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Artist Portfolio: Damian Fulton

Fulton’s world, crammed with battling surfers and billowing smoke stacks, reflects the dysfunctional urban-coast life of L.A. surfers.

BY Damian Fulton |

  • Gold Rush: There is something mysterious that draws the dregs, misfits, and adventure-seekers to the beach. Must be the water. Damian Fulton

    Gold Rush: There is something mysterious that draws the dregs, misfits, and adventure-seekers to the beach. Must be the water. Damian Fulton

  • Tomorrow will worry about itself: A smart atomic mushroom cloud? Don’t know. But one thing’s for sure; this guy has the right tool for survival. Damian Fulton

    Tomorrow will worry about itself: A smart atomic mushroom cloud? Don’t know. But one thing’s for sure; this guy has the right tool for survival. Damian Fulton

  • Dawn patrol: At first glance this painting looks like a pack of hungry zombies, but in truth it’s just a bunch of locals shaking out the cobwebs before the daily surf. Damian Fulton

    Dawn patrol: At first glance this painting looks like a pack of hungry zombies, but in truth it’s just a bunch of locals shaking out the cobwebs before the daily surf. Damian Fulton

  • Gone: Before…after. Damian Fulton

    Gone: Before…after. Damian Fulton

  • Cacophony in Sea Major: Out here in LA, the experience of paddling out is like navigating through an epic movie battle scene. I’ve heard from those in urban surf locales around the world, this is a universal feeling. The title is derived from imagining the accompanying musical score. Damian Fulton

    Cacophony in Sea Major: Out here in LA, the experience of paddling out is like navigating through an epic movie battle scene. I’ve heard from those in urban surf locales around the world, this is a universal feeling. The title is derived from imagining the accompanying musical score. Damian Fulton

  • Covered Up: Try as you might to separate yourself from the corporate world, you can’t. There is no place to hide. Damian Fulton

    Covered Up: Try as you might to separate yourself from the corporate world, you can’t. There is no place to hide. Damian Fulton

  • Full Throttle: Objects in rearview mirror are larger than they appear. Damian Fulton

    Full Throttle: Objects in rearview mirror are larger than they appear. Damian Fulton

  • Locals Only: Ever get that feeling paddling out that you just don’t belong? Damian Fulton

    Locals Only: Ever get that feeling paddling out that you just don’t belong? Damian Fulton

  • Treasure is where your heart is: This has a beautiful plein air look that makes me feel like an artsy-fartsy painter. Truth is, I see myself as more of a storyteller than an artist. The narrative here reminds me of one of those classic National Geographic pictures of some third world kid playing in the shadow of a giant factory. Damian Fulton

    Treasure is where your heart is: This has a beautiful plein air look that makes me feel like an artsy-fartsy painter. Truth is, I see myself as more of a storyteller than an artist. The narrative here reminds me of one of those classic National Geographic pictures of some third world kid playing in the shadow of a giant factory. Damian Fulton

  • Harvest of the inconsolable: Sooner or later we’ll have to take account for our life. Damian Fulton

    Harvest of the inconsolable: Sooner or later we’ll have to take account for our life. Damian Fulton

  • Unstoppable influence of Innocence: In the midst of the mire and murk of twenty-first century existence, innocence and purity is a cherished commodity. Damian Fulton

    Unstoppable influence of Innocence: In the midst of the mire and murk of twenty-first century existence, innocence and purity is a cherished commodity. Damian Fulton

  • Left Behind: There is nothing like a week’s worth of work BS stripped clean by a good surf. Damian Fulton

    Left Behind: There is nothing like a week’s worth of work BS stripped clean by a good surf. Damian Fulton

  • Gulf monitor: Painted during the gulf oil spill. So much saturating news coverage, it even seeped into this piece. Damian Fulton

    Gulf monitor: Painted during the gulf oil spill. So much saturating news coverage, it even seeped into this piece. Damian Fulton

  • Maid in heaven: Preposterous? Yes. But in the tradition of Norman Rockwell, there’s a feel-good story in this scenario. Damian Fulton

    Maid in heaven: Preposterous? Yes. But in the tradition of Norman Rockwell, there’s a feel-good story in this scenario. Damian Fulton

  • Invitation to Wisdom and Folly: Some get an environmental message from my work. Actually, I'm just observing the world I've chose to coexist with. Hopefully the power of this striding surf heroin inspires those who chose to live along the urban coast in spite of the intense density, invasive pop culture, and aggressive posturing. Damian Fulton

    Invitation to Wisdom and Folly: Some get an environmental message from my work. Actually, I'm just observing the world I've chose to coexist with. Hopefully the power of this striding surf heroin inspires those who chose to live along the urban coast in spite of the intense density, invasive pop culture, and aggressive posturing. Damian Fulton

You won’t find any serene beach scenes in the paintings of Los Angeles artist Damian Fulton. His world, crammed with battling surfers and billowing smoke stacks, reflects his long tortured romance with dysfunctional urban-coast life.

The proximity of one of the world’s most diverse and congested cities to the Pacific provides fertile material for Damian’s unique take on the California dream. Car chases, surfer girls with guns, noir nostalgia, a visual narrative that reads like conceptual art for a drama filled surf movie. Damian’s twisted ride down PCH presents a chaotic seaside culture, where Surf City is way more Gotham than groovy.

Through books, magazines, and exhibits, his work has reached Tokyo, New York, France, Germany, Canada, Spain, Hawaii, and Brazil. View more of Fulton’s work at DamianFulton.com.