Gregory Barton
Sculptor & Painter Born and raised splitting time between the concrete jungle and the surf, Gregory attended Washington and Lee University, graduating with a degree in sculpture and art history. He recently finished his master's degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and is now pursuing his doctorate at Johns Hopkins University. While his summers are spent with family in New York, Gregory spends his winters in Athens, Greece as an art and art history professor. Not only is Gregory a skilled artist whose talents encompass a variety of mediums ranging from surfboard design to printmaking, his patience for teenage angst is his most impressive quality. |
Matthew Barton
Photographer & Designer Pressing a button since 1995, Matthew graduated from Washington and Lee University with a degree in art and journalism and is currently working on his MFA in photography at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). Matthew also works as an Art Director in NYC. He brings his advertising background and a keen eye for the rule of thirds to Hamptons Surf Company as its primary content creator and digital guru. When not out photographing the horizon line, Matthew enjoys sitting in a dark room coding this website. |
Nick Halleran
MAR Surf exchange Founder Buffalo, NY never felt like home because the sea was calling. While finishing his degree in Psychology with a focus in Counseling, Nick moved to Virginia Beach and got a hard-knocks degree in shaping and glassing custom surfboards in an effort to find the right equipment for the unique waves of the area. The new-found love for VB and board-building combined with a long-growing love of people led him to establishing the East Coasts first and only DIY surfboard factory. MAR Surf Exchange is founded on the pursuit of building a stronger surf culture and community by bringing people together through the art of board-building. |
Matt Leverett
Pastels Glassing Co. Founder Restlessness at heart, the need to create, and a passion for design: all thing that make him tick. Once blood ran through his veins; now resin. Late nights laminating, sanding, glossing and polishing in a horse stable is where you'll find him. |
King David
Abstract Painter & Sculptor Born and raised splitting time between the concrete jungle and the surf, Gregory attended Washington and Lee University, graduating with a degree in sculpture and art history. He recently finished his master's degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and is now pursuing his doctorate at Johns Hopkins University. While his summers are spent with family in New York, Gregory spends his winters in Athens, Greece as an art and art history professor. Not only is Gregory a skilled artist whose talents encompass a variety of mediums ranging from surfboard design to printmaking, his patience for teenage angst is his most impressive quality. |
Ethan Edward
Painter, Musician & Performance Artist Ethan Edward hails from the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Ethan went from musician to guacamole maker to painter to performance artist back to musician and still doing everything else in between. Grab a chip and prepare yourself |
Mom
The Human Sewing Machine Have you heard about the Bayeux Tapestry? Enough said. |
