Today we’re talking with Alexis ‘Bosco’ Picard, an artist designer whose work truly comes through as authentic in our current era of cookie-cutter visual media.
His style lives in that interesting space between art and design—you can tell it’s grounded in a serious painting practice. He’s also spent about a decade working at Nike, along with doing graphics for Allitmers and Palace. So yeah, he skates.
Bosco grew up in New York City and did a brief stint in suburban Maryland, but New York clearly left a mark—he ended up coming back for college and got pulled into a really special era in NYC skating, hanging out at Autumn Skate Shop and being part of the Green Diamond crew.
Our conversation gets into how all of that—painting, design, skating—comes together in how he works and thinks. There’s also a lot about what art school teaches you, and the (major) mindset shift that comes with entering the working world. Creative and professional growth get talked about, as they should.
This or That with Bosco coming later this week as a separate post :)
