Skye Walker was born in Big Bear, California in 1978. His parents, Morris and Lynn Walker were musicians, entertainers and artists. When Skye and his younger sister Amoris were old enough, Morris took the family on the road as the EarthWalkers, a family band that focused on bluegrass music, comedy and a message of saving the planet. They traveled all over the United States performing mostly for schools and entertaining thousands of kids and adults alike. Throughout all their travels Skye remained focused on art. This led him to a pre-college visual arts program called JumpstART at Oregon State University. Through college (also at OSU) Skye did a lot of various commercial art projects including lots of murals on campus. While he loved murals, he focused on fine art and then transitioned to Graphic Design. Skye received a BFA in Graphic Design in 2001, packed his bags and surfboards and moved back to Southern California and went straight to Cardiff by the Sea. He’d been in and out of Encinitas his whole life and he knew he wanted to live there so he could surf as much as possible. Throughout Skye’s professional career, he’s worked in-house and on a contract basis for companies such as: Rip Curl, Redsand, prAna, Dragon, Nike, Liquid Force, UCLA Athletics and more. Three years ago, Whole Foods contacted Skye about doing murals for their Encinitas store. Since then Skye has created murals for six Whole Foods stores, Mesa Rim Climbing Gym, Surfy Surfy, Pandora’s Pizza, Bird’s Surf Shed as well as large murals in Colorado and Texas.
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