“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
“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
“When I was first painting the Monopoly guy I received a criticism. People said, "You're just painting cartoon characters, anyone can do that," but I'm actually a very skilled artist. That's why I released a Jack Nicholson portrait right after that that was very detailed in the face to show my skills.” PeopleFirstsSaidCharacterShowsFacesArtistGuyCan DoPaintingSkillsCriticismPortraitsCartoonMonopolyNicholsonCartoon Character Author:Alec Monopoly