Walkabout

NEW YORK NEW YORK

I lived in New York more or less for 4 years from 2000 onwards , here’s some artwork etc from this awesome city

For 2 years I went to an college to study Fine Art, and the rest of the time I mostly worked as a bike messenger. It was my dream to travel the world painting and working as a messenger, and being based in NY for years made it happen, due to making easy money, getting cheap flights, and hanging with some good friends (+girlfriend) there who helped me out. I have my issues with USA but I miss NYC… I’ll be back soon enough.

I was also living pretty close to the WTC’s when they were hit. A lot has been said about this day and its ramifications, and it was pretty intense to be right there. People ask me about the sound, which I cant really remember, but I took these fotos with a disposable camera. Half way through I guessed the explosion would be at my feet in 10-15 seconds, so I grabbed my friend Zach and rode north, snapping a few behind my head as we rode up the west side highway. People were screaming everywhere and I remember this feeling of smelling a wall of death, and thinking I just saw 1000 people get crushed to their deaths. RIP.

My first thoughts were USA has done so many wrongs in their past to do with international policy, its lead to so much hatred for them that people will take their lives in protest and terrorism to make their point, and to take some revenge. I also remember thinking that the arrogance of USA will  mean quick revenge and the amount of lives in that revenge will be 10 fold… which is more or less how it has panned out.

This is a book made by my friend Fast Eddy, which is a good memory of a few years working on the bike there.

BRAZIL

Late 2009 I was in Brazil for a few months, a pretty wild place, and I painted in about 5 or 6 cities,

here is a slide show of walls.

Thanks to all the people I met, stayed with, painted with, drank with, partied with and travelled with. The most fun for me was in the favelas, (and on the islands) , even though many people have very little, Brazilians are some of the happiest people, and the streets are full of life, music and art.