This is taken from the description of the board, that I don't even think Toy Machine read it and just put it on their website.
"So the artwork on this skateboard deck itself is of a painting which I painted originally of a beautiful lady. When I say “pretty” I unfortunately mean that in a purely cosmetic way. Turns out she was actually quite a deceptive and mean person. All that aside, her breasts transformed mid painting into alligators due to the nature of how she would snap at me for one reason or another. I found it appropriate to paint alligators on her breasts for this reason and that’s basically that. I am totally stoked The board and to be working with TOY MACHINE in general. In regards to TOY MACHINE as a company, I was naturally massively flattered to be asked to make an artwork for a board, and not just any board- this was for like one of my most favorite skaters at the moment! Like it’s not only because he’s skateboarding skill is super fuck off exceptional but also because of his major positive attitude. To put it simply; dudes exactly the kind of good vibes peeps I want to hang amd work with in my life. On TOY MACHINE in general ; like what can I say- TOY MACHINE is fucking dope and honestly the creator - Ed Templeton - dudes a fucking legend to me, Ed is the real deal and I know this because I’ve paid attention to what he and his girl have been doing for like over 20 years now and it’s always fucking rad. I met Ed’s skateboarding, art and photography work before I met Ed himself and on all occasions I was blown away. The year was 2002 and I was visiting NEW YORK CITY for the first time ever. I was in town to do a residency/mentor ship with painter MAX GIMBLETT, at the time he was based right there on the Bowery. There i was, alone in a new city, my first time to New York City and it was deep winter. I was such a kid I even took a snowsuit which I soon realized was a bit of an excessive decision once realizing I was having to take it on and off as I went in and outdoors so much. Point of the story is that one of the first galleries I stumbled upon (which I was so thankful I did) was DEITCH GALLERY where the ‘beautiful losers show’ was on. I immediately felt right at home and was so glad to see that they had built a full size ply wood indoor bowl with pool coping and all. So naturally being as naive as I was, as well as taking a stupid as fuck snowsuit I also brought my skateboard, obviously! because that’s what you do when you’re like 20 years old and you go to New York City for the first time right. It was there that I met Ed‘s artwork and the works of a lot of other great artists that really changed the way that I thought about making my own work that in turn helped to encourage me to pursue what I was kind of already on the track of pursuing. I remember being encouraged to do some tags on the bathroom installation that BARRY MCGEE had done and like that whole “the beautiful losers” show with Cheryl Dunn’s work and obviously Margaret’s paintings , obviously Espo, Phil Frost, the Gonz etc. I was like damn everybody just just blew me away and like the whole historical situation with legend curator Aaron ROSE and JEFFERY DEITCH and how it was all so real, it all just kind of clicked into place and I just feel like that would be Tony point and I pretty much hold you know Ed and you know that whole situation feel Frost responsible for being so awesome and I’m sharing that with me and simpson have become unique really great friends and maintain and you need to be high standard of inspiration to me to this very day. I think what like most impressed me (outside of his skating and art)and that kind of really stood out to me, was the way he did this interview walking backwards for like the whole time and that you know that was the nail in the coffin for me as falling in love with the art of Ed Templetons brain. Ok I’m babbling now, look - to be asked to make some work for TOY MACHINE is a huge honor for me. So yeah I’m all about it you know I’m obviously a skate or die motherfucker, obviously the search for chin lives within me, preschool that shit like star wars to kids my whole life, skatings the source just like the TAO. Oh hold on I should mention I got shows of my artworks coming up that I sneak info through on my website and Instagram hooks- it all under like my name- ANTHONYLISTER.com / I kinda also got this other thing I sometimes update with weird shit for sale like stupid lol action figures and even stupider shit like my spit and pubes on this website slash kind of store thing called- listerdangerzone.com -but no one really visits websites anymore or even goes on the internet these days so yeah like I guess you’ll just have to take my word for it that it. Fact is- on occasion I trim my pubic hairs, put em in jars n auction them (among other somewhat random artifacts) from this jump off. So yep that’s my story.
ANTHONY LISTER 2020"
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