I started putting an image of a skull on a phone on city streets back in 1999.
It was more of an x-ray or like a new way of seeing people in outdoor spaces.
You know, you would never see people with their hands held to their head before.
One day in 2008 all of a sudden there was these digital billboards in Los Angeles and
I saw that the way people were going to interact with outdoor signage and in outdoor spaces
was going to change again.
I was interested in painting this digital signage which would be something that would
change and there would be no proof of what was there in the future.
With graphic work outside usually it's something that it can translate into the internet or
what would be an Instagram now really easily and with this digital media painting it's
something that you really can't see on the internet like you see it in person because
from every angle that you view it it has a different translation.
This is the first large-scale mural that actually translates that idea.
These murals when you're really close maybe directly under it you can't even see what
the artwork is but you just see dots.
You always talk about my artwork being a mirage from afar it's something in the distance
that you're like walking towards and you might not ever get there.
It's almost like just stay right where you are everything you need is in your immediate
surrounding.
And that right there is talking about what consumerism is as well because you're constantly
being told if you buy this thing you'll be happy.
Where happiness is attainable just right inside it's almost more attainable by closing your
eyes and going within rather than ensuring out and trying to grab it from somewhere else.
My artwork is simply encouraging people to have a better more generous view of humanity
with less judgment and more acceptance of people.
