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BLOUIN ARTINFO Article
I was really honored to be featured in an article in Blouin ArtInfo magazine. They did a Valentine’s article on Street Art Marriage Proposals. I am glad they asked me and I asked her and I asked the guy that owns … Continue reading
Posted in street art
Tagged artinfo, artinfo magazine, blackcattips, blouin, kyle brooks, marriage proposals, street art, valentines
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Mrs. Do Right Sign
Be Nice. Do Right. That is what she says! That is what you should do. I recently met some of my neighbors. They are Sam and Mrs. Gloria. Sam told me he had been my neighbor for 27 years. For several years … Continue reading
Posted in street art
Tagged be nice, be nice do right, blackcattips, do right, fayetteville road, kyle brooks, mrs do right, mrs do right sign, pink, signs, street art, street signs, streetfolk, we all family
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Q & A with Common Creative Atlanta
A few weeks ago I was approached by Common Creative Atlanta’s Maria Pinkleton. She had a few questions for me regarding my art. I think they did a great job with the article and I appreciate them asking me to … Continue reading
Posted in interview
Tagged art, atlanta, blackcattips, common creative, common creative atlanta, folk, interview, kyle brooks, maria pinkleton, street art
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Making Friends and Telling Stories
I talk to so many people these days. I have met so many new friends– young children and kind moms and athletes and fancy bike riders and the old guy with a quick snappy wit. I learned that I love to be out … Continue reading
Posted in inspiration
Tagged art, Art on the Atlanta Beltline, atlanta, beltline, friends, inman park, inspiration, kyle brooks, love, mural
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BlackCatTips BeltLine Bridge – Phase 2
I am starting to paint the other side of the bridge I painted in October. This is the second phase of the BeltLine mural for 2012. I have cleaned it up– bugs and dust and bums and cobwebs. I painted … Continue reading
Posted in art on the beltline 2012
Tagged art, atlanta beltline, beltline, blackcattips, eastside trail, inman park, kyle brooks, mural
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Happy Time Ink Man
I was told about a scrap sheet of plywood beside an empty building a few miles from my house. The wood had been painted with INFOWARS.COM over and over. Then it had been covered in 28 pasted-on posters. All of … Continue reading
Posted in street art
Tagged 12-12-12, art for all, blackcattips, city folk, east atlanta, fun, happy, happy time, ink blot, kyle brooks, not free art, painting, public art, Rorschach, smiles, street art
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A Sign of Peace
I was commissioned to create a sign for a Decatur, GA home. The owner asked me to create a sign based on a quote they liked. Their goal is to create a neighborhood Garden of World Peace. I painted the … Continue reading
Posted in hand painted signs
Tagged art, blackcattips, flowers, kyle brooks, oakhurst, painted signs, peace, signs
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I SEE U sign
I have long been inspired by the haunting eyes on the roadside sign from the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, The Great Gatsby. The eyes were on a defunct billboard in the Valley of the Ashes. I had to read The Great … Continue reading
Posted in street art
Tagged art, atlanta, blackcattips, blue, eye see u, eye see u sign, eyeballs, eyes, folk, kyle brooks, moreland avenue, street art, street signs, T.J. Eckleburg, the great gatsby
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New Paintings
I have posted a lot of new art on my website. I wanted to get a few new paintings posted for people who have gift buying in mind. Some people, unlike myself, take care of holiday shopping early and … Continue reading
Spirits and the Melchizedek Children Poster – 97 Estoria Show
I made another concert poster for Spirits and the Melchizedek Children. I am so glad they like my art. This show will be at 97 Estoria in Cabbagetown, Atlanta. I had an older painting on my wall. Last Friday, during dinner, I … Continue reading
Posted in concert posters
Tagged 97 estoria, blackcattips, cabbagetown, concert posters, illustration, kyle brooks, spirits and the melchizedek children, the waters brothers
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