Chris Stain
Have Paint, Will Travel.
June 9, 2010 at 1:33 PM
filed under Day to Day, Works Archive
Possessed to Skate is from a photo taken of Billy Mode tearin’ it up somewhere on a mini half pipe. I always liked this photo and wanted to do somethin’ with it. Now that I’m working more exclusively with rubylithe it allows me to do things I wasn’t able to with the straight stencil technique.
Arrabers of Baltimore is a piece based on the vanishing breed of fruit and vegetable vendors who roam Baltimore streets selling their wears from the back of horse drawn carts. As a kid growing up in Highlandtown I remember hearing the Arrabers coming down the alleys and streets advertising their produce by singin out “WAATERRMELON! CAANTELOUPE!” My uncle once told me that we even had a tradition of Arrabin’ in our family as my Grandfathers brother-in-law had a cart and would traverse the streets and that my grandparents would sometimes invite the Arrabers into the house for a meal.
Damn Right I’m Somebody was inspired by the J.B.’s song of the same title http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIcZc_g82VQ&feature=related. Many times growin up in inner city conditions children can get lost in the mix and their value of self worth has the potential to rapidly decline. What I wanted to show with this piece is that no matter where you are from you are important because you are alive.
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