multinominal gleek (part 2/2)
After chatting with Monty I slunk over to have a chat with Romanowski, who was working on texturing the radial portion of the mural around the bears in the centre. From Basel, Switzerland, Romanowski is a DJ and a fixture on the local mural scene with a series of distinctive stenciled murals in the Haight.
Romanowski was back and forth along an intricately textured part of the wall, overlaying it with thick colour swatches from a spray can. I really loved the look of what he was painting over, so I asked what was up with that.
"I'm just experimenting with how it looks. I'm just playing with colour and texture to see how it will work with Monty's bears." The pair had a good experimental rhythm going and I was impressed at how loose the boundary between their individual work was. I asked them both about how neighbors were reacting to the new work going up.
"Sure, it's pretty great. This area can get a bit funky sometimes.. Chor Boogie, who did the Eye mural that was here before had his paints stolen by a couple of guys. He chased them and they shanked him."
multinominal gleek (part 2/2)
After chatting with Monty I slunk over to have a chat with Romanowski, who was working on texturing the radial portion of the mural around the bears in the centre. From Basel, Switzerland, Romanowski is a DJ and a fixture on the local mural scene with a series of distinctive stenciled murals in the Haight.
Romanowski was back and forth along an intricately textured part of the wall, overlaying it with thick colour swatches from a spray can. I really loved the look of what he was painting over, so I asked what was up with that.
"I'm just experimenting with how it looks. I'm just playing with colour and texture to see how it will work with Monty's bears." The pair had a good experimental rhythm going and I was impressed at how loose the boundary between their individual work was. I asked them both about how neighbors were reacting to the new work going up.
"Sure, it's pretty great. This area can get a bit funky sometimes.. Chor Boogie, who did the Eye mural that was here before had his paints stolen by a couple of guys. He chased them and they shanked him."