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Dennis Mathewson Dennis is truly one of the pioneers of Kustom painting and airbrushing. As a naturally artistic kid, back in the 70's he started out with his first airbrush and after a few years he went to work airbrushing shirts at the Rat's Hole for the late Karl Smith, founder of the famous Rat's Hole Chopper Show in Daytona Beach Florida. After leaving the "Rat Pack" Dennis opened up his own shop and continued airbrushing as well as becoming very adept with the spraygun and applying kustom finishes including goldleaf application, pinstriping and brush lettering. Over the years, he fine tuned his multifaceted talents, to create more than imitate. Not only is Dennis known worldwide for his unique island inspired artwork style, vibrant use of color and highly desired Kustom mixed paints, but he has been a master instructor for over 20 years, sharing his knowledge of airbrushing and kustom painting, filling classes and workshops with students eager to learn and be inspired by Dennis. He also enhanced the Alsa product line by creating his own set of tropical colors, Hawaiian Hues. As the founder and CEO of Cosmic Airbrush, he and his talented staff keep their hands full of constant work. You will see Dennis working long hours to keep up with the workload and to keep things running smoothly, but in this spare time, if there is any, he will make time for his family and carving tikis at his carving station he has set up at home. Nothing makes him happier than to knock out a 4 foot tall tiki on a Sunday afternoon.

Here's a recent post from Dennis on Airbrush.com:

"Hey Gang, Every time I post something I painted everybody comments on my Jelly fish paintings, Well I thought I would share some of my CURRENT work ,hehe These are on metal and sizes..hummmm? around 20"X32" they are currently in Maui at the Diamond head gallery on front street. I used all ALSA solvent base colors and spent about 20 hours on each painting. Hope you like them. Aloha Dennis Mathewson"



	"Here's one I am working on right now. I should finish it this weekend. It's a bit bigger 25"X50" and I added some detailed reef to it (a little different ) Watch for updates on this link this weekend."

	"Here's a straight shot. You can see I masked off the creatures and airbrushed them in. Now I use all freehanding to detail and soften the art. last will be the brush work. I also candied the aluminum and then sanded it. Make sure to use adhesion promoter first before you candy it or the mask will pull off the base candy. I use ALSA plastick... It works GREAT! Check back for up dates this weekend. Aloha for now I hope you like them..." Dennis Mathewson













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