TBT. @shipdip rocking his @paper_monster swag @ Show and Tell Gallery 2009!!! Thanks so much for all of the support Jesse!! #tbt #PaperMonster #stencil #shirts #stencil #spraycan #stencils #streetart #spraypaint #stencilart #stencilartists #stencilgraffiti #streetartcollage #stencilrevolution #art #artlife #artshow #artcollection #gallery #galleryshow #graffiti #graffitiart #graffitiworld #urbanart #urbancanvas #formatmag #swag #drawing
10 years. I have two lives. One as PaperMonster and the other as a PhD Student doing research on hypertension. They are very similar. They require that I use my hands and my imagination. That I know the past to push and create towards the future. The works I create whether it is in the lab or on a canvas are wide open for interpretation. I love what I do and I encourage everyone to push for what you love. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can only be or do one thing in life. Above is a photo from my lab with a brand new 48 inch wide by 60 inch tall canvas for a private collector. March 2015. #PaperMonster #stencil #stencils #streetart #stencilart #streetartists #stencilartists #stencilgraffiti #streetartcollage #stencilrevolution #graffiti #graffitiart #graffitiworld #art #artlife #artshow #gallery #galleryshow #canvas #design #drawing #science #lablife #artanscience #urbanart #urbancanvas #spraycan #spraypaint #nycart #nycstreetart
10 Years. Nothing is promised. Throughout my life I have had incredible amounts of support. People who have taken a risk and believed in me. There are times where I look back and can’t thank people enough for how they have helped me develop as an artist. Galleries like Art Whino @artwhino Dirty Pilot @dirtypilotcom Parlor Gallery @parlorgallery and Metropolis Gallery @angelomadrigale opened so many wonderful doors and helped me mature as an artist. Every show I have I personally hand out stickers with my art work on them. I’ve had people throw out the stickers into the trash right in front of my face. You focus on the good. Hope that you will inspire. Some of the most meaningful emails I have received have been from teachers who use my paintings to teach their students about art. To all of you that have and continue to support me THANK YOU with all my heart!! #PaperMonster #stencil #stencils #stencilart #stencilart #streetartists #stencilgraffiti #streetartcollage #stencilrevolution #graffiti #graffitiart #graffitiworld #art #artlife #artshow #artwhino #dirtypilot #parlorgallery #gallery #galleryshow #drawing #urbanart #urbancanvas #drawing #spraycan #spraypaint #canvas
Day 7. From that show, one painting stood out the most. At the time I was frantically making so many different pieces, using so many different colors for background and stencils that I really don’t know how I ended up with this combination. Everyone gravitated to the colors. One of the most important things about art is to know and understand your audience. At the time they knew something I didn’t. This was the painting that changed it all. It is the reason I still use the same bold colors today. A beautiful mistake. April 2007. #PaperMonster #paint #stencil #stencils #streetart #stencilart #streetartists #stencilgraffiti #streetartcollage #stencilrevolution #collage #art #artlife #artshow #gallery #galleryshow #urbanart #urbancanvas #paint #paper #paste #eyes #drawing #nycart #nycstreetart #artshow
Day 4. Art is always right in front of your eyes. Here is a piece that most people would pass by without a second look. A beautiful Invader @invaderwashere Location, Location, LOCATION!!! Paris, 2005. Tomorrow we cover the second leg of the trip where I head to London and meet @pureevilgallery #invader #spaceinvader #streetart #streetartists #streetartcollage #urbanart #graffiti #graffitiart #mosaic #fountain #art #paris #parisart #parisgraffiti
Day 4. Another familiar face @wk360 inside the mall Paris, 2005. #wkinteract #streetart #streetartists #streetartcollage #art #graffiti #graffitiart #urbanart #urbancanvas #paint #paste #paris #parisart #parisgraffiti
Day 4. The more I traveled across Paris, the more I would see new characters taking life all across the city. This is a shot of #jeromemesnager .Simple lines and shapes can say everything. Paris, 2005. #jeromemesnager #stencil #streetart #stencilgraffiti #streetartcollage #graffiti #graffitiart #urbanart #paris #paint #art #artcollection #spraypaint #parisart #parisgraffiti
Day 4. Every day in Paris my goal was to explore as many different areas and neighborhoods. I spent hours walking around every corner and alley trying to take photos and get a feel for the city. Here is a shot of a shutter by Above @abovestudio in 2005, Paris. #streetart #streetartcollage #stencil #stencils #streetart #stencilart #stencilgraffiti #graffiti #graffitiart #above #art #paris #parisart #parisgraffiti #spraypaint
