Limited Edition · Special Artist Series
Tree of Life Stratocaster
Fender × David Lozeau
Where the six-decade legacy of Leo Fender’s most iconic guitar meets the vivid, Day-of-the-Dead spirit of one of California’s most compelling lowbrow painters. A canvas. A guitar. An artifact.
The Artwork
A Living Canvas
Born from Celebration
The Tree of Life design is rooted in one of David Lozeau’s most personal artistic themes — the intersection of growth, legacy, and the endless cycle that connects the living and the departed. Rendered in Lozeau’s signature layered acrylic, gouache, and one-shot enamel technique, the composition sprawls across the entire body of the guitar in bold orange tones punctuated by skeletal figures, flowering branches, and the unmistakable visual language of Día de los Muertos.
Rather than treating the guitar as a surface to be decorated, Lozeau approached each instrument as a shaped canvas with its own structural narrative. The contoured double-cutaway body of the Stratocaster lent itself naturally to his flowing, character-driven compositions — the upper horn framing the canopy, the lower curves anchoring the roots below.
The artwork prints across both the front and back of the body in vivid, high-resolution detail, sealed beneath a gloss urethane finish that protects the imagery while preserving its depth. A laser-etched David Lozeau neck plate completes the collector’s piece, marking it as part of his official artist series.
The Instrument
Standard Strat
Extraordinary Finish
Underneath the art lies one of the world’s most proven electric guitar platforms. The Special Edition David Lozeau Stratocaster is built on the beloved Standard Strat specification — crafted in Fender’s Ensenada, Mexico facility — delivering the playing feel and sonic versatility that guitarists have trusted since 1954.
The modern “C”-shaped maple neck sits comfortably in the hand across 25.5″ of scale length, while three standard single-coil pickups voiced through a 5-way selector deliver everything from glassy clean tones to biting mid-range. A vintage-style synchronized tremolo rounds out the classic Strat feature set.
The Artist
David Lozeau
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David Lozeau — pronounced “Low-zo” — is a San Diego-based figurative painter whose work occupies a singular space between gallery fine art and West Coast street culture. Growing up in rural New Hampshire, he earned a B.A. in Graphic Design from Keene State College in 1997, then spent seven years in commercial print, web, and video production before relocating to Southern California and reconnecting with his deeper creative calling.
“When I first experienced the Day of the Dead — seeing the celebration each year and sharing in the community’s favorite foods and favorite songs — I was moved by the pageantry and beauty of it all.”
It was California’s vibrant Día de los Muertos tradition that finally unlocked Lozeau’s signature style. He developed a distinctive mixed-media process — layering acrylics, gouache, and one-shot enamel (the same pinstriper’s paint used on hot rods and motorcycles) — to create paintings with extraordinarily tight linework, bold color, and a graphic-novel energy unlike anything in the lowbrow world.
Over more than two decades, Lozeau has exhibited in galleries across three continents, collaborated with Disney / LucasArts, Harley-Davidson, El Jimador Tequila, Upper Deck, and — most famously for guitar lovers — Fender Musical Instruments. He has been the Artist in Residence at Disneyland’s WonderGround Gallery, authored and illustrated multiple children’s books, and been featured in dozens of international publications.
The Fender collaboration, revealed at the 2015 NAMM Show, saw Lozeau paint and age two custom Stratocasters for Fender’s invite-only dealer preview — and then live-paint three guitar-themed works in Fender’s booth across the event, giving attendees a window into his layered creative process in real time.
The Full Series
Four Designs. One Vision.
Released simultaneously in March 2015, the Special Edition David Lozeau Art Stratocaster collection spans four distinct designs — each rooted in a different corner of Lozeau’s thematic world.
A modern, playful interpretation of the ancient symbol of life, growth, and connection — filtered through Lozeau’s Día de los Muertos lens.
Viewing NowRooted in traditional Day of the Dead iconography, this design channels love, devotion, and the spiritual power of memory and loss.
Series EditionA tribute to Lozeau’s passion for Japanese mythology, rendered with the same bold linework and expressive character work that defines his signature style.
Series EditionA nod to the beauty and heartbreak that music carries — the rose as a symbol of fleeting beauty, rendered in Lozeau’s unmistakable skeletal hand.
Series EditionFull Specifications
Built to Play
Body & Finish
- ShapeDouble Cutaway
- TypeSolid Body
- MaterialAlder
- Front FinishGloss Urethane
- Back FinishSatin Urethane
- GraphicFull-Body Print, Front & Back
Neck & Fretboard
- Neck ShapeModern “C”
- Neck WoodMaple
- Neck FinishSatin Urethane
- Joint4-Bolt Bolt-On
- Scale25.5″
- FretboardMaple · 9.5″ Radius
- Frets21 · Medium Jumbo
- Nut Width1.653″ (42mm)
Electronics & Hardware
- Pickups3× Standard Single-Coil
- ConfigSSS · Passive
- ControlsVol · Tone 1 · Tone 2
- Switching5-Way Blade
- BridgeVintage Synchronized Tremolo
- TunersDie-Cast Sealed
- Hardware ColorNickel / Chrome
- Strings.009–.042
Own a Piece of Both
Where Guitar History
Meets Living Art
The Fender × David Lozeau Tree of Life Stratocaster is a limited-run collector’s instrument — equally at home on a wall, on a stand, and in your hands.