Rise and Shine – Corvallis Mural
My last Art show at Bombs Away Cafe yielded a nice surprise. I was contacted by Jay Zantos, a transplated graff artist from SoCal attending OSU. He really liked some of my work and we started emailing back and forth. Next thing I know we paint this huge mural down in Corvallis on the day I picked up the show from Bombs Away.
Jay was the idea man behind this piece, he was inspired by the trains waking up the city of corvallis early in the morning. A lot of people are angered by the morning wake up calls, however I was on Jay’s page big time. I lived on 8th and Washington my last year of college with a balcony that I could clearly see the train from. Everytime I heard the train I’d rush out to check out the graffiti. It wasn’t long before I found my new neighbors doing the same thing as they were graff writers as well. I have heard trains called “rolling art galleries” If only everyone was on that page and painting them was not illegal but encouraged…
We got a lot of people involved in this mural. The Alchemist sent out someone for an interview and a photographer to cover the session. Check out the interview in this issue, and we made the cover of this issue. For an absurd amount of pictures check out Will’s flickr.
Hey bud,
Hope all is well in portland. Its cool you were able to get a picture of the original “To all artists…” sharpie note up. The real reason I felt like we had to give them a mural is because thats the attitude towards street art that I want to encourage. I have personally had to buff graffiti that was written on my dads building so I know what a pain in the ass it is.. So for them to even address the aerosol community as artists is flat out sweet.
If you ever find yourself in Southern California, you have my number. Keep painting. Maybe we’ll collaborate again sometime.