IMPORTANT FOUNDATIONS AND INSPIRATIONAL ASPECTS I STRIVE FOR IN MY DAY TO DAY LIFE.
LIFE IS FULL OF CHALLENGES, FEARS, SELF DOUBT, AND STRIFE JUST TO RATTLE OFF A FEW.
THE ARROW REMINDS ME TO PUSH MYSELF, RISE ABOVE MY GOALS AND CONQUER CHALLENGES.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY NOR AM I ALWAYS ABLE TO RISE ABOVE CERTAIN OBSTACLES (SORRY I'M HUMAN!)
YET I'LL TRY WITH ALL MY EFFORTS AND IF THAT DOESN'T SUCCEED
I CAN ALWAYS TRY AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN UNTIL I SUCCEED!
ASIDE FROM THAT THE ARROW SYMBOL IS VERY ICONIC,
VERSATILE, AND JUST PLAIN FUN TO JUXTAPOSE INTO CERTAIN STREET SITUATIONS.
THIS SECTION IS A RANDOM COLLECTION OF DIFFERENT ARROWS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD. ENJOY!
It was like trying to find a needle in a haystack...well sort of.
Miami, U.S.A.
London artist Eine and I get on like a house on fire.
We both think alike and have many years of getting over on the police. This area of Miami has literally 100+ shutters.
Eine and I asked permission for a few shutters on this street. We started painting the shutters we had permission for
hoping that the police would arrive. Sooner said than done the police arrived and asked to see our permission slip to paint that shutter.
we showed the police the permission slip and most importantly told him not to be concerned as we were going to be painting more shutters in the area.
After finishing the legal shutters we took a break for breakfast and bloody marys at a near by restaurant.
We returned and painted illegal shutter after illegal shutter whilst the police patrolled the area not at all concerned with us!
It was 'Siiiiiiiick' as Eine would say.
We would start painting a shutter, finish painting it
drink a beer, then move to the shutter next to it and start it all over again...ad infinitum!
painting broad day light illegals whilst police watching you from across the street was legend.
Miami, U.s.a.
I reckon we probably stopped to drink another beer during that hot Miami sunday.
Shuttertown, U.S.A.
Shuttertown, U.S.a.
I sorted Eine out with some colours and he started his 'Vandals' piece seen here.
Whilst we had one ladder I started on the other corner painting ground level arrows.
tick another one for the broad day light illegal.
Miami. u.s.a.
Shepard's Poster was a nice addition to this wall.
Miami, U.S.A.
Wooden arrow, collage under screen print over,
resin seal for eternity!
Wooden arrow, collage under screen print over,
resin seal for eternity!
MY REPLY IS, DOES IT MATTER IF IT IS OR ISN'T?
MY PHYSICAL APPEARANCE SHOULDN'T MATTER BUT PEOPLE GET SO STUCK ON
ANOTHER PERSON'S LOOKS AND HOW THEY CAN MATCH A FACE TO A PERSON'S WORKS.
I PREFER TO KEEP MY ANONYMITY AND NOT RUIN YOUR IMAGINATION
*OR MAYBE I'M JUST SAYING THIS CAUSE THAT IS ME IN THE PHOTO?
SAN FRANCISCO, U.S.A.
WALKING AROUND PARIS AT NIGHT I SAW THESE CAMERA'S
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THEIR BLIND SPOT.
WILL SMITH's SCREAM CAN BE HEARD BUT NOT SEEN.
AAAAHHYYYAAAAAEEEE
PARIS, FRANCE
LARRY ALWAYS SAID THAT I HAD TOURETTE'S SYNDROME
BECAUSE I USED THE 4-LETTER WORD A LOT.
I DIDN'T BELIEVE HIM THEN, BUT NOW I SEE WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
REALLY HELPED THIS PIECE OUT! I'M BEING 100% SERIOUS!
THE FLOW OF THE WHITE LINES COMPLIMENTS THE THEME OF THE ASCENDING ARROWS.
THE PIECE TAKES ON A NEW ELEMENT AND ENERGY THAT IS WAS LACKING
I'VE SAID IT ONCE AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN THAT THE STREETS
ARE "BEAUTIFULLY UGLY" AND THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT PAINTING
IN THE STREETS, THE ARTWORKS ARE VULNERABLE TO THE ELEMENTS,
PEOPLE CAN RE-PAINT, PISS, PUKE, LAUGH,
OR PHOTOGRAPH THE WORKS DEPENDING ON THEIR INTEREST
NEW YORK CITY, U.S.A.
OF THE HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITY ARROWS
*DON'T HASSLE THE HOFF"
LOS ANGELES IS SO PERFECT FOR OVERHEAD ARROW MOBILES AS THE CITY
HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF AMAZING SPOTS WHERE LITERALLY 100,000+ CARS DRIVE BY.
IT WAS MY 3RD VISIT TO L.A. WHERE MY SOLE PURPOSE WAS TO HANG ARROWS.
I FELT LIKE GIVING HOLLYWOOD A LARGE DOSE OF EXACTLY WHAT IT OBSESSES ABOUT;
MOVIES AND THE ACTORS THAT MAKE HOLLYWOOD SO UNIQUELY SCANDALOUS.
"HOMELESS, NOT HOPELESS *
"HOMELESS, NOT HOPELESS*
THIS IS THE "HOMELESS, NOT HOPELESS" PRINT
100% OF ALL THE PROFITS WERE DONATED!!
"HOMELESS, NOT HOPELESS *
"HOMELESS, NOT HOPELESS *
Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Cheap jokes, cheap paint and even cheaper beer.
and a six pack of beer consumed my friend had a new face lift on his house.
I one-up'ed him with cheap jokes and told him his property value was on the 'rise'
Brussels, Belgium
Brussels, Belgium
THE PRINT HERE*
THE PRINT HERE*
That might sound like a lot but 4-months later I only had a few hundred left.
