Diggin through some files, I discovered a few images of artwork that I created many moons ago. This is a piece I completed circa 1998. I was in an experimental phase, and I was working with different methods of applying paint and using spray paint in a not to common manner. I was also exploring [...]
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“Try Something New”, now that seems to be the mantra for the day, as I am reminded of a quote I heard a few days ago: “Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic.” -Unknown I was pleasantly surprised a few days ago, as I had the [...]
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I recently had the great fortune of being commissioned to do a public art piece for a library. When I got the call, I could not believe it! As it was a personal dream of mine to do a piece where I felt it would be appreciated to the utmost degree… putting my artwork in [...]
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The following images are acrylics and spray paint on canvas wrapped wood panels. These techniques are unique to me, as the layering and glazing are a process that I have been conceiving and working on for a number of years now. These panels when strung together spell out the word “INSPIRE”, they are installed at [...]
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SCAPE Martinez will be doing a Book Signing on August 18th, 2012, check below. Intermedia Arts and House of Daskarone present We Exist Influences of Graffiti on Art, People and Culture We Exist. This statement demands that a collective group be seen, heard, and felt. This exhibition, featuring the work of more than 30 local, [...]
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Question… Have you gotten your Scape Martinez Collection together? I was equally humbled and amazed to see Amazon.com compile what they call the “Scape Martinez Complete Selection“. It made me ponder a few things. Like when I was a teenager wild in the streets, wanting to hit up every bare wall I could think of. [...]
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For anyone who knows me, and for those that don’t, I’m an ideas guy. A total, big picture, broad strokes, high on concept, short on details, ideas guy. I have found that over time, it has been both a blessing as well as a curse. Thinking, dreaming, and conceptualizing artwork, and the associated physical movements, [...]
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When I do my thing, many times I just like to play by my own rules. I like to paint backwards, from right to left, upside down, all kinds of ways that I find challenging and expressive. Like the old saying, “Sometimes I rhyme slow, sometimes I rhyme quick.” I really don’t like to do [...]
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It’s a lazy Sunday afternoon, baseball on television, sandals on, sipping lemonade on the front porch… kicking my feet up, and I’m listening to a few records. Going through my vinyl collection, something bubbles up and I just want to play it over and over again… what bubbles up most notably today is “Stepping Into [...]
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For Immediate Release MEDIA RELEASE: American Graffiti – US Street artist Scape Martinez to open Brighton Festival Fringe US urban street artist Scape Martinez will make his UK debut at the Brighton Festival Fringe, Friday 04 May by revealing a bespoke piece at 12pm at Playgroup Brighton’s, Blind Tiger Club. A fixture in the California [...]
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