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Artist \u201cMammxth\u201d stands in front of one of two murals he painted at Beach Hut Deli in Citrus Heights. \/\/ SB Williams<\/p>\nArtist \u201cMammxth\u201d stands in front of one of two murals he painted at Beach Hut Deli in Citrus Heights. \/\/ SB Williams<\/p>\n
By Sara Beth Williams\u2013
Anyone who\u2019s stepped inside Beach Hut Deli in Citrus Heights is bound to notice two beach-themed murals that lend bold creativity to the laid back atmosphere.<\/p>\n
The artist behind the colorful wall art is Andre Shaw, more widely known as Mammxth (pronounced Mammoth). At the request of owner Matt Dockendorf, Shaw painted two murals following the deli\u2019s interior remodel.<\/p>\n
In keeping with the beach theme prevalent throughout, Shaw painted one mural of a giant shark\u2019s mouth against a bold red backdrop, and another of a skeleton with long blond hair wearing a black bandana, with the ocean, sandy beach, palm trees, and a blue sky in the background. Above the skeleton, large graffiti-style text reads \u201cBEACH HUT\u201d in blue letters and \u201cDELI\u201d in red letters.<\/p>\n
Shaw said during a sit-down interview with The Sentinel that he grew up in North Highlands and would \u201cdraw for hours,\u201d as a kid, but while growing up, he did everything but chase art until he was well into adulthood.<\/p>\n
After he turned thirty, Shaw began to learn to draw detailed caricatures, and when he posted finished artwork online, people began to request custom artwork. From there, Shaw said everything \u201csnowballed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI went from drawing with markers and pencils, doing character-style portraits for people, then got into painting, and the first thing I painted was my daughter\u2019s jean jacket,\u201d Shaw said, adding that the minute he posted it, people began requesting customized painted products from him, such as hats, backpacks and shoes.<\/p>\n
Painting murals wasn\u2019t something Shaw initially saw himself doing, even as his art career began to take off.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started running into people who didn\u2019t want jackets or shoes but wanted artwork on canvases. It was always at the request of someone, and then all of a sudden it got me into something else,\u201d Shaw said.<\/p>\n
As he began painting on canvases, Shaw recalled that a friend asked if he would be willing to do live painting at an art event. After he successfully completed his first live painting, Shaw said he began live painting at events regularly. Shaw live-painted at the first Art Beat in Citrus Heights, led by Citrus Heights Arts founder Gigi Rayford. Shaw said Rayford was the first person to pay him to live paint.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s how I ended up getting more discovered,\u201d Shaw explained. The first time he was asked to do a mural was after a councilmember saw him painting in Oak Park during Juneteenth one year and connected him with Wide Open Walls.<\/p>\n
Now, having grown up in North Highlands, Shaw made it a point to work with schools in the area to paint and bring art onto campuses as much as possible.<\/p>\n
Shaw\u2019s Instagram account shows dozens of photos of customized artwork on hats, jackets, and backpacks, as well as murals he\u2019s completed over the years. Most of his murals pictured on Instagram feature African American caricatures and culture.<\/p>\n
The artwork at Beach Hut Deli was completed during the new owner\u2019s remodel a couple of years ago. More recently, Shaw completed multiple murals on the walls of DarkHeart Brewing, along with another mural on the wall of Stones Gambling Hall.<\/p>\n
As for future endeavors, Shaw has joined with Rayford to help promote the new CH40 Arts District and plans to paint more murals in Citrus Heights but he did not disclose when and where just yet.<\/p>\n
Shaw has also begun to expand outside of Sacramento County and has accepted an invite to participate in an arts festival called Old Town Walls in Ontario, California. The festival features multiple artists from different cities, Shaw said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s time,\u201d Shaw said, when talking about expanding his career outside Sacramento County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Artist \u201cMammxth\u201d stands in front of one of two murals he painted at Beach Hut Deli in Citrus…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":135878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[648,1032,1033,171,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-135877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-design","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115007847581639042","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}