“I had just been doing graffiti around New York and this real estate investor guy had walked through meat packing in New York and saw some of my graffiti. He was impressed and asked if I sold canvases. I really had not made any canvases of my graffiti work yet, but told him I could make one for him. He then commissioned me to make ten paintings and put on my first art show. Between the sold out show and the cops chasing after me it created a lot of media and I've been doing really well since then.” IfsFirstsWellsArtMadeRealShowsGuySawsMediaNew YorkPaintingTenMeatInvestorsCopImpressedEstatesChasingGraffitiPackingSold Out Author:Alec Monopoly
“My mom is a painter, so I've been doing drawings and paintings as early as I can remember. Then there was this gap where I was doing graffiti in high school and making as much [traditional] art.” ArtI CanSchoolRememberPaintingMomHigh SchoolMy MomDrawingTraditionalPainterGapsGraffitiDrawing And Painting Author:Alec Monopoly
“I always try to find time to do some graffiti here and there, but most of the time, I have so many walls that are given to me now, so anytime I want to go out and do something illegal, I can just do it legally.” WantTryingI CanGivenWallIllegalHere And ThereJust Do ItGraffiti Author:Alec Monopoly
“I did an art show for Donald Trump at his house in Palm Beach, Florida. It was a bunch of pop art and stuff like that, so I wasn't doing any graffiti at that time, so I'd say from about 2000 to 2006, I wasn't doing any graffiti.” ArtShowsHouseStuffTrumpPopsBunchBeachFloridaPalmsGraffitiPop ArtPalm Beach Author:Alec Monopoly
“Graffiti is a lot easier than the canvas actually, because it's such a large format, so when you're going to such a thin detail, it's not that thin in the realm of things because it's such a big wall. This would take a small paint brush of detail, but on a huge wall, if that's the size of a building, the thinnest detail is still that big, it's a quick spray. Spray paint is easiest for me. I love spray paint.” IfsStillsBigsBuildingHugeWallEasierPaintSizeDetailsRealmsCanvasBrushesFormatSprayGraffitiSpray PaintPaint Brushes Author:Alec Monopoly