SPRAY CAN ART • GRAPHICS • WEB • FILM • BEATS
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B-boy Samurai
San Francisco, CA. January 2012 (15'x15')
I was contacted by Stash ICU and NeonBA to do a collaboration with local artists Apex and BamTWS. Ben Eine from the UK. DJ Neff aka Level from Miami and Paul Ramirex from Can Love/ LA Chalk from Venice Beach, White walls came through to show some support. It was originally to get rid of about 500 cans of white cans that was dormant for many years taking up space at alex's warehouse. So we were happliy to discard any cans if you must know. Once we got the art work on the wall it was business as usual. Several years ago, I showed my bboy samurai sketch to Stash and he called me specially to use this piece on this wall. I wanted to do something different. This moment was special because I felt like I was onto to something. I was coming off a year of depression and even though I totally needed help in finishing this piece (thanks Bam) I knew this had to be done quickly. 50% of this piece was used with a fat cap because we only had two days and basically, by dusting all the white from the cans took the whole saturday, This whole production was done in 1 day. So yeah, the bboy samurai was done in 1 day. While everyone was spot painting the whole mural, I was filling every inch of this piece and it took me alot longer than I expected. Painting all the way to night it was the very start of a great year that was to come. This started it all for me that year. Sure 2011 was a little different and I got up but this was the start of a re-newed intererst in doing more work on the streets.
Koi Fish
NIMBY, Oakland Ca. April 2012 (8'x24')
This project was created by Richard Felix. The basic idea is to bring an art gallery to the people. Theme was "Bringing Art to the People". This 6 4x8 wodden panels was on one side fo the bus. The Bus ran for 6 months and went all over the Bay Area Art spaces and exhibited in many art festivals. All the seats on the bus were taken out and converted the emply space into a walk through art gallery with intimate lights to shine onto gallery pieces. I was lucky to be associated with being one of the first artist to showcase my art through this amazing project. It is now promoting other local artists. They are currently involved in first fridays with the city of Oakland. The Koi represents the dragon scales on the year of the Dragon. The kio fish goes up the polluted water of the yellow river and thus makes it to his or her final journey and becomes a dragon at the end.
YouTube Video | Art Is Mobil Us Video Promo | Facebook Gallery
Falcon Wall
Berkeley Ca. April 2012 (13'x50')
Client: Matthew Willaims. Williams lived behind this wall and for years he has been witnessed to the plight of "graffiti vandalism". What he wanted was something that the artist can take their time and do a better work of art. The exterior mural took about 3 days of painting. Painted with Saze.
CR
by Crayone in Santa Cruz, CA. March 2012 (10'x9')
Located on a wall at Bill Wheels Skate and Surf shop in Santa Cruz. It was a collaboration piece with 3 other local writers.
Tuff City Train
Tuff City Tattoos in Bronx NY, April 18, 2012 (7'x25')
Part of my Trip to New York. I had requested a space on this Train mockup on the back walls of a business called Tuff City Tattoos in the Bronx.
Woman's Face
by Crayone at Jack London Square in Oakland, Ca., May 4, 2012 (8'x12')
Originally, I wanted to do letters, but once I found out that I was going to paint in front of the general public or people that werent writers (Graffiti writers) I wanted to do something that the passerby would be engaged in.
"UBC" Triple Vision Style
by Crayone, Triple Vision at Nimby's in Oakland, Ca., May 13, 2012 (15'x35')
Originally was designed for a clothing company my friend owned called UBC (Universal Bboy Clothing). Orginally his breaking crew was called Universal Breaking Crew located in Fairfield and Vallejo Ca. The Original style came from a writer named "GuessTMF" and instead of having 1 word read 3 different ways, I make 3 different styles on top of each other and color coordinated differently. Blue Blockletters in the back. The Graffiti letters in the middle as green with a yellow 3-D and finally, The purple 3-D letters shaded to created the illustion of the 3-D effect.
Legends Piece
by Crayone, KrushTWS, DJ Neff (Level) at LA Chalk, Venice Ca., June, 2012 (6'x25')
Part of 3 pieces I did when visiting Los Angeles that year. Here is a piece that I collaborated by wtith my now deceased brother and crewmate KrushTWS. I've also included a RIP video montage.
Steez
B-Boy Steelo Benefit Jam, Inglewood Ca., June, 2012 (8'x15')
One of the few stops I've made was in Inglewood. Here I did a piece for Bboy Steelo who had a brain hemorage. To pay for his medical bills, friends from the local bboy community in Los Angeles came together to do a fund raiser for him. I also did a graffiti jacket for Steelo and presented it to him at the jam.
