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Dwarfed by his creation, Mez, a Eugene artist, puts on the finishing touches before signing his name
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color* and patterns
After tfiat. artists take on larg
er painting*, either "pieces."
which are letters, or charm •
tors." whit h are animals or pen
pie.
Quasar is worried that
younger kids won’t get a i home
to see good graffiti art and won't
l>e able to continue the tradition
"We'll get too old." he said
"We ll lie in retirement homes
painting on canvas, painting
winter sunsets with dm ks," he
said
Although some cities have
walls set aside for graffiti art,
( iomlmiski said most artists take
their chant es
"If vou'rt* painting and the
cops come and arrest you. you
don't come bat k there Usually,
you end up painting in si mmny
plat es," he said
Quasar's contribution to the
wall was an abstract picture,
angular and done in blues and
greens
"It's kind of liken puzzle, lie
said, painting over a i orner and
pu king up another spray ■ an to
redo a set lion be wasn't happy
with "1 went over that yvhole
pari bei ause it doesn't look
right "
"Most guys [list go and paint it
up. but as you get older and start
taking this stuff seriously, you
have to get dedicated to not
making mistakes." he said
Sake, on a nearby spat e ol
wall, worked on a 12-foot, i igar
sinoking dm k wearing a hlu< k
plaid shirt mm h like his own.
minus the paint spots
The pit lures have no definite
boundaries, no frames, no lines
to separate one from the other
‘Usually if I paint
next to someone
who’s a really good
artist, I incorporate
their work into my
own. It’s a sign of
respect, and it
looks nicer.’
Neon,
graffiti artist
Kathor. eat h artisi blends his
work into the painting* on either
side
"l 'suullv ii I paint nest to
someone who's a really good
artist, | incorporate their work
into ms own." Neon said It's a
sign of respect, and it looks
no er "
I'he finishing touches on the
paintings are often dedications,
to girlfriends, to building owners
or to friends who helped with
the mural
The name ol the artist's i rew
might also appear on the final
painting (.reus, groups ol
friends who paint and hang out
together, lire identified by ini
tells like Me/ ', crew, AIK. tor
Ahstrai t Image Kids. (.eiiitnuski
said
Oiii e a painting is finished, it
often ends up being "capped."
covered with other people's tags
"It's called i ripping Ins atise in
the lottos there was a guy named
( ap who went around and wrote
his name all over people's paint
ings " (iemhinski said
"But il you have all these
paintings and nobody ever caps
on it. people won't come and
paint over it. and there's no evo
lution of the wall." he soul
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