Cheltenham paint festival is an international street art festival I was lucky to be a part of through getting in contact with Andy Dice who runs the paint festival and building a relationship with him he asked me to be a part of the paint festival. I feel this was a great experience so not only get out and great my own work on the streets but also network with other artists the event was also sponsored by loop paint meaning that oil paints were provided. I was able to practise more of my graffiti style writing ‘moons’ or ‘Mooney’ To add to my graffiti I wanted to add more of a street art element so I decided to take my stencils for my ‘Jesus with a spray can’ piece adds them on top of my graffiti lettering. over the weekend I met various other street artists and graffiti writers this also helped me build up a network on my Instagram and a way for me to connect with these other artists which I met. What I also found really rewarding over the weekend was able to see people interact with my art as I was creating it I really enjoy the social elements of painting outside like this. Cheltenham paint festival is something I want to do next year as well as I feel it’s good to get known within the community when doing street art at festivals.
Roka Skate Park
Off the back of doing the Cheltenham paint festival, I spoke to my local council of Northwich Cheshire who commissioned me to repaint the dated skate park through this I was able to really experiment with my graffiti style and gain some notoriety within my local community. Off the back of this project of repainting the skate park, I spoke to my local council about pushing for legal graffiti walls so more kids from my community can enjoy this creative outlet without any legal ramifications. We are still currently in the process of working out logistics for this project but the council seem on board and happy to fund.