Pollution always makes for a great sunset!

They seem to really like this tree outside my house, and go ape shit when another Raccoon comes around. This one was as unhappy as it looks!

This is the Fairfax Wall in Los Angeles. First off, this is a high profile spot. Secondly, this is a high profile spot. There is a coalition of really cool stores right in the immediate area, RVCA, Hundreds, Supreme, Will Rize studios, Known Gallery, traffic, etc, along with Fairfax High. And of course Canters Meat Pile, which is one of my personal favorites. There are a lot of eyes on this wall constantly. Its on the edge of the border to “no mans land” or east of Beverly Hills, basically not to many large murals get painted on that side of town. Os Gemeos popped into to LA just in the right time. It was cool to see these guys. I think the last time I saw them was in 2000-something in a little German town on the last train stop outside of Frankfurt, Freidrichstaufin? I have been following their career since I can remember. These guys are remarkable artists. Its cool to watch the two of them paint. Its like watching two worker bee’s telepathically communicating about each line. They paint fast. These brothers are an unstoppable force and not to jump their jock too hard, they are some of my favorite artists too. So fuck you.

We had some interesting visitors, Mr. Eric Haze, one of my OG favorites Ron Chatman, and his friend (This kid won the Huntington Street contest, whats his name?), and a guy named Jeff, not to mention some old friends.

Stepping up to the wall I was feeling a little nervous and rusty, especially free-styling with an all-star lineup. To begin with it was too Fucking Hot. Retna rented an all-terrain scissor lift. That was pretty cool. So you basically see the plan for the wall, Retna blasts the whole building and we pile on top. Of course just piling on top of Retna’s brush work takes some consideration. Rime went ape shit on his characters. I have no idea how he came up with his totem pole madness, not to mention color combination and patterns. Revok slipped in some of his gems. I think his piece worked the best on the wall because his newer faded style intertwines with the background more. He always uses really slick color combos, and of course paints faster than anybody. Mr. Norman piece is clean as fuck…

Rime’s Site

Revok’s Site

Retna’s Site

Norm’s Site

Os Gemeos’s Site

Known Gallery

Ron Chatman

Years back in San Fransisco I stumbled across one of Logan’s murals. Now at the time I had very little patients for stencils and wheat paste because of the hard work it took me to hand paint everything. I thought that this style of application  was a cop out in the overall sense of things (and lets be realistic, hand painting is always better, right?).

But, to the contrary I almost shit myself with excitement as I stood in front of Logan’s work. I didn’t know of him at the time and immediately tried to come up with a mental picture of who this person might be. I was so impressed with his level of detail. No one was really using very layered stencil work to depict an almost realistic urban setting. His work changed my perspective on stenciling instantly. His level of detail is so hyper is almost an OCD savant like approach to making art. I have a lot of respect for those who push themselves past the norm and he proves that any style of application can be pushed to a higher plain……..I am always looking forwards to his next piece.

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