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Tag Archives: art
Signs and Words and Poems
Old fences chopped up. Bits and sections of ticker tape. New colors. Primer and brushes and a mind full of words. I make these signs out of colors I have on hand. Something speaks to me and I then speak … Continue reading
Posted in street art
Tagged art, blackcattips, installation, poems, signs, street art, writings
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Turning Sun School Sign – second try
Sometimes in life we get a second chance. Sometimes at first it seems like a let down or like you have failed. Then after a bit you realize that a second chance was what you needed. You have an opportunity to make … Continue reading
Posted in hand painted signs
Tagged art, atlanta, bears, blackcattips, eastlake, hand painted signs, second chance, signs, sun, Turning Sun School
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I Woke Up Very Mad – KirkWood SpringFling
Today I woke up angry– really angry. I felt pretty mad too. After stomping around for an hour I went over to do some live painting at the KirkWood SpringFling in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a bunch of other people … Continue reading
Posted in art festivals, painting
Tagged art, blackcattips, cat, dog, festival, fun, kirkwood, KirkWood SpringFling, live painting, mushrooms, paint, psychedelia, sam flax
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You Can Only Please Some Folks
You know there is that old saying about “making some people happy some of the time…” Well I encountered that this week. Some people were and some people were not. I have a lot of folks that write me and … Continue reading
Posted in street art, writing
Tagged art, atlanta signs, blackcattips, folk art, hate mail, love, painting, peace, pie, pink pig, some people happy some of the time, soul, street folk, the pie sign
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Half A Painting – Half A Squid
I had to take a painting apart. It was 8 feet tall. The original title was Ten French Squid. It can be seen here. The reasons for its disassembly are personal so don’t think about asking me. Please do not even try. … Continue reading
Hot Fish Sign
A real nice guy gave me some cardboard. He works for a TV making show and gave me some scraps of wood and cardboard to paint on. So I did what seemed logical and painted a HOT FISH sign. I painted it … Continue reading
Posted in street art
Tagged art, atlanta, blackcattips, fish, hot fish, hot fish sign, painting, street art, street folk
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Scattered Items
Lately I have been doing a number of things. Little bits of this and that all stacked up in a pile. I thought I would just share a few photos of what I have been working on. I delivered … Continue reading
Posted in current events
Tagged art, atlanta, bears, blackcattips, folk art, painting, street folk
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The Pie Sign
I have been thinking about a lot of things lately. I think about why I have problems. I think about why planes in the sky leave trails behind them. I think how I always see people around town that I … Continue reading
Posted in street art
Tagged art, atlanta, blackcattips, brooks, east atlanta, hand painted sign, i-20 east, pie, pie sign, street art, street folk, the pie sign
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Installing A Sign (Timelapse)
Since I showed the time lapse of me painting the Turning Sun School sign really fast I thought I would show part of the install too. It was the first day of April and the sun really got warm. I … Continue reading
Posted in hand painted signs
Tagged art, atlanta, blackcattips, brooks, eastlake, hand lettered, hand painted, oakhurst, signs, time lapse, turning sun
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Lets All Get Nice sign
I have had my eye on a old board on a tree. An old tree is not anything extra ordinary but an old tree with a board on it is! Today I had some free time after delivering a few paintings so … Continue reading
Posted in bears, street art
Tagged art, atlanta, bear, blackcattips, brooks, dekalb, folk, hearts, LETS ALL GET NICE, paintings, sign, street art, street folk
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