Krayone Piece
by Crayone at Unit B Studio Skatepark, Santa Ana Ca., July, 2012 (8'x20')
When I was in LA, I also got involved with a UTI\CBS\DVC production at a local skate park in Santa Ana. I painted with alot of Old School Graffiti writers including many street painters with amazing talent.
Krayone PIece
by Crayone at Elsr ICR yard in Glendale, Ca., July, 2012 (9'x30')
I was very lucky to get with the talented writer named Else from Los Angeles. Here he let me have a section of a wall he was in charge of in Glendale, Los Angeles.
2 Robots Fighting
Denver, Colorado, September 8th, 2012 (15'x15')
I was invited to attend Denver's Only Graffiti Art event called Colorado Crush. I was one of a artists repping the Bay Area. There were writers from all over the country which makes this event very unique. Once I found out everyone was doing letters, I decided to do something different and out of the ordinary. This piece took several days and after 6 cans of pink and 6 cans of red, this is what you have here. This is the day when I was asked by Else to get down with ICR. I was honored and I accepted.
Dragon Production
Nimby, Oakland, Ca. September 15th, 2012 (15'x35')
This production was a reunion of sorts for TWS members that are still painting. I invited Bam, Raevyn and Blaze aka PIcasso. After this production we also did a 30 year retrospective show on TWS and now i have access to the other members that I haven't spoken to in almost 20 years. So I will get these guys together soon for another gathering of TWS Production. Stay Tuned!
Mammoth
Diablo Crossfit, Alamo, Ca. November, 2012 (15'x20')
I was called in to help with my friends project. I did the mammoth on the left side of the mural. Took about several days because I also help in and around the character.
YouTube Video | Facebook Gallery
Face (Detail of Crayone Challenge)
Love Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland Ca. Dec 7, 2012 (12'x30')
I met Jaime Galindo (Love Oakland Group) from an incident where my friend's car was about to be broken into and Jaime and his friends made sure that didn't happen and my friend and Jaime connected. When Jaime told my friend what he was about and what he's doing to the neighborhood to put murals onto local downtown business to curve the vandalism in the area, my friend also mentioned me as a person in the community who is an artist that produces spray can art murals. We connected afterwards and I was invited to one of their block parties and after a mural on top of the local Fire Fighters Union Building, I decided to help them out as much as I can. A few months had passed and Jaime approached me about doing the inside of his gallery. I pulled together a couple of local artists and proceeded to produce work that you see here on this page. This is my first art piece/section on the wall. My friend Blaze aka Picasso did the right side design and hair on this lady's face. This whole project was a concept of mine using only Red, Black and White spray paint. The artists that were involved were Bam TWS, Nate1MPC, Blaze aka Picasso TWS, East3 and Kraze from Hawaii and myself as the lead artist. Contact me for inquiries.
Fast Slideshow Video | Opening Night Time Lapse | KRON4 News | Facebook gallery 1, 2, 3 | Owner Statement
Dragon & Face (Detail of Crayone Challenge)
Love Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland Ca. Dec 7, 2012 (12'x30')
I met Jaime Galindo (Love Oakland Group) from an incident where my friend's car was about to be broken into and Jaime and his friends made sure that didn't happen and my friend and Jaime connected. When Jaime told my friend what he was about and what he's doing to the neighborhood to put murals onto local downtown business to curve the vandalism in the area, my friend also mentioned me as a person in the community who is an artist that produces spray can art murals. We connected afterwards and I was invited to one of their block parties and after a mural on top of the local Fire Fighters Union Building, I decided to help them out as much as I can. A few months had passed and Jaime approached me about doing the inside of his gallery. I pulled together a couple of local artists and proceeded to produce work that you see here on this page. This is my first art piece/section on the wall. My friend Blaze aka Picasso did the right side design and hair on this lady's face. This whole project was a concept of mine using only Red, Black and White spray paint. The artists that were involved were Bam TWS, Nate1MPC, Blaze aka Picasso TWS, East3 and Kraze from Hawaii and myself as the lead artist. Contact me for inquiries.
