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He was always invisible to her. No matter how much he loved her, it seemed she always looked right through him. Banished to the background it seemed he was doomed to forever proclaim his love from afar. Oh but that would change! This time, things would be different! This time she will come to know his love and desire for her, this time she would know his name!
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In graffiti, the letter “O” is a wildcard. You can creatively replace it with imagery like hearts, characters and such but one of the more popular substitutions is the iconic bowling ball with a lit fuse explosive! I hoped this element would lend a sense of danger and of time running out on my characters, purely for your entertainment only!
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(Subtitled) Graffiti, Art de la criminalité? Crime passionnel? Carrière ou l’amour choix? Voir les nombreux niveaux du graffiti sur ce train émotionnel va explorer! (Graffiti, Art of crime? Crime of passion? Career or love choices? See the many levels of graffiti this emotional train will explore). This film is ebonically subtitled.
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The simple flowing, pop 3D letters in subtle colors is what confidently remains in the background and is what allows for the story to continue to develop. These letters are the antithesis of graffiti yet they can also stand alone on any wall or any painting. This could only mean, if I painted them on a wall today, I wouldn’t be laughed at!
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My first apartment on Bedford and South 1st, in Willie B, Brooklyn, was where I understood what it would be like to have a space that was not connected to my immediate family. It was big, spacious, clean and cheap. Outside was another world! When KRS 1 sang, “The girlies are free cause the crack cost money” I understood completely what he meant! I often and secretly wished many times that a barbarian-ish diva would arrive one day and vanquish the knuckleheads and dealers on my block. While never wanting to be thought of as a punk… real gunshots can test anybody’s courage.
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I often say, these days, I don’t struggle as much as I used to, but struggle is definitely an integral ingredient of my work. I always try to be inspiring and encouraging to fellow artists, especially to the younger artists of today, because I remember how much I struggled when I was younger. I grew up in the projects of lower Manhattan and it was not very much fun then as it may seem now. Brooklyn was no upgrade either. It always seemed the city’s streets were just another force to deal with daily, something else out to get me. My parked car (a business necessity that replaced my skateboard) constantly fell victim to thieves and ticket writing police. Funny how the two never ever crossed paths, but they were always out there, prowling around, waiting to catch a moment when I wasn’t looking to pounce on me. This painting is not a bitch-fest but instead, a confirmation that good, along with perseverance, can come from bad.
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The Baby Dragon idea came to me over 25 years ago and is more a personal piece for myself than anyone else. I actually attempted to paint him on a subway way back when but had to abandon the mission after a shard of glass went through my sneaker into my foot. First-aid immediately became the goal, but in the back of my mind I always knew I would return to Baby Dragon and finish him with due justice!
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Neptune is the mythical Roman god of water and the sea. Many stories abound of Neptune but few realize that of all the gods, he was the party rocking, night-breaking, raiser of roofs kind of god; Neptune gets down! Rocking and breaking beats making the waters crash hard over stone and land. White water stallions stampede the dance-floors in their fantastical chariots made of bass and treble. These are Nep-tunes inescapable beats that flow from land to sea!
We have all been there; we have all experienced the kiss-off in some way or another. Sometimes, we are responsible for delivering the kiss-off and sometimes, we are the recipients. This is a harsh staple of life and an important part of us becoming who we are. I remember having to consciously force myself to get over the idea that some people just didn’t prefer my company. Luckily, age and wisdom (there’s that wisdom thing again!) have assisted me greatly in building the attitude needed to become my own self. I’ve realized the best result you can have for yourself is yourself, minus the fear; fear of scrutiny, and fear of the inevitable Kiss Off!
War is evil; no matter how esthetically pretty this picture is, it depicts war, and that’s simply ugly. After all, what is pretty about the business of war, the deceptions fed to us to begin a war or the privatization of the business of war for profit? (It was never about getting the oil but to control it). The truth is, real war is just pure evil. In such an advanced and intelligent society that we claim to live in, how is it that we have let ourselves be in a war lasting over 8 years (at the time of this painting)? The score is evidence that this war isn’t a game: US casualties = 4459 and Iraqi casualties =110,000+. Not so pretty is it? In creating this painting, I am, in my own way, protesting. This is how I choose to deal with the anger and feelings about war, at least my protest is civilized!
