Gabriel Welch was born with a pencil in hand.  He was raised in Visalia, California where his parents were involved in clown ministry and his father was a local artist.  Gabriel's nickname was "Doodles the Clown" because of his constant doodling.  He has been self-taught since his early years using comic books as his inspiration for his technique.  He attended College of the Sequoias as an Art major and started working with different mediums including sculpting, print making, oil painting, and finally leading to a culmination of mixture of acrylic, aerosols and oils.

Gabriel is an expressive artist painting from life experiences and parts of his philosophy can be seen throughout his pieces.  From 2001 to current he has been developing a playful aerosol style and continues to create beautiful canvas works.  He has painted numerous murals which can be seen around the valley including: Alejandra's Mexican restaurant in Visalia, Mooney Ink Tattoo parlor in visalia, and Monet's Cafe in exeter to name a few.  Gabriel has volunteered his time helping kids at the YMCA to paint murals of the sequoia trees and gives motivational speeches at elementary schools.  He did a live painting at the Juxtapoz issue release party at Club 6 in San Francisco.  Gabriel is the founder of StarGaze Mafia, an artist driven clothing line and toy manufacturer.  Gabriel Welch is a traveler of life leaving his footprints in each piece he creates.