SPRAY PAINT ART!

     A few months back on a Sunday while I was attending an outdoor event in the middle of center city Philadelphia(Around 13th and Chancellor street) I came across a graffiti artist I had never heard of or seen before. He was doing spray paint art on the side of the street on paper. I had seen this kind of spray paint art before, just never local. Spray paint art, is a type of art form that uses mainly poster board or any other type of material and the artist uses lines, shapes, colors and patterns to create different scenes or landscapes with various spray paint techniques. 

    Unlike the traditional graffiti art done on walls of streets or buildings and are usually one of a kind of art for spectators to enjoy, this type of spray paint art is often just repetitive. An artist who makes spray paint art learns by creating and using the same mediums over and over. For example, to create an earth, planet or moon, the artist may the same circular disk to trace the shape over and over in each design. This type of art does require a lot of skill and many people who get into this type of art must learn or train themselves to be precise and crafty when it comes to producing this kind of work.
1 min spray paint art
    Although I knew how this kind of spray paint art was done, I still decided to stay and watch. Name name of the artist was "JOSHUA MOONSHINE"and after watching him repeat his process using various lines, shapes and colors to achieve his city skylines and various beach scenes. He was a performer and a a definite crowd pleaser. I enjoy his energy so much and his various choice to use recyled material as part of his tools for creating his landscapes that I cracked down and bought a piece right on the spot just to watch him make it for me. I told him what I wanted and this was the end result. If you ever get a chance to watch a spray paint artist at work on the streets. Stop and watch because you will be amazed.

JOSHUA MOONSHINE AT WORK WILDWOOD NJ 2009

 

JOSHUA MOONSHINE, BEACH SCENCE