I arrived in Detroit on a rainy June 27th. The saying “all roads lead to Rome”, well, the same goes for Detroit as all the avenues converge at the center point, downtown Detroit. One can see the road lead straight to the Book building, one of downtown’s oldest skyscrapers. My contact there, B1M, who is a prolific bomber in the city, was waiting for me at the shop. We rolled out in the rental so I can explore the “Motor City”. I witnessed a place, in many cases, abandoned

On June 15th, Welling Court Murals Project had its 4th annual block party celebrating the Welling Walls and the great energy of its residence. Ad Hoc brought together all the artists that participated with beautifying this small community in Astoria, Queens. The party was bigger than ever and the home cooked food that the residents made for all to enjoy was delicious and plentiful. The DJ was spinning the groovy urban sounds while the artists painted live. I was honored to

Today is the day, The Bushwick Collective celebrates its highly anticipated 1 year anniversary. Brooklyn and the world are coming in droves like pilgrims on a journey to a religious sight, but these travelers are zealots for street art murals. These is a lot going on over here, DJ spinning the beats, live music with multiple bands performing, prizes to be won and last but never least, the reason for this visual feast, the artists. This is a party but it is also an educatio

The first several days in Rio was like Limeira and Sao Paulo, I got on a wall to FumeRioize it right away. We ate at a cafeteria style buffet, then loaded and fueled up to rock. I painted Medo’s portrait this time. The following day we went to the beach where I, Zeh Palito, Kaja Man, Medo and Kaja’s partner, Bobi, relaxed at a shop where Kaja and Bobi manage a local art collective in the Ipanema section. There I did a small canvas painting for my host upon request. Ipanem

After 8 straight days of painting from the time I landed in Sao Paulo, Danilo and I rested on the 9th day. Later during the night, Danilo, Medo and I took the 6 hour “red eye” overnight bus to Rio de Janeiro. At the bus station we were met by Medo’s friend and awesome Rio artists, Kaja Man. We went to the favela where Kaja Man used to live. La favela is the poorest of the poor in Brazil and therefor the most perigoso (dangerous). This impoverished hilltop neighborhood whe

I met with Joe Ficalora who grew up in the neighborhood of St. Nicholas and Troutman streets in Brooklyn. For 30 years the neighborhood was run down, infested with dealers, hookers and abandoned crack houses. In the last few years, Bushwick has been going through a re-gentrification process of converting old warehouses into modern livable spaces. I first started noticing the new, art deccoesque look back in the early 2000’s in Williamsburg. The architectural designs, stuc

This year’s Art Basel Miami Beach 2012 was explosive! The energy, like Vegas and South Beach’s Ocean Ave. in Wynwood, was really exciting. The two previous years I spent my Saturday nights working, but this year I finished in time to enjoy the Wynwood wildness…and it was nothing less than epic. On the first day, fellow artist, AOM and I drove to the Wynwood district from the airport for our aerosol colors needed for the ‘Artists 4 Israel‘ event at The Yard on 29th Street. “

Since the day I arrived in Brazil, the weather had been beautiful, and this morning was no exception. Day 7 started with the addition of a new artist, Tosko, to join in on the mural madness. We chose a wall on the other side of the Dores neighborhood and broke into pairs for our new collaborations. Zeh Palito and Tosko on one, and Medo and I on another. Zeh Palito and Tosko created an intersesting mural combining their iconic images together. For me, I decided to break f

Day four began with a two hour bus ride from Sao Paulo to Limeira, Zeh Palito’s home town. We arrived around four in the afternoon only to change into our battle gear and went straight to the wall with our bags of aerosol cans. We arrived at the graffiti drenched wall which was in an open field where soccer is played. Three enthusiastic little girls who knew Zeh Palito came running up to where we dropped our bags. One of them was full of energy, very comical and animated…so s

It was late morning by the time we arrived at a local park for some quick painting. Prior to this, Goro, Zeh Palito and myself had already completed several murals (link to Sao Paulo Part I). After, we drove to Reif’s neighborhood where Zeh Palito and I collaborated on the back of Lucas Man’s truck. It was dusk by the time we finished, but Reif and Ficko wanted us to paint together and there was no way I would turn that down. Watching us work were a group of young kids. They