Post Its

So if you've followed my blog at all you'll know that I'm a big fan of graffitt art. I headed out to the Motherland for Memmorial and was SO excited when I came across these:

So along the highway through the Navajo Nation, you'l see a lot of these jewelry stands. There are a bunch here to attract Grand Canyon tourists and road trippers. I don't know who the artist is here. Some of the pastes were ripped down and others I didn't get pics of. They were mostly along the Tuba City junction area. So what do you think? I'm just happy to think that the art is spreading through Navajo Lands and its awesome to see that the art is Navajo based as well, our staples: sheep (dibe aren't they so cute?) and corn (nadaan), ha! I'm kicking myself for not turning around to grab some other photos. We decided we could just stop on our way back but ended up heading home a different way. Anyways, let me know what you think!

Aho! :)

Alien Encounters...

I'm sitting here sipping on hot Peppermint tea on this drizzly day...ahhh...todays blog post is solely to post about a recent sighting! I've been a huge graffiti/street art junkie for quite sometime now.  I posted about seeing "Exit Through the Gift Shop" which did a slight background on Space Invader...I was in Hollywood (Larchmont Village) this week and spotted this in a kicks store:

Eek! I was sooo excited (so excited I forgot to ask the shop owner if this was in fact an original).  I'm thinking it is and saying just that.  I get soo giddy when I spot a Shepard Fairey, Banksy, anything else ect. This area is know for its graffitti art (most commonly placed by CBS-City Bomb Squad-a local Hollywood crew)...I try to snap pics when I can (would always carry my camera everywhere I went before it was lost...now I'm just grateful for my 8mpx camera phone)...anyways, hope you guys find this as exciting as I do! "If you don't know...ask someone."

Life Would Be Sweet if It really Was a Box of Chocolates!

Humm....I wonder who's this could be?

Yeah, that's my Shorty DooWop...

Yes, hello. I ran across this artists stuff the other day. He’s an East Coast artist (NY/DC…) and brings a creative alternative to street art. This is what he says about his art:

"Using colorful media such as twisting balloons, party streamers, and artist tape, I have begun to add visual representations of sound effects to public spaces as a sort of dimensional graffiti. After embellishing the found scenes and photographing the results, I leave my additions in place to engage passers-by for as long as the materials hold up. For me, this process encourages a reexamination of surroundings and objects that are usually taken for granted, and injects a hint of the fantastical surreality that I have established in my other work."

Take a look for yourself:

You can see more original art here on his website D. Billy . Or you can check his flickr out, click here ---->flickr

Keep Ya Head Up

Some of the million stencil art images I've seen out-and-about. I'll frequently be posting images from my finds in and out from here on out :) Utility box, Escondido, CAArt show, Culver City, CA

Monday Madness...

Today's perfect for posting. Here was one of my favorites...



It was a whole section on the side of a building, covered up about a month ago. Off the 5 in Commerce (south of the Citadel). It lasted longer than I thought. Oh to have that kind of talent...someday buddies...someday.

Peace.

"...in south central L.A., TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY..."

One of the things I love most about LA are the blank canvas' disguised as empty walls, buildings, freight trucks, or locomotives. I feel like a kid in a candy store when I come across a newly tagged train, or a painted up alley. My addiction to graffiti art has led me down skid row, trailing the tracks, and up alleys and side walls, most (if not all) in areas where my mother would cringe to know I'm at; and places where my little brother says, "yeah, but can mase counteract a gun from 100' away?" It is this obsession that led me to today's little adventure. I was headed downtown, actually in search of Giant Robot, which had obviously long been converted into an American Apparel, anyways, these are a few of the pieces I saw today (and yes, mother, in perfectly safe areas...this time:)

"Up again the wall, up against the wall..."

This guy had the same idea I had.

"I wish I had a big brother," mutter a on-looking homeless man.

This one was a love piece of sorts.

U.N.I.T.Y.

Make love not war!!!

I'll post more pics later of awesome walls and signs I captured during my "travels." But first, I must condense them:) Peace.