PARCHED PIG Spirit Animal
“Tim came to me and was like ‘Hey man, from one artist to another, I have been following your work for a long time and I really don’t
want to tell you what to do.’ It was, again, a really nice brick wall with real brick from a Chicago building. ‘Obviously, something with a
pig, cause that’s what I am, but you do you.’ And I had gone home that day and I was looking through farm animal photos. And it’s kinda funny cause pigs are my spirit animal. That’s a whole ‘nother story. I was going through all these photos of pigs and was like ‘there’s so
much expression with them’.
I was looking for something more fun, but when I came across this picture of the pig, I was like ‘That is it’. I put it in my own style. I
think from Tim trusting me and knowing my work, I texted him the design, and I don’t think the ‘ding’ on his phone even ended before he texted me back like ‘when can you start?’”
CHOLO SOY COCINA
“¡If you’re able, share your table!” “Clay is a guy who does know what he wants. Leaves me cool freedom, but knows what he wants. He’s like bro, ‘People don’t realize
the way I want my out-back set up.’ You’ll see people standing because there will be a couple of two, and a couple of two, and a couple of two, at all four [picnic tables]. And, he said ‘I want people to understand that’s not how people eat in Mexico and certain places.’ He
asked me to come up with a slogan so that people could understand that. I swear, I don’t know how this stuff comes to me sometimes,
but I was sitting there, and as I was painting, I texted him like ‘Hey man, how does this sound? If you’re able, share your table.’ And he was like ‘Write it!’”
LEFTOVER’S On the Map
“Mike Moir [owner of Leftover’s and Food Shack], hands down, put me on the map in Jupiter, Fla. and I don’t take that lightly. I know
I’ve done all the work, but he was somebody who said, ‘Here’s my restaurant, I’d love your artwork.’ It was the one restaurant that truly got me all of my opportunities and was one of the biggest stepping stones for me.”
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