Fast Slideshow Video | Opening Night Time Lapse | KRON4 News | Facebook gallery 1, 2, 3 | Owner Statement
Urban Warrior (Detail of Crayone Challenge)
Love Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland Ca. Dec 7, 2012 (12'x30')
I met Jaime Galindo (Love Oakland Group) from an incident where my friend's car was about to be broken into and Jaime and his friends made sure that didn't happen and my friend and Jaime connected. When Jaime told my friend what he was about and what he's doing to the neighborhood to put murals onto local downtown business to curve the vandalism in the area, my friend also mentioned me as a person in the community who is an artist that produces spraycan art murals. We connected afterwards and I was invited to one of their block parties and after a mural on top of the local Fire Fighters Union Building, I decided to help them out as much as I can. A few months had passed and Jaime approached me about doing the inside of his gallery. I pulled together a couple of local artists and proceeded to produce work that you see here on this page. This is my first art piece/section on the wall. My friend Blaze aka Picasso did the right side design and hair on this lady's face. This whole project was a concept of mine using only Red, Black and White spray paint. The artists that were involved were Bam TWS, Nate1MPC, Blaze aka Picasso TWS, East3 and Kraze from Hawaii and myself as the lead artist. Contact me for inquiries.
Fast Slideshow Video | Opening Night Time Lapse | KRON4 News | Facebook gallery 1, 2, 3 | Owner Statement
Rose (Detail of Crayone Challenge)
Love Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland Ca. Dec 7, 2012 (12'x30')
I met Jaime Galindo (Love Oakland Group) from an incident where my friend's car was about to be broken into and Jaime and his friends made sure that didn't happen and my friend and Jaime connected. When Jaime told my friend what he was about and what he's doing to the neighborhood to put murals onto local downtown business to curve the vandalism in the area, my friend also mentioned me as a person in the community who is an artist that produces spraycan art murals. We connected afterwards and I was invited to one of their block parties and after a mural on top of the local Fire Fighters Union Building, I decided to help them out as much as I can. A few months had passed and Jaime approached me about doing the inside of his gallery. I pulled together a couple of local artists and proceeded to produce work that you see here on this page. This is my first art piece/section on the wall. My friend Blaze aka Picasso did the right side design and hair on this lady's face. This whole project was a concept of mine using only Red, Black and White spray paint. The artists that were involved were Bam TWS, Nate1MPC, Blaze aka Picasso TWS, East3 and Kraze from Hawaii and myself as the lead artist. Contact me for inquiries.
Fast Slideshow Video | Opening Night Time Lapse | KRON4 News | Facebook gallery 1, 2, 3 | Owner Statement
LMC - Exterior Wall
925 Piner Rd, Santa Rosa, Ca. 18’x80’. Sept 2013
I was called by a client named Nathan Prowse to paint the outside of his business establishment a large scale spraycan art mural. My Client let me paint what ever I wanted but with some limitations. The city of Santa Rosa had restrictions on how big a sign can be indicating a business name. So we got around that idea based on a design that spelled out L M C in large looping tape. After several months, the client called back to paint the interior walls inside his music studio. The idea was to have a street art type of faces of famous musicians like Jim Hendrix, John Lennon, Bob Marley and Miles Davis.
YouTube Video | Facebook Gallery | Owner Statement
LMC - Interior Wall (The 4 Legends Studio)
925 Piner Rd, Santa Rosa, Ca. 9’x40’. March 2014
I was called by a client named Nathan Prowse to paint the outside of his business establishment a large scale spraycan art mural. My Client let me paint what ever I wanted but with some limitations. The city of Santa Rosa had restrictions on how big a sign can be indicating a business name. So we got around that idea based on a design that spelled out L M C in large looping tape. After several months, the client called back to paint the interior walls inside his music studio. The idea was to have a street art type of faces of famous musicians like Jim Hendrix, John Lennon, Bob Marley and Miles Davis.
YouTube Video | Facebook Gallery | Owner Statement
LMC - Interior Wall - Detail of 4 Legends Studios
925 Piner Rd, Santa Rosa, Ca. 9’x40’. March 2014
I was called by a client named Nathan Prowse to paint the outside of his business establishment a large scale spraycan art mural. My Client let me paint what ever I wanted but with some limitations. The city of Santa Rosa had restrictions on how big a sign can be indicating a business name. So we got around that idea based on a design that spelled out L M C in large looping tape. After several months, the client called back to paint the interior walls inside his music studio. The idea was to have a street art type of faces of famous musicians like Jim Hendrix, John Lennon, Bob Marley and Miles Davis.
YouTube Video | Facebook Gallery | Owner Statement
Giant Panda Mural
333 9th Street, Oakland Chinatown, Ca. 22’x25’. December 2014
I was called by a client who had alot of vandalism issues. After the first discussion, we both decided to do a panda to beautify the neighborhood.
If interested in viewing more photos of the making of the Giant Panda, go here to continue gallery show.
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