painted since childhood, it wasn't until his mid-20s that he started displaying his work at regional art shows.

In November 2007, Alders toured Brazil with musicians Donavon Frankenreiter, G Love and Matt Costa as part of the Billabong-sponsored Mostra Festival AlmaSurf. The tour also included surf artists Nathan Gibbs and Celine Chat, as well as other prominent personalities in the surf-entertainment industry. The tour helped push Alders' work into the global market, landing his artwork in art galleries, on skateboards and surfboards and television, including Fuel TV.

In 2008, dietary supplement company Emergen-C used Alders' artwork for a new packaging design, with a portion of the proceeds donated to the Surfrider Foundation.

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