About

March 7, 2010 at 9:40 PM
filed under Day to Day

In the summer of 1984 the art of graffiti writing spread throughout my Baltimore neighborhood like an epidemic. It captured the imagination of many pre-adolescent youth looking for ways to express themselves outside the norms of school and mundane playground sports. I was one of those kids who became infected by graffiti’s bold color, striking form, and independent nature. As time went by I investigated other avenues of art such as printmaking and graphic design. In high school I learned screen-printing, a fundamental element of stencil print making. For the past 11 years my medium of choice has been aerosol paint, an X-Acto knife and Dura-Lar.

My work can be viewed in the theme of the American Social Realist movement that was made popular in the early 20 th century by artists such as Jacob Lawrence, Ben Shahn, and Romare Bearden. My objective is to bring to light the stories of the often overlooked individuals of society.

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