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Year: 2025
Size: 14 × 20 inches
Display: Shadow box frame
Medium: Layered watercolor cutouts, paint-marker outlines, and hand-painted glass
Three skateboarding grim reapers commandeer a bright red cement roller while an unsuspecting scooter kid meets an exaggerated and cartoonishly brutal fate. The piece transforms a familiar skatepark rivalry into a ridiculous scene of judgment and revenge.
Concrete Consequences grew from my frustration with scooter kids taking over skateparks. Skateboarding and BMX demand commitment. You carry the equipment, attempt something difficult, fall, get hurt, stand back up, and try again. To me, scootering can feel like the easier shortcut into a space built by people who earned their confidence through failure.
The grim reapers represent the old guard of skate culture defending its territory, while the cement roller turns a petty annoyance into an absurd punishment. Beneath the humor, the piece also examines gatekeeping and the way subcultures can turn struggle into a measure of who deserves to belong. It captures that irrational moment when irritation becomes mythology and every scooter kid suddenly feels like the enemy.
This is dark humor and exaggerated skatepark satire. No scooter kids were harmed in the making of this piece.
Year: 2025
Size: 14 × 20 inches
Display: Shadow box frame
Medium: Layered watercolor cutouts, paint-marker outlines, and hand-painted glass
Three skateboarding grim reapers commandeer a bright red cement roller while an unsuspecting scooter kid meets an exaggerated and cartoonishly brutal fate. The piece transforms a familiar skatepark rivalry into a ridiculous scene of judgment and revenge.
Concrete Consequences grew from my frustration with scooter kids taking over skateparks. Skateboarding and BMX demand commitment. You carry the equipment, attempt something difficult, fall, get hurt, stand back up, and try again. To me, scootering can feel like the easier shortcut into a space built by people who earned their confidence through failure.
The grim reapers represent the old guard of skate culture defending its territory, while the cement roller turns a petty annoyance into an absurd punishment. Beneath the humor, the piece also examines gatekeeping and the way subcultures can turn struggle into a measure of who deserves to belong. It captures that irrational moment when irritation becomes mythology and every scooter kid suddenly feels like the enemy.
This is dark humor and exaggerated skatepark satire. No scooter kids were harmed in the making of this piece.