Cole Gerst

Originally from Georgia, Cole Gerst is a graphic artist and painter currently based in Los Angeles. He grew up surrounded by many outsider and folk artists. The influence of outsider art is evident within his work, which is spontaneous, whimsical, and offers a view into his imagination. Cole rarely redraws an image to perfect it; rather he goes with what comes out of him the first time around. It is his feeling that this keeps the image in its purist state, from brain to canvas.