Graffiti-Inspired Public Art 

I was a graffiti writer first. Long before I was an artist. Before I was a teenager, even.

It came at a time in my life when I was extremely malleable — learning to examine and inquire about the world. Graffiti upended how I assessed and understood everything in front of me. It got me to explore, and to challenge, and to simply notice, more than anything else. It made me curious and observant and experimental. It is a discipline as much as anything else, and taught me a work ethic I’d need everywhere else. It was my back road into fine art. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

While I moved onto fine art awhile ago, I still paint graffiti for select clients on a commission basis.