crazy life poet

here is my first attempt at a very large scale piece of wood. this is a backdrop for a teen poetry slam at our local library this month. i am really excited to bring this as my contribution. i have thoroughly enjoyed learning this process of painting a brick wall and then painting the graphic over it. i haven't used spray paint as a medium before but it really is fun. it kills your fingers and forearms after a couple of hours though. anyway,

masking off the board with painters tape and then painting really made for a great finish for the wall. funny though i was telling a friend that yesterday i was helping a local school restore a mural on their building that had been vandalized with graffiti. and then for the next two days i worked on a back drop painting my own graffiti. sometimes life is such a paradox.

this friday we are going to a first friday art gallery night. there is a vibrant local art community that i am looking forward to checking out. the event is held at railroad square art park. it will be a date night for darla and i as the kids are going to be at grandma's for the night, yea!