Midterm Studies

Something I have been moved and interested by for years has been the unintentional beauty in the subtle differences of buffed out walls. Knowing the intention is to cover up a more intrusive piece of perhaps offensive work, you know the person who applies this layer is only to to cover up. Yet, when I find these shades of grey and blues and see the offset of in the values, they cause me to react more than most pieces I will see in a gallery. This has to do with the pure emotion I feel to these amorphous blobs and abstract shapes, rather than looking at something that has a clear image or a piece that has real intention that you look for or feel wrong about applying your layer of meaning to.

The other part to this that has always caught my attention is what time and presence has done to wear down these layers.

I see these as proof of presence or the absence of presence. These layers are like time capsules, each layer like sediment in an archaeological dig, representing a time and the people who put it there.

The balance of accumulation and erasure.
Here are some pieces of a reverse graffiti artist Moose that uses erasure as his method of drawing.

This is one is done by an artist named Orion. Once it was discovered what he was doing, the authorities were baffled as to how to reprimand him. They ended up decided to bring in fire trucks to spray down his creation by blasting away all the grime

Natasha Kidd is an artist I found that is highly inspirational in the way of building a drawing machine.