HI EVERYONE, MY NAME IS BRANDON MCCONNELL. I'VE BEEN PRACTICING SPRAY PAINT ART FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS, AND JUST RECENTLY STARTED DOING LIVE PERFORMANCES.
I FIRST SAW SPRAY PAINT ART ON A TRIP TO TIJUANA, MEXICO WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD. IT WAS AT NIGHT, AND I SAW A MAN ON THE GROUND DOING SOMETHING, AND THERE WAS A CROWD OF PEOPLE AROUND HIM. NATURALLY, I HAD TO GO OVER SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. I SAW THIS MAN CREATING BEAUTIFUL WORKS OF ART WITH SPRAY PAINT. I WAS AMAZED AT THE VIVID COLORS AND GRITTY TECHNIQUES HE USED TO CREATE HIS PAINTINGS. I ONLY GOT TO WATCH HIM FOR FIVE MINUTES, AND I NEVER SAW ANYONE DOING SPRAY PAINT ART AGAIN UNTIL I WAS 22 YEARS OLD.
I WAS ON ANOTHER DAY TRIP TO TIJUANA, THAT'S WHEN I SAW ANOTHER ARTIST WORKING WITH SPRAY PAINT. THIS TIME I GOT TO WATCH HIM CLOSELY FOR ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES. RIGHT AWAY I KNEW THIS WAS SOMETHING I WANTED TO TRY AT HOME. THAT DAY I ENDED UP BUYING THREE OF HIS PAINTINGS.
DAYS LATER I HAD EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO START PAINTING. AS I STARTED MAKING PAINTINGS, I REALIZED IT WAS GOING TO TAKE SOME PRACTICE. MY PAINTINGS WERE VERY BASIC, SLOPPY, AND LACKED DIMENSION. SO I STARTED PRACTICING ON THE BALCONY OF MY APARTMENT. I NOTICED THAT THE MORE PAINTINGS I MADE, THE MORE I BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND SPRAY PAINT ART. You can also find me at www.myspacepaintings.com
