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I spent about a week between Barcelona and Costa Brava.  The work was much more sporadic and less refined among the smaller coastal towns, but Barcelona was very cool.  All of the businesses had metal roll up doors, and every single one was full of graffiti ranging from pretty refined burns to scrappy scrawls.  Strolling through the city at various times of the day provided different views of the work as businesses would open or close their doors with their businesses.  On sunday, nearly everything was closed and the city was an incredible graffiti gallery.  On the last day in Barcelona we stumbled into a park of extremely well executed work that I captured every single piece of.  Kim got frustrated as I walked like a zombie through a park mesmerized by this spectacular show; the park was home to the homeless and she’ll never let me forget the human feces on the sidewalk.  I told her to focus on the positives.

July 2010: This canvas has seen many places with a few different faces.  The “GOLDEN STEEZ” as seen below hung in the hollywood district for quite a few months.

August 2011: Random Jager bottle ends up with a STEEZ Tattoo also.

August 2011: Jager STEEZ gets smashed for a new explosive canvas.  Incidentally, usually I come out of these injury free.  This Jager bottle got a good slice of my thumb.  I was told it should have had stitches.  I grabbed a beer, panicked a little bit and moved on with the work.

Aug. 2011: The broken glass gets glued to the canvas with a combination of hot glue and an excessive amount of paint.  I buy the mis-tint paint at Lowes/Home Depot so I can use it with reckless abandon.  Usually I paint over it so the color doesn’t matter.  However, the way this looks currently I’m kind of inspired.

Stay Tuned… Graffiti Lettering starts now.