Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Painting at ASR last weekend..




I did a few graff designs for this newbie snowboard apparel line called Lernair. I also rocked some quick throw up stuff on their booth walls for the ASR convention in San Diego.

I decided what the hell, I'll head out there and see what all the fuss was about, maybe do a live painting or two. This was the result.






Who would've guessed that chicks get all hot and bothered by this type of stuff! Hopefully I'll remember this in my next lifetime....



Here's a small video from Label Networks, if you pay attention, you might see me throwing some brushstrokes...

Thursday, January 18, 2007

This is my quote from the L.A. Times...

..."In contrast to gang graffiti, artistic graffiti has nothing to do with territory, threats or violence," says Crewest owner Alex "Man One" Poli. "Artistic graffiti is all about expression."

A respected graffiti artist in his own right, Poli moved his 5-year-old gallery from Alhambra to a bigger location in downtown L.A. last March and says his new gallery has been well received by the artistic community and is part of Gallery Row and the Downtown Art Walk.

"The new location brings people into the gallery who normally wouldn't think twice about a gallery featuring graffiti art," he says. "The art's really powerful and bold, and it really captures people's attention once they see it, and when they learn it's done with a spray-paint can, it really blows their mind."

Read the article in it's entirety here:
Off the streets, into the gallery

Saturday, January 06, 2007

Will the real slim shady please stand up?

I never thought my mug would be so heavily scrutinized, but thanks to an earlier blog photo of me with Slash (Velvet Revolver) and Ash (Conart) the word is I might be part African American.
Check out the controversy at Velvet Revolver Forum

Some people just have too much time on their hands...

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

We lost "LA Batalla"

As I was strolling through East Los the other day I stumbled upon a work crew removing one of my old murals. The owners wanted a new facelift and decided to sandblast the entire wall.



This mural was created in 1998 and got lots of respect from the neighborhood. The theme of the mural was the Battle for Humanity or "LA Batalla por la Humanidad".
It took me 2 months of off and on painting to prime, buff and spray paint the 30' x 80' mural all using my own buff and spray paint.

The mural was self-commissioned (meaning I didn't get paid) done for the love of the art.



Eventhough I'm gonna miss not having it around, the old folks home accross the street will miss it more as they go back to staring at a blank wall...

Lowrider Arte Featured Artist!

I was lucky enough to be selected as the first graffiti artist to get a cover and full 6 page spread in the magazine!

It's on newsstands now, get a copy while you can!

Here's the online version...



Big ups to Edgar for hooking it up with some clean pics!


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