Art, to me, has never been a discipline I learned, it has been a language I gradually remembered how to speak.
I began drawing at a young age, driven less by instruction and more by compulsion. I have always worked with my hands, building, dismantling, modifying, and re imagining objects simply to see how they could exist differently. That instinct eventually found its way into painting, and over time into mixed media, where acrylic became my primary voice and experimentation my method.
I work across abstract, contemporary, pop, and street art as separate bodies of work rather than a single blended style. My mind resists staying in one place for long, it constantly searches for change, contrast, and new visual problems to solve. Each style allows a different type of thinking and a different emotional tone. Moving between them keeps the work honest and prevents repetition, because familiarity is often the enemy of discovery.
Growing up in the Los Angeles graffiti scene of the 1990s shaped my foundation as an artist. The city was my first gallery and immediacy was my first teacher. Graffiti taught me clarity of identity, confidence in gesture, and the understanding that style is not an aesthetic choice, it is a personal signature. That influence continues to inform every piece I create, whether visible or not.
My work frequently incorporates non traditional materials including concrete, wood, resin, glitter, stone, gems, UV paint, and found elements alongside acrylic paint. I am drawn to surfaces that carry their own history and physical presence. Technology sometimes becomes part of the piece through light or reactive components, but always as a supporting element rather than the subject. Material choice matters to me because texture and substance communicate before imagery does, the viewer feels the piece before interpreting it.
Storytelling is central to my process. Each piece carries fragments of memory, humor, tension, and lived experience layered beneath the surface. I aim to create work that reveals itself over time, immediate enough to engage yet complex enough to reward a second encounter.
My artwork has appeared in magazines, clothing lines, advertisements, and collaborative projects that allowed the work to live outside the wall and inside everyday life.
The followers of Herbistry420 know me through cannabis culture and education, but art has been part of my life long before that work began. Sharing my artwork here is an introduction to another side of who I have always been, and it also helps support Herbistry420’s continued growth and development. To everyone who chooses to support my artwork, I genuinely appreciate it more than I can properly put into words.
Thank you sincerely for taking the time to view my work.
Nothing but love,
Fordee @ Herbistry420
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