Trip To Mother Land 2010

... places I wished to go, but never managed to.

I am back from my trip to Russia, I also spend a bit of time in China and Korea. An intense time.

Time... fascinating thing. so hard to control, so hard to make it work for you. Time never stops, perhaps people should learn such quality from time. To keep moving forward.

During that trip once again I realised one simple thing.

To value the time and never waste it.

To make the best of every day.

Last sentence sounds like a logical end of post, but i'll cary on.

The photographs below are the murals I've done at my homeland, not only in a city that I was born but in a few different locations. enjoy.

I've already painted here, exactly a year ago. There were a few reasons to paint it over. By far thats the largest mural I've done. I cannot say that this is my best piece, but I certainly like it. It took me five days under an intense sun to complete it. good people arond me made it bareable and enjoyable. Suprising support from locals.

There are so much to work on.

I've also played around with few styles that were in my head at the time.

I wouldn't say that it was a success but an interesting experement.

an outstanding piece, were the architecture is used to push the idea into 3rd dimention.

I was at Nakhodha at that time<>

The first moment I saw it - I knew excately what I gonna paint.

That mass of cement is ectually was used in a WW2 as a military fortification against Japanise navy. It used to house two Guns of enormous calibre. I presume that the shapes of gunholes were the one to inspire me. At first I thought of Tiki, but the design progresevly changed thru painting. It became Taniwha.

Havent painted any letters (or in my case numbers) for ages. Need to catch up.

My next destination was Partizansk, small city relatevly far from Vladivostok. We went there to see relatives. One evening I went out in search for ruins. That city is a purfect for study of post soviet envirolment. I felt like a tourist and I loved that feeling. Architecture. I was always interested in it, and now I am using graffiti expose it.

I spent quite a while there, having to wake up at 5 am.

My researches brought me to the local hospital and that little premise of theirs. spontanios shapes and faces have chased me throught the whole trip.

I was the first graffiti writer to hit this city, by the evening I was widely knowen.

Back at home town, I finally met Kashak. very tallanted writer from Yaroslavle that moved to Vladivostok. We went to paint at his favorite place and I loved it. endless opportunities.

This time, I had a sketch of few lines and drive to novelty. I finished it in 10 hours or so. Enjoed the process. I found that piece to be a base for further style search.

so thats it. time went quick. Good time, good people, good places.

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