Tag: street art
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Grocer stickers and small stuff
I would often use the remaining paint on my palette to make little imaginary fruit paintings to paste up around.
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The Grocer: more street work
More street installations from 2007 and 2008 by The Grocer.
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Stubbs Cafe – street art show flyer
I put a couple of small paintings into this coffee house show – the first time any Grocer solo works on panel were displayed. I met a bunch of people that would become friends. Two who have passed (RIP Solve & Brooks), and one I still keep in touch with (Reana). I couldn’t find any…
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Trio of apples
These three apples by The Grocer went up on some scaffolding right above state street. You couldn’t miss them if you were walking north from Jackson.
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Mushrooms up high
These two mushrooms by The Grocer went up on a dilapidated high-rise on State street near Jackson. I climbed the scaffolding and used a squeegee to paste it higher. There’s a real fun story about my lookout not looking out, but in the end it was pasted and I got away clean.
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Grapefruit
At the time, this was the largest street installation by The Grocer, roughly 5 feet wide. I put this up on Milwaukee on one of the old bank windows, and it was quite a show stopper. Some tagger went over my piece (in blue) and I heard he got a lot of flack for it…
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Avocados, relocated
When I saw that a construction company had discarded the plywood that I put these Avocados up on originally, I grabbed the board and used a jigsaw to cut it out. After painting the edges, i took it up to Wicker park and screwed it up on a long wall near Uprise skate shop. In…
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The Grocer: summer 2007
More works by The Grocer from the summer of 2007.
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Nipplettos (imaginary fruit)
Played around for awhile making up fruits. These “Nipplettos” looked so dang great on this Halsted street bridge.