Piece #5

I was approched by the owner of Tha Spot urban clothing. It wasn't my usual venue because the subject matter wasn't peticullarily appealing to me spirtiually but I got the feeling I should do it anyways. The guys gave me enough to pay for the paint and agreed to put a friend of mine's CD "Just Isaac" on thier music rotation. There was also some satanic graffiti on the back of thier store that they let me cover over. And that's what I found redeeming about this piece is the fact that I got to get rid of the pentagrams and upside down crosses.

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Awesome

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Life

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Mr.D

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If you didn't know there has been this guy who's mad at me and he's been destroying my walls and it had me stressed. But I am so happy now, and I'll tell you why. I dropped my Mom off at the dentist and was walking around the mall when I noticed some spraypaint art on the inside of a store so I asked the girl who worked there if she knew who did it. She told me then asked me if I spraypainted. I said yeah, and she said "do you know Jon Smith* he goes by Phais". I couldn't believe it she told me the name of the guy who has been bugging me for the last few weeks. She might as well have given me his head on a platter. I bet Constable Sean Travis would love that piece of information. Not that I would want him to go to jail, I just want him off my back and for him to stop destroying my stuff. The lord gives good gifts, who can stand against him? No one! No matter who you are or how long you've been completely untouchable God can find you and deliver you into the hands of your enemy. It's comforting and scary. All the discouragement that I've experienced and then Jesus comes and lifts my burden. When I thought I was helpless, when I thought all I could do was lay down and let him have what I've worked for - God has empowered me, he has laid up the wealth of the wicked for the righteous. If God is with you no one can stand against you. So get out there and stand with God!

*Jon Smith is not acctually his name

King Ruse

I had this idea to paint something that was very technically difficult, a portrait of a famous London citizen. I thought "it'll be hard to pull off but, if God has given me the vision he'll provide a way to pull it off". I was downtown painting it today and it came out so tight, much better than I could have done without God's help. Most of the time I can't pull off that on a piece of paper let alone a wall. But you can see it so you be the judge.




I was filling up the London wall and I was approaching the end of the wall where a Ruse throwup was. I remembered how much flack I got the last time I painted over someones bomb but I also thought about what I've promised the owner. Just then, who should walk up but Ruse he said he was mad cuz Phais crossed me out and he told me I could paint over his bomb and he wouldn't care. I told him that the owner wants the alley looking good and that your stuff looks good to me but to the owner it looks like poop. I told him that if he wants to put something that looks good at the end of the alley he's welcome to come paint with me and I left him my email address. I finish up and got on the bus to go back home and there's Mark "the Mechanic" a guy who I went to school with and he asks me about what I've been doing I tell him I've been painting and he mentions Ruse cuz he's his friend. He tells me about some graff pit in London and that he'll take me and Ruse there sometime.

Mainstreet

I got a call from the owner of the london mural and he wants his wall finished. But he's also been talking to Jenette McDonald who works for mainstreet in london. Mainstreet is a downtown group of business owners interested in making the core of London look better. Anyways he says she's got a pile of walls and a wad of cash set aside for young painters such as myself, paying for thier supplies and time. I just don't want to sell out and sacrifice my message. I've also talked with a few other people who want me to paint varrious things for them. Like this one urban clothing store is opening up and he wants me to do the inside of the store. But really, I don't care about these big opportunities I just want a positive message to deliver to the world. God has been more than faithful in providing walls I hope he gives me the messages for these walls too.