Day 4. I mentioned in a previous post that the street art world is full of love stories. This is one. Blek met Sybille while in Berlin as she was his tour guide. He feel in love and placed this beautiful stencil on the street so that she would come across it on her way to work. He wrote next to the life-sized stencil “For Sybille”. It worked!! Later on they would marry and have a son!! Sybille is also an extremely talented writer and photographer. She has written several books on street art and stencil art covering a huge period of history. On the left is her book title “Pochoir” meaning stencil with the stencil Blek placed for her in Berlin. It was so wonderful to hear stories of Blek @blekleratoriginal pasting stencils across Paris and then Sybille would try to capture the pieces with her camera days later. Love is everywhere!! #lovestory #bleklerat #stencil #stencils #streetart #stencilart #stencilgraffiti #graffiti #graffitiart #urbanart #urbancanvas #spraypaint #pochoir #paint @realkoralie @realsupakitch @dabsmyla #streetart #streetartcollage #art #artcollection #artbook #paris #parisart #parisgraffiti
Day 3. There is one thing that I value most about being part of the street art world and that is knowing the history. Who painted what, where and how? There a so many stories in the “street art” world that are just passed on through experience. There are love stories and feuds all over one thing: art. This is a photo I took during the Wooster Collective street art tour in front of the famous candle building on Wooster Street. This building is now completed surrounded by apartment complexes and condos. The city continues to be transformed. With old spots being lost, new ones will sprout and new artists will make it their homes. Above is a classic @skullphone and @dface_official paste up. Spring 2005. Know your history!! #woostercollective #woosterstreet #streetart #streetartcollage #stencil #stencilgraffiti #stencilart #urbanart #graffiti #graffitiart #urbancanvas #spraypaint #soho #nycart #nycstreetart #art #drawing
Day 3. On the tour there were so many stand out street art pieces from giant NeckFace @nastyneckface1 to a massive Mike Giant @giantrebel8 mural. Here is @marcschil in front of a beautiful wall with @osgemeos @xabu @wk360 and a small @banksy rat right below the @osgemeos piece. That night someone has added the kite to the character. You could feel the conversation and level of interaction between the artists. Each one wanted to add and become part of something bigger. Many thanks to Marc and Sara for taking the time to share their love for street art. #woostercollective #stencil #stencils #streetart #spraypaint #streetartcollage #streetartcollection #graffiti #graffitiart #osgemeos #wkinteract #banksy #nycart #nycstreetart #art #urbancanvas #soho
Day 3. While in college I had the opportunity to take an international seminar to Paris and London. We could create our own research project and I chose to study street art. In the Spring of 2005 just before leaving to Paris the @marcschil and Sara from the Wooster Collective gave a wonderful free tour of NYC street art in SOHO. The walk was filled with a distinct rawness. Free art was scattered along the path for people to pick up and it was so exciting to learn about new and established artists. Above is a shot of Marc and Sara in front of a street piece featuring @wk360 and @skewville #woostercollective #urbanart #streetart #stencil #stencils #streetart #stencilart #splatter #streetartcollage #streetartcollection #wkinteract #skewville #nycstreetart #nycart #art #artcollection #graffiti #graffitiart #soho
Day 2. There are few books that have had an impact on my life. Stencil Graffiti by Tristan Manco @tristan_manco is one of those books. At the time there were little to no books on stencils or street art. This book captured the street art movement in such a beautiful way. It would be in this book where I would learn about Blek Le Rat and other incredible stencil artists that I continue to admire. Little did I know that years later this book would travel with me to Paris to meet Blek @blekleratoriginal I highly recommend this book to everyone. It is a wonderful source of inspiration. #stencil #stencils #streetart #stencilart #stencilgraffiti #streetartcollage #stencilrevolution #streetartcollector #streetartcollection #graffiti #graffitiart #urbanart #banksy #bleklerat #arys #acrylic #artcollection #drawing
Day 1. We all have a story and this is mine. In 2004 I started my first stencil and I was immediately hooked. Every day I would look and imagine how things could be turned into a stencil. Imagining lines and cuts that don’t exist. I would train my eyes to look at a car and imagine how to make that image into a simple stencil. It felt like seeing the world with a whole new set of eyes. When I started I was fascinated by animals. These were the first subjects that I wanted to make stencils of. My dad @padremonster got me my first exacto knife set and I used clear sheets from an overhead projector to make each small stencil. Later as PaperMonster I would combine animals with the faces of women to tell a new story. #PaperMonster #paint #penguin #stencil #streetart #stencilart #stencilgraffiti #streetartcollage #graffiti #graffitiart #urbanart #monkey #cutout #drawing #acrylic #spraypaint #exacto #canvas #art
PaperMonster Stencil Graffiti Artist 