Much of the graffiti art to be displayed here falls into two categories: graffiti and "scenic"graffiti.. Scenic graffiti, like scenic painting, is meant for the theatre or the film industry. Commonly, a production designer, art director or paint co-ordinator (who these images are usually meant for) will direct us to paint "quick and dirty" graffiti in a variety of styles, as if painted by many different hands with many different skill levels, thus, the intended result is something that helps set a tone for the scenery instead of looking pretty, like a dirty alleyway or a run down ghetto shack or crack house for example. It is unfortunate that these negative connotations are made with shitty graffiti, that is why it is our mission to change that image and to show the range spray paint allows us. After all, most of our murals are painted with spray cans.

The other graffiti can be legal or illegal, beautiful or ugly. This, we decide for ourselves. Our definition of graffiti most likely differs vastly from popular opinion. We do not condone illegal acts of any kind, but this is where many of us started, therefore, we have these works in some of our portfolios. Some of the high end graffiti pieces blur the lines with murals, therefore, you may find some of these images in the mural page as well.

It must be made clear that although our roots are in graffiti and we have a great appreciation and the highest respect for the many forms of graffiti art, we do not condone illegal acts of any kind.

4' x 8' piece for a graffiti competition in Grandview Park, Vancouver in the beginning of September 2004. This piece is actually a self-portrait within a letter "S".
I particularly enjoy this piece (painted on a sheet of plywood) because the letter is closer to a traditional graffiti style with its simple lines, while the image goes toward a more modern, photo-realistic style of mine where the image is in the fill. Typically in graffiti, images are found outside the lettering in most cases.

Some pieces for the feature film "Like Mike II"
Painted September 2005 with "Big Miles" and "Ope", these pieces were painted in a variety of styles and skill levels to reflect a larger multiple of artists and were basketball themed in keeping with the movie.

This is a defining piece for me. It is called Kong (as in King) and it was painted in January of 2004. The dimensions are roughly 12' high by 35' wide. The piece was inpired by photos I had taken 2 weeks earlier from the top of the Empire State building. The shots were taken with a fisheye lens and I had imagined the buildings twisting and green like a concrete jungle (pardon the cliche). Besides, I had a large surplus of green paint to use up. At the time I was also really into painting apes, which fit into the theme quite nicely. The piece still stands and reminds me that, stylistically speaking, I should stay closer to my graffiti roots.

This was a quick fun piece in New Westminster for "Blade".
They needed a piece of this description for an alleyway, and I happened to be doodling this character in my book a few days earlier....voila. The lettering was quickly freestyled while the character was in a simple style that I was just itching to paint.

This is some additional work for Like Mike 2.

A piece for a television series called "Killer Instinct".
This one I had drawn a couple of weeks earlier wanting to paint it somewhere and again, it was just what they were looking for. Lucky me.

Another piece for Killer Instinct.
I've been enjoying doing the simpler old school styles because it's all about good lines and style!

This is a current favorite. A graffitied shanty town for the series "4400". This quick freestyled character has inspired several fine art pieces for Milan Basic. You can see them on the artworks page.

A simple burner on tuff-back for "4400", the series. This was some of the background for the shanty town to be shown in the film page. The wall in question is the Molson Breweries at the foot of the Burrard Street Bridge.

	Hastings Park - one of the nicest skateparks on North America. These pieces were done for the "Anti-Slam" Skateboard Competition in the Summer of 2006 on Labour Day weekend. The arch-nemesis to Slam City Jam (because it moved from Vancouver to Calgary) this contest is a fun event which is in it's infancy. Make sure you support local and go to the next one, then you can say ".....oh yeah I was going to that comp when it first started!" Most of these pieces are still up!
	Have you ever skated at the Cractpipe? This piece was done shortly after this renowned indoor skate park changed hands and became the Shred Shed. A 3D letter S for SEZ and a ginormous ant. This piece and the park are no longer around.

The graffiti pit at the Fringe Festival 2005.

This has somewhat become an annual event for me. This is a live graffiti painting show at Granville Island with several graffiti artist plying thier "trade" on canvases about 3 by 4 feet which are then auctioned off in a silent auction.

NORTH VAN WALL - 16' x 9' - Located at Esplanade and Lonsdale in the North Vancouver wall of fame. Spray paint on concrete wall. Painted April 2002.
A graffiti mural painted in celebration of my daughter Audrey! I had finished half of this piece as I got a call from my wife in labour then it was off to the hospital! This was all during the filming of a graffiti documentary called "Bombed City" in which I was featured. I came back and finished the piece two weeks later. This wall no longer stands thanks to the new condominium development in it's place.

The graffiti pit at the Fringe Festival 2003

This was the first year I participated in the graff pit. I painted two days, the first was an all red painting of a robot. The next day there weren't enough artists, so I was asked to paint. I had decided to try my hand at a portrait and the one you see here is my first attempt at painting my daughter. Lots of fun

FESTER RIP - City of Vancouver Graffiti Competition - July 2005

The City of Vancouver Mural Program decided to start an annual mural/graffiti competition. The idea is to promote the program and to get more murals up in the city. Her is an image of me doing some finishing touches on my submission.

BAILEY'S WALL - 14' x 10' - spray paint on gyproc - Crescent Beach White Rock, BC - June 2007

This piece was about 6 hours of fun. Normally I don't use spray paint indoors, but this was a special request. How could I resist? A feature wall in this bedroom highlighted with the hibiscus flowers and an old '61 VW Microbus. Two of the three ingredients for the classic 60's and 70's surf culture.

BEATTY WALL - Beer Hall Band- 14' wide x 10' high
Located on the 600 block of Beatty Street in Vancouver. Spray paint on concrete. July 2007
This is my part in a collaboratio with KREWZ which happens to be next to BLISS, both of whom happen to be members of the BA Crew from San Francisco. How for tunate for me to be in such good company. The entire piece can be seen on the community page.
This mural was funded by and initially painted for the Steve Nash Foundation in conjunction with thier Charity Classic fundraiser. This project was also co-sponsored by Cloverdale Paint and Montana Paints. For more information on this project see our community page.

REAPER - 12' wide x 8' high - located under Willingdon overpass in Burnaby, BC. Spray paint on plywood. August 2007

This a freestyle piece I painted for a film set. It's a television show called Reaper. I just felt like doing some simple yet flowy letters.