Pendleton is most widely recognized for the large body of skateboard graphics and for the artwork of Pearl Jam's tenth studio album, Lightning Bolt.
[1] Don Pendleton grew up in Ravenswood, a rural town in West Virginia, two miles from Ripley.
[9] Recently Pendleton won a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in January 2015 for his artwork on the Lightning Bolt album cover and illustrations, sharing the win with Jeff Ament, Eddie Vedder, and Joe Spix.
Artists like Neil Blender, Mark Gonzales, and Natas Kaupas were an integral part of his tastes.
Later on, he was exposed to artists such as Picasso, Marc Chagall, Kandinsky and Miro and became a big fan of cubism, abstract modern and minimalist artwork.