Not graffiti scribbled with spraypaint on public property.
Pretty, thoughtfull, thought provoking...art.
I will get permission.
I want to create releigous messages, but I don’t want a reaction from pedestrians like “oh thats just a Jesus freak trying to force us to feel guilty about not comming to church” instead I want people to see it, and feel somehow that christians have something good.
Maybe they just feel better than they did a few seconds earlier. The purpose of this post is to discuss appropriate public art, with permission. What kinds of places would allow what, and how to do it.
Apparently to the city of Seattle the only difference between Graffiti and art is permission, which makes sense I suppose. Some places hire muralists to do sides of buildings, but I dont want to be hired, and I dont want to do an entire side of a building, just a small thing some people will notice, and enjoy.
I will post anything I do up in here. Here is my strategy, Ill approach small buisness owners, explain street art, then ask them about their personal views. Then I will make them a specialized piece just for their building.
It wouldn’t stick that well to a dirty building but yes I have used tape. At Tommy Patrick And Bruces home, I did some tape art with blue masking tape.
Matthew Gamble had me over for dinner, he said he was SERIOUS about having art done in his home, here is where you can watch it grow, and happen or not depending on whether Mia their dog lets me.
I don’t think it’s that odd that he talks to himself. It’s when he answers that I get freaked out.
Go for it Jesse! I wish we had a building we could have your art on. Maybe some day. If anyone reading this has a few million to donate we’ll be well on our way.
We’d be like the new version of the Sistine Chapel - now that’s some street art.
When we first moved to this home one of Darryls patients painted a murel on Darrylnn’s bedroom wall. It was a whimsical picture of heaven with Jesus sitting under a tree with a child on His lap and children and wild animals at His feet. There were butter flies and many flowers. It sounds very kindergarden but it was very unique. I used to love to lie in her bed with her and think about our future. A realiter had me paint it over so we could sell the house which we later decided not to. I could kick my self for letting her talk me into covering up what took hours to do.
I painted a novaho blanket on our family room wall. Darryl and I loved it and it remained there for 10 years untill just last week I painted over it. I always noticed people would comment on it, only to the extent they could not believe it was painted on there until a couple of months ago we had a Native American over and he loved it and could not stop looking at it. I should of known a person with his genes would appreciate it.
Oh Jessie by the way you can come paint a wall in my home anytime. I wounder how it would look amongst our Rembrant Van Rijn! I am willing to even pay you.
I just found this part of 24-sevens web-site. Jesse, My neice was involved in an outreach in Australia last year with YWAM (youth with a mission). It centered around using art to reach people for Christ. One of the things they did was gather in a central place in the city and using hollow core doors for their canvas, they prayed and asked God what to paint...just let the holy spirit flow. She said the paintings were varied and the reactions were really interesting. People would come up to see what they were painting and then the conversations would go from there. It gave them all a chance to share Jesus in a creative way. I make rugs and yesterday a couple of other artists and I were talking about color and texture and knowing what to use where when making our rugs. We discussed how we attach an immediate emotion to art when we see it, whether it is awe or distaste… it usually extracts some form of response. I think this would be a cool thing to do in the Seattle area. My neice said the doors work well because they are light and portable and when they are through with the outreach they just paint over them an use them again! OOOOH< I know, how could they paint over them?! Anyway, Keep us posted on your plan.... Thanks, Emma and Zachs MOM
