3 minute timelapse of 40 hours of graffiti art on the Liquidlogic booth

Sam Ogden has energy!

One of the coolest things about the outdoor retail show this year has been working with and showing off Sam and his work.  Sam created the entire background for our booth at the Outdoor Retail Show.  He just graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts this year and is working on a movie set creating sets for a movie that he can't tell us about.  I'll try to get it out of him.  Sam's creation was over a hundred feet of mural done with over 100 cans of spray paint, and a pile of cheap plywood.  It took him about 40 hours to complete and he had the entire factory checking in late at night as he did his work.  Woody, Bryon, the entire factory and I spent many hours watching the murals evolve as he worked from the background forward into the details that make the whole painting pop off the walls. 

You can check out more of his work on Sam's Website or his facebook page.

Check out this 3 minute time lapse of his 40 hour piece.

We really wanted to change stuff up this year for the Outdoor Retail Show, so we called...Sam-o!

Shane and Sam-o! signing off sometime around midnight

This is going to be our 10th year at the Outdoor Retailer Show so we decided to have a little fun with our booth!  Just when we were trying to make a decision on what we should do to make the exhibit different I met Sam Ogden, an incredible artist just graduating from the UNC School of the Arts in Winston Salem, N.C..  I got to check out some of his work which ranges from graffiti and murals to set design and construction. The graphic murals that he had done immediately caught my eye and everybody at Liquidlogic and Native Watercraft was completely stoked with the idea of having our booth painted by Sam-o!  It was soo fun to watch the process.  I am sure it was a little nerve racking for Sam because most nights Woody, Bryon, Bill, Mike or I would be there just to watch it happening.   It was a good scene all around.  Let me set the scene... open warehouse space, white walls, many many many cans of spray paint, some pulsing electronic music, and a man with a plan.  

I will post more photos of the finished product after the show opens.