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They play music in heaven and hell, don’t they? But, I wonder who rocks the party harder? Do the sinners really have more fun? Are the saints that repressed that they can’t get their groove on in the jam of all jams, the jam of life? How much fun could heaven be like if it were filled with so much good to begin with? We all know the best times in life come from some element of naughtiness, mixed with the possibility of danger are present! When we remember our best times, don’t most come with a self-disclaimer? I’m not talking about loved ones or good times with the family, I’m talking about the best of times in your life! Remember those times? Were they heavenly? Were the hellish? Would you do them again if you could? Let’s blur the lines already!
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Don’t mess with these notorious nymphos of mayhem! They steal, they rob and yes, they shoot! Armed with their signature pink pistols, this “Pistola Posse” will sear a scorched reminder on every soul they cross and or think may have crossed them! Money and greed are the only ingredients to their lethalness!
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I chose two relatively simple flowing and readable styles for the words “Hellcat” and “Honey’s” purposely because they are unalike. They show how two different styles can co-mingle quite effectively. The painting already had so much of a storyline I thought a more complex style of letter would compete too much and take away from the painting’s message. That’s why both of these styles are simpler and more readable.
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What is it about the positively “EVL” thought of someone attractive not wearing underwear? Why is it so seductive and so sexy to us? I have pondered this so many times, for so many years and still can’t come up with any valid explanation. A friend recently mentioned to me that she wasn’t wearing undergarments; based on this alone, I couldn’t stop my mind from racing thoughts of all kinds of sexy encounters! So, for whatever the reasons are that drive us into naughty, naughty wonderlands, may they continue, because I really love it!
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“Drivers on your marks….” Cars roar and rumble and the ground shakes as fuel-filled nitrous monster machines prepare to rip up roads in your back yard! The attraction to danger and speed is the only thing needed to amp up the testosterone infused wild group of fast teens in even faster cars! The winner always gets the spoils; aren’t they called “spoils” for a reason?
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In the words, “Need” and “Speed” I went way back to a style I used in the late 80s. I wanted the letters to lean dramatically to convey a linear east to west type of motion. The letters are inspired by the hugely popular and illegal street racing culture and literally pop off the canvas simply by use of bright coloring. Bright colors reach the eye faster than darks, see, I learned something in high school.
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When I first thought of Roots of EVL as the title for my 7th collection, I knew I would be able to play on the many connotations of evil as well as my own creative EVL’s. Then it struck me! How could I imagine an evil (EVL) show without first imagining the most primal of dastardly deeds ever committed in the name of evil? Original sin, the very first evil that taints every descendant’s soul originating from lust, greed and temptation! This is the hottest story ever; an Eden-like paradise filled with sinister serpents made from fallen angels, banished from the heavens and the provocateur of the first man and woman created! Delicious!
I have an idea to one day open a bar, a bar unlike any other bar ever before. This bar will be unique because it will staffed entirely of strippers, both male and female. I adamantly declare that it will not be strip club; what makes my bar different? My clientele, stalkers! Stalkers of my staff to be precise! My staff will invite their stalkers to the bar, making it the spot for the best stalker stories! We’ll have best stalker awards and prizes! Mixing proper cocktails is not a necessary requirement because stalkers will drink whatever is poured for them, and like it! They will also pay any amount deemed fit to charge, and like it! Don’t like it? There’s the door, stalk someone else! There will be a separate menu and cover charge for any voyeurs who just want to watch all this splendid abuse! I will be rich beyond my dreams!
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3D graffiti doesn’t always have to be letters, it can also be shapes, the graffiti is felt by its signature curving and twisting flow. Your eyes send images to your brain so when you see abstract shape, your brain will try to find imagery to reference it too. You see these shapes and they feel like graffiti, you see these colors and your brain tells you it’s floral, just using a simple brush stroke your brain references tiny flowers and tiny flowers then gives the impression of a large structure. That’s what it’s like walking in my Graff Garden.
