Talk To Me:

Mike Smack, Jr.

Available for surf photography sessions and mural commissions.

I'm always open to ideas for collaboration, questions, weird thoughts and run-on sentences.

See something you like? Let me know. Prints and licensing opportunities available.

In & around the S2dio. Week 8.
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I call it ‘S2dio’ because it’s the 2.0 version of every creative working space I’ve ever used around the world.

If my art practice were polygamy, then Water Photography would be my first wife.
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I love all the wives, for each their own reasons. Graffiti is a gritty, take-no-shit, perpetual thrill. Studio Painting is a serene, transcendent dance partner. Assemb

“My feet feel great —> I feel great —> I DO great!” - The Invisible Man (@___._________.____)
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Thanks for modeling ol’ friend. It was good to see y-... I mean, good to have you around.
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@comunitymade + @ms.perp c

Some peephole 🤦&zwj;♂️

Fresh prince 👑 🖨
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@whoandwhatareprints always with beautiful work reproducing my paintings and photos.
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I finally decided to quit the coolest job I’ve ever had and take the plunge into practicing my art full time. I’ll be developing

This is what happens when they call up and say ‘do whatever you want.’
. @bers88 & @jessica_alb3rs

Light><Dark
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2020. Water on camera. Oceanside.

LinkInBio.
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I’m painting a limited run of @comunitymade kicks. Here’s 2 reasons you should cop a pair:

-All profits will benefit @interfaithcs, helping people to help themselves.
-No one will ever have the same shoes as you.
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Your feet

Some favorite painting spots of 2020.
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I’ve put paint on walls in 5 continents now. More importantly I woulda done lost my damn mind if I didn’t have these outlets this year. Big ups to everyone who offered me a canvas!!

When I say that I ‘paint’, what I really mean is that I dance around like David Byrne while making a beautiful mess.
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Part 2 of a sesh w @kevinsingerphotography documenting a day in and around my studio space. I love collaborating with o

Part 1: The search and score.

From a collaborative photo essay of my painting process with @kevinsingerphotography

The alleys of Sunset Park are my favorite art store. I find discarded items that make for great canvases, unique art supplies, even n

Ego Death. Or not.
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What a hypocrite! In this photo, I’ve written the word ‘EGO’ and I’m stabbing it to death with a blood red paint marker. All the while, my friend and killer photographer @kevinsingerphotography is taking

Oceanside. From the ocean side.

#sqwirlz 2017.

They buffed the first two go’s. It made a nice background in the end.

Cloistral Cloudzzz.
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Ink, Acrylic, Aerosol on a 3’x3’ wood panel that I found in the alley.

Inkling of Innerspace.
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18 x 24”, ink & house paint on wood panel.
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I made the Bombay India ink because @drphmartins pays me to do that (and it’s fun). Then I threw the colors all over a t-shirt to see what would happen. It bled thr

Watching dung beetles and their giant shadows.

Sometimes swimming out to get the shot IS the easy part.
21.JAN.20 ~ “No one working for the local bus system looks official. No uniforms, nametags, not even clipboards. A few minutes before our midnight departure, two men in clothes, just regu

The goats below my window seem to differ about the waves. I asked them, “Should I surf now?”
One says it’s “baaaaaad”, the other keeps screaming “Gooooooo!”