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I’ve been painting for 5 years, I was 23 years old I think, it was back in 2007.
My father, he always painted in canvas, my family has this strong artistic vein,
I always had contact with art, so I think I’ve learned to paint a little and since, you know,
I’ve never stopped painting or drawing.
I didn’t do it at the beginning of my professional career, I was an administration student,
but never finished that, I left college and there was this peak where I had to say,
there’s no way running from it you know, this is who I am, this is what I know how to do, I’m going to look for a way to fit in into this world.
I’ve looked for a lot of courses but never liked any, never liked any,
‘till I met these guys that painted down the street and started painting myself
and then it was it, I started painting and said “wow, this is what I want to do”.
At the beggining it was really stimulating and I wanted to run from this stereotype,
the girl who’s painting stereotype, I wanted to run from the flowers and hearts drawing,
and I respect who do it, but it’s not me, I want to say more than that,
I look at the others and sometimes I see pain, sometimes I see joy,
and I express that as well in my work, it’s not only mine,
I bring something from the others to it too, I want to do that.
If there’s something that graffiti...
With graffiti, if I start talking about it here I’ll get emotional,
I met a lot of amazing people through it, most of the people I know today was thanks to it,
painting, and the places.
I know my city thanks to graffiti, if I didn’t paint, I wouldn’t know all the zones of my town.
And the people are different, man, people from the east zone are very different from people from the west zone,
so you go paint there and the reception is completely different…
Realizing that in your own town is amazing.
First off, you have got to do it for yourself, you paint cause you feel the need to, you know,
it doesn’t matter if you have money, if you have no money,
if you went to graffiti school or you do lettering,
what I find important is to do it, and to respect each other,
respect who’s there from the start, respect who’s gotten here today,
if you respect people, it doesn’t matter, just express yourself.
I’ve learned how to find myself, firstly, because to paint the street,
to know people, to all of this I live in, I had to figure out who I am.
I thank that, I thank art and graffiti because it was how I got to know myself.
When I paint at home, in canvas, in a different support,
I like talking about me, my pain, my joy, so it’s more intimate you know,
more particular, whilst with graffiti I just want to do finish it asap…
You throw in paint, it spills, it’s a lot more expressive,
canvas is particular, you think about it more, it’s a huge difference,
it’s huge, it’s completely different, and I like ‘em both
and think they complement each other, when I do canvas it adds up to graffiti,
when I graffiti it adds up to canvas, I find they complement each other.
I find art reflects a lot how I feel in each moment in my life,
so there are times where I’m feeling low, there are times when I’m feeling up,
suddenly I have this problem with someone, all goes into it, it’s how I express myself,
all my joy and all my sadness are put into it, so it’s a good thing to pay attention to people’s art,
“What does this person means?”, what is it trying to say to you, because everything it’s put into it.
I graffiti for myself, cause I need to express myself, I need to go to the streets,
it’s my escape, it’s wonderful, and painting it, the reactions,
if people find it good or bad, it’s up to them, each one has to know what to do with it, man,
there’s people that don’t even notice it, and some do and hate it, and some do and love it, you know,
so if I cared about that I wouldn’t graffiti the streets, wouldn’t do what I do, the things I do.
Firstly I do it for me, and what they’re going to do with it it’s up to them.
It’s a kid you abandon, you know, what’s left for us is just the picture,
when it’s at the wall, it’s gone.