COSTA MESA, Calif. (KABC) -- Chuck Trout loves collecting art that reflects his passions, especially surfing, but when the Palisades Fire tore through his home in January, all that was left were charred remains.

"We put a good fight up, but it was time to get out of there, and we lost the house and everything in the house," he said.

It could have ended there, but from those ashes came the start of something new, sparked by a visit to a friend's home.

"I saw this cool art that kind of looked like it was the material of a surfboard," recalled Trout. "I love to surf and lost all of my surfboards in the fire, and this piece of art kind just kind of popped. It was colorful, it was crisp, I thought it was just kind of clean."

That piece was the work of contemporary artist Pierce Meehan ,

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