The Corner

More college stencil art. But a painting is on the way -- honest!

A Thinking Man

Sorry, I didn't want this to become a graffitti blog. But I've just moved to upstate New York and haven't had the time to sink my teeth into anything too artistic. Hopefully that will change when class starts next week. For now, enjoy this little postcard -- I found it whilst looking for the cafeteria.

Mean Streets

Cool street art in an otherwise vanilla-looking city.




I'm still trying to figure how the third painting was done. Is that crayon??

Inked Up

Phew. I've been working on this piece for about five days straight. It should've been an easy task but I kept spraying over and re-working the "tattoos" until I was happy with them all.

Stormhobo, 60 x 90 cm
Enamel and marker on particleboard
Painted July 2009

Simple premise, really. The props and pose are derived from a photo of a homeless Vietnam veteran while the quotes and adornments are taken from the helmets of American G.I.'s.

Here are some detail shots:






I was toying with the idea of a graffiti-on-graffiti deal and the stormtrooper provided a clean drawing template. I guess its also a commentary on the sad state of this day and age -- we are more likely to recognise a pop culture reference than to identify significant events in our own immediate history.

I can't say I'm above this either -- when I was a kid all I wanted was a lightsaber and Marty McFly's hoverboard from "Back to the Future II".