“I learned that art can be a 24-hour lifestyle. I learned that art can be fun.”

Wayne White is, without a doubt, one of America’s most important artists. He got his start as a cartoonist in New York City, quickly found success as one of the creators of Pee-wee’s Playhouse, and has designed some of the most arresting and iconic images in pop culture.

Beauty Is Embarrassing chronicles the vaulted highs and the crushing lows of a commercial artist struggling to balance his work and his art. Check it out on Vimeo pay-to-view right now >