Dig Space is a North American born June 13th, 1953, in Los Angeles, California. His family moved north to Santa Clara and he lived there for sixteen years, and then lived in Arizona until he was 31. Dig moved to Amsterdam in 1984, and returned home in 2003. Dig’s style is Futurist Primitive. Zen Tao and Nature are his inspirations. Zen Tao is a philosophy, not a religion. Conceptualization and stylization are important aspects of his work.

Dig began producing art on his own at the age of 13 and has been painting and sculpting since 1966. Dig has studied and created different forms of art throughout his life. Dig’s parents were concert musicians when they were younger,and they knew he had art in his soul, so they encouraged him to explore his creativity.

The name Dig Space is a statement as well as a name. It means “understanding nothingness,” or in other words, to realize that matter and space are relative. Zen Tao teaches that an artist must understand the space around an object, as well as the object itself. Without space, matter could not exist. Without matter, space would be very empty and meaningless. The positive-negative or yin-yang effect is the essence of all existence, and Dig Space has decided it must also be the guiding force in his art. Dig’s designed his logo based on the Zen Tao
concept that the universe is made up of many parts, yet together they make a unified whole.

Futurist Primitive refers to the fact that Dig is inspired to create in a dualistic mode. On one side, he is trying to create art forms imagined from our own future. Yet on the other side, Dig is inspired to create by the great ancient cultures of the world. Even though they were considered primitive, their naturalistic and simplistic approach to art is very much like the modern art we see today. Therefore, Futurist Primitive is an example of a creative yin-yang effect.

Dig 'sculpts' the paint on the canvas with thickened gesso, acrylics and other acrylic mediums to produce a 3-D effect. He signs all of his work with his logo on the front of the canvas, and puts the signature, title and date on the back. Dig takes commissions for paintings as well. Dig Space retains all copyrights to all of his work even though the original works have been sold.

Dig Space does not agree with the dogma that art critics force upon artists. He feels an obligation to challenge the critics and go beyond the dogma, because the foundation of all creative work is the intelligent questioning of the rules.

"To achieve the impossible you must attempt the absurd." Dig Space