Nosy42

Visual Art – Memphis

I was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. I originally was made interested in creating things through Graffiti and Street Art. I have never taken a formal painting class, so I seek to utilize the techniques I have picked up along the way during the last decade I have spent working in the streets. I am extremely drawn to the Layers I see in Graffiti and in the city in general. Walls that are deep with paint, flyers, handbills, and a host of other elements which have served as a vehicle for the city\'s inhabitants to be in touch with the place they live, and affect their surroundings, if only in a small way. I have to make something every day, or I become depressed--whether that be a sketch, illustration, painting, mural, or graphic. It is in me, and has to come out. I live in the Orange Mound community of Memphis where I work part time jobs and seek to hustle my work and become the best artist I can be. This has proven to be quite a difficult task in a city where art is under-funded, and under-appreciated. I still love Memphis all the more, and instead of moving to a larger metropolis, I hope to be a part of the change where people in my city view the more contemporary side of Art with the value it should have.