Phoenix, Arizona
June 2020
Freestyle from a rough sketch…… I wanted to get into the deserts imagination, work in a black and off-white palette, with nods to newsprint of earlier times. There is about 6 layers of rolled latex primer on the sand stucco surface in each of the 3 separate pieces.
Prepping the surfaces took lots of energy and time which allowed the ideas and the concepts to develop organically as I am becoming acquainted with the surfaces I am painting onto, in that area, letting it happen . A lot of my process leaves things open to develop naturally, and so this piece slowly came to life as I took my time.
Phoenix, Arizona
August 2018
Imagining a large Saguaro Cactus in the middle of the concrete desert that downtown phoenix is good for your mind….. I painted this in the height of summer in Phoenix 2018, We did have some monsoon rainfall while painting this so I referenced that in the strokes with the blues.
This is on the backside north facing wall of the Churchill, a locally driven gathering of efforts in food drink and retail - they have also led an effort to support local art along the alley next to them. Very proud to be involved with the overall vision here. The joys of riding your bicycle down the street to do your work for folks/efforts you respect.
Painting in the creative studios for Belkin AMS creative team was another dream come true. I was asked to paint whatever I felt inspired to paint - so each morning I was hanging at a coffee shop down the street, and watching. So much bicycle traffic as I remembered from my first times in Amsterdam in earlier years, in a previous life, working for a Dutch company based in Amsterdam. I found myself still fascinated by the utility of the bikes, all the different styles and functional build outs for cargo, etc. I decided to paint the top view of a man I saw, pedaling a cargo bike with his child up front, presumably to drop off the kid at school and head to work. It was drizzling that morning so that was fun getting that wet look with the spray paint.
The second piece I did was in the garage space of Belkins building. This piece was freestyle as well, but with spray and bucket acrylic paint.
I was told by a friend in 2008 that one day I would make art in Amsterdam. thanks Melvin for sharing the future with me back then.
Painted over span of time 2018-2021 slow style, on alley side of Roberto Venn Lutherary School, Phoenix AZ. Tato Caraveo did the sky for it towards the end to “complete it”.
Photo: Charles Darr
Spray Painted on a small independently owned plazas north face, Tempe AZ …2021
photos David Blakeman
Two large Sketch Style wall paintings of saguaro arms at Scottsdale Entrada 2022
