I have made great progress
I woke up today contemplating two things. When will it be my time to help the world and how in the hell will I ever get all of these paintings done by next week? My show is on the 19th and all I can think about is what my work should say. How will each of these paintings and illustrations allow the viewer to see things from an open minded perspective. The subject matter of this body of work is definitely self reflective but I want to say something STRONG. Then It hit me like a pound of dicks. Each painting symbolizes something each of us has experienced at one point or another.
Taking a deep breath and approaching my latest work as if I was the audience has given me the ability to be more obvious. Im so used to being influenced by the early symbolist. Im obsessed with secret societies and and I have even created my own language to mask my true intentions with my work. I want nothing more than to be blatant and expose more of my inner feelings. Yeah, sure its a risk but isn’t that what human interaction is all about? Speaking on a level playing field, utilizing a common vernacular……..
nahhhhh fuck it. when im dead I want it to take centuries to decipher all of my secrets.
well lemme think about it.
love you all
Zachary Sweet
In dire need of spray paint.
I remember a time in which I had every single color at my finger tips. I could spend hours upon hours sifting through my collection. I would take the time and rattle each can and put aside my choice of colors for my next adventure.
As I sit here and paint this canvas, I think about how easy it would be to blast the white space with a aerosol color and add values with a brush. I look around me and all I see is tubes and tubes of paint.
What happened to all of my spray paint?
well………
- I no longer rack(steal) it.
- I’m not some
yuppie fuckthat can drop hella bread on fucking Montana. 9$ a can? are you fucking kidding me? That shit is marketed to the toy ass mutha fuckers out there trying to put on the front that they go out and bomb every night. what a joke…….dont get me wrong. there are artist that use it but KNOW what they hell they are doing and can utilize some of the pressure sensitive features high end “graffiti” spraypaint provides. PLUS! they get the shit for free anyway so they don’t count. - lastly, The shit you can buy on a budget is the wackest, worst, waste of money ever! I grew up using Krylon and Rusto. shit got the job done and places like Home depot and ace were easy places to buy…… steal it. Now a days all of the caps are female so if you want to use your special caps….. you fucking CAN’T. Some say it was a way to combat graffiti and other illegal uses but I know the true reason…… “the street art boom”
think about the popularity in “street art culture in the past few years. Its getting pretty ridiculous. there are so many kids out there thinking they can pick up a can of paint and go out and make "art"
I know times change and social norms of what art is play a big part. but think about what people think can happen now as a graff artist. jail or acceptance. its bull shit.
As a kid there were way more trials one had to go through to even think about hitting up a wall. you had to earn respect from other crews. do thousands upon thousands of throwies and bombs just so others wouldn’t rag on your work.
anyway. just a thought.
p.s. im drunk