Dero (b.1989) is a self taught artist exploring the playful balance of optimism and curiosity intertwined between natural ecosystems and a man made world that is inherently less so.

Inspired by tropic and mediterranean latitudes, attitudes and the cultures who have endured the transition to a modern industrial society, Dero creates a version of folk art not dissimilar from himself, riddled with ironic idealism of leisure and whimsical escape.