I wanted to be Van Gogh in the third grade. Son of a surfer, I grew up around a lot of music.
Who are you? What’s brought you to this moment in your career? In my painting I think I would like to do something like that, dancing between doom and hope. In it, the instruments are very chaotic and eerie sounding, but the lyrics are really beautiful and about love. I’m very inspired by a Van Morrison song called “The Way Young Lovers Do”. What does your work aim to say? What emotions do you hope to evoke with your paintings? Watch the office exclusive premiere of 'Prelude to Deluge: A Studio Visit with Jeff Sypherd' below. Film directed and Images by Gabriel Armstrong.Apropos of the premiere, Sypherd took the time to talk to us about his inspiration, creative process, and what he has in store for us. But today, the door to Sypherd’s world opens a little wider.Įxclusively on office we’re excited to present the documentary short directed by Gabriel Armstrong. He wears his influences on his sleeve, recreating outlines of other artwork in order to bring you into his world. His work is simultaneously somber and chaotic outlandish and intimate, constantly straddling the space between hopefulness and hopelessness.
Studying Sypherd’s paintings can feel at once uncomfortable and familiar. Referencing expressionist painters of the past as well as tattoo designs from a different time, Sypherd has been quietly making a body of emotional and gritty canvases in his Williamsburg studio. Meet Jeff Sypherd - a tattooer, painter, and a reminder that an artist’s work doesn’t exist in a vacuum.
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