Shepard Fairey (OBEY) and Vhils collaborated on this street art/mural in Lisbon, Portugal. Both are iconic artists in the street art scene worldwide. Some collaborations are forced, but these two - both hugely collectible in the urban art/graffiti/street art scene - just always work. An amazing piece to see in the flesh. The vibrant colors and bold designs of Fairey and the texture of chiseled plaster by Vhils flows well.

Opie (Opie_art) is a UK urban artist - he’s not a full-time artist but has some serious skill and talent with stencil and spray paint. I have 4-5 of his original work and they are super affordable for original art. Just proof that good art doesn’t need to cost a fortune! This is a playful and whimsical piece!

If you haven’t seen the Banksy directed the movie “Exit Through the Gift Shop”, I suggest you do. It details, the origin story of urban artist Mr. brainwash and asks the question is this art? I was able to meet Mr. Brainwash at his pop-up art show in London in 2012. The first 250 people in line received this print for waiting hours in the rain to get in. Thoughts?

Moving from fine Art prints to original paintings is quite the expensive endeavor. The slow growth of my art collection over time with a focus on urban art, street art, bridging into fine art has been fun… But expensive. Martin Whatson is a Norwegian street artist who is known for his fun, eye popping, colorful, graffiti tags. He has gained quite a following. I love his use of grayscale with pops of colored graffiti. This is a stencil and spray paint on canvas with paint pen graffiti tags.

OK folks… You may not recognize the importance of this odd looking print. Gonefellow is one of the artists in Banksy’s conglomerate and a good friend of his. This art print is very limited in its edition size and features what’s known to be a “portrait“ of the most famous/infamous Urban artist of our generation Banksy (with a box over his head to protect his anonymity, of course!) and can go into details about what I know about him and his crew….but I won’t do that. I know a lot of things about a lot of things…IYKYK