![]() This piece teeters between realism and fantasy, with perfectly painted figures interacting with flat, unfinished stenciled silhouettes made from drippy spray paint spurts. Jensen uses multiple mediums to create collage-like imagery that pulls influences from graphic design, architectural drawing, history painting and street art. ![]() The free-flowing, drippy property of spray paint gives an ethereal pink wash under gestural acrylic marks in green.Ĥ Radioactive Night Café, Benjamin Jensen This abstract piece has dual contrasts - in color palette, as well as with material. His bold lettering and vintage pin up girls are accentuated with the evenness of spray paint. A former investment banker, much of his work revolves around the perversity of money. With a nod to the Pop Art movement (particularly Roy Lichtenstein), Diego begins his compositions by first hand cutting his own stencils. This gorgeous portrait is made entirely with spray paint - from her piercing eyes to the interplay of shadow on the contour of her face. Lowdown’s mastery of the spray can enables him to create tight, painterly lines, graphic edges, and the misty markings that spray paint is known for. I’ve rounded up ten great pieces offered on Rise Art, showing the breadth of possibility created with the spray can. While working on my most recent book, The Art of Spray Paint: Inspirations and Techniques from Masters of Aerosol which came out in January with Rockport Publishers, I discovered the rich diversity of spray paint artists currently working in the medium. But the versatile medium has a history in fine art, and continues to be used by artists painting in all genres. ![]() Spray Paint art has made its mark on the art world mostly through the rising genre of street art and graffiti.
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