GREGORY BARTON SCULPTOR & PRINTMAKER 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 has recently finished his master's degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). While his summers are spent with family in New York, Gregory spends his winters as a high school art and art history teacher in Virginia Beach. 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.
MATT LEVERETT FIBERGLASS MAGICIAN 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.
ETHAN EDWARD AV CLUB PRESIDENT Ethan Edward is a new artist in the collective. He hails from the Hampton Roads area of Virginia and is set to release his debut EP titled "daydreamer," this fall. Lose yourself this September.
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.
DAVID RAMPERSAD JR. AKA KING DAVID THA LION A Brooklyn native, Flatbush to be exact, David uses the oils on his brush to impart on us the rich cultural experiences and values of his ancestors from Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica. David started his art education through the Prep for Prep program in NYC, later attending high school at The Dalton School in Manhattan and finally receiving his BA from Gettysburg College. David pulls from abstract and subconscious emotional wells to both embody and respond to the uncanny nature of the human experience.
MOM THE HUMAN SEWING MACHINE Have you heard about the Bayeux Tapestry? Enough said.
