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Have you ever been arrested for any Art related inci­dent, what do you think about Banksy and do you con­done sticker art on public property?

In recent years I’ve been able to evade trou­ble in one way or another. I lace up the kick­ers really tight and choose the right spots. I’d rather put up 300 stick­ers in one after­noon on a crowded New­bury Street in Boston than try to do the same thing at 2 am. Seems a bit back­wards, but it is the way to get shit done.

Banksy is the king of this. Anyone with their head on straight should have respect for his work and his meth­ods. I bet he is approached on a daily basis to do very lucra­tive work for big corporations… but to my knowl­edge, he is not having it. His integrity and wit is very admirable.

Public prop­erty is an inter­est­ing con­cept. I encour­age and enjoy qual­ity street-​art any­where it fits. There are codes that I per­son­ally follow in regards to where I’m will­ing to put stick­ers and graf­fiti. Some people have higher stan­dard, some have lower stan­dards. I some­times ask myself “would my mom get a kick out of this?”. If the answer is yes, the spot gets hit.

What inspires your geo­met­ric work?

I have a huge fas­ci­na­tion with math and archi­tec­ture. Nature is impor­tant too. On a very basic level, these three things are the core of my abstract work. How much do you get paid as an Art Direc­tor? It ain’t a bad 9-5. Nuff said.

Apart from Art and illus­tra­tion what other things are you into?

Family time with my wife and son, back-​country adven­tures in Maine, read­ing about all sorts of stuff that is rel­e­vant to con­tem­po­rary tastes. I stay dialed into street cul­ture in gen­eral. I’d list all of the mag­a­zines that I peruse, but it would take all day. One really cool thing about being in adver­tis­ing is that every­day is a new chal­lenge. You need to be famil­iar with the prod­uct or ser­vice before you can suc­cess­fully work on it. So in my time in this indus­try I have stud­ied and learned about all sorts of inter­est­ing stuff. I’m cur­rently art direct­ing for a bank, so every­day I’m learn­ing some­thing new about their ser­vices. Might sound boring, but knowl­edge is power.

Who are your favorite artists/illustrators alive today?

Well, I’ll make it easy and give every­one a chance to do some research… The KDU, Depth­core, The Sev­enth Letter Crew and the whole Wallspankers Team.

Which gal­leries have you shown at and which gal­leries would you like to show at?

I’ve been in some really cool shows. East and West. I’d love to line-​up some more show­ings in Cali and NY.

Are you involved in any col­lab­o­ra­tive projects at the moment?

Lots of col­lab­o­ra­tions going on right now, but I don’t want to spoil the sur­prises. I recently did work with Poketo, People Like Us, Owl Move­ment, Team 08, Dj Lime­light, and of course Wallspankers. I am always down for collabos.

Is there anyone you would like to work with?

For sure! If I would listen to it by choice, enjoy eating or drink­ing it, wear it proudly or be moved by it’s design and innovation… I want to work with it.

What’s next in the pipeline for MWM?

B&W Bangers 3 is at the press. Vec­tor­Funk 2 will be going to the press in a couple weeks. The WS:1234 Book will go to press this summer. Solo-​show at this dope bou­tique called Cream in Port­land, Maine next month, and another solo-​show in April at Sanc­tu­ary here in Port­land. I try not to show the same work twice in the same town, so I have my work cut out for me for the next couple months.

Trans­form­ers or Rocky?

“Eye of the tiger” is the shit. But, so is “More than meets the eye”. Tough call, I guess the new Trans­form­ers has me more pumped than the new Rocky.

Hip-​hop or Rock?

Aesop Rock.

A spray can, but no canvas or a blank wall, but no tools?

I think lim­ited tools yield more inter­est­ing results 9 out of 10 times. I’d love to spend an after­noon rub­bing mud and twigs all over a boul­der, or arrang­ing found objects from the side of the high­way. Range is con­ducive to growth. Believe that.

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