The Last Judgment
Creating this Last Judgment composition was an incredible experience that changed the history of pavement art. In 1991, after an absence of several years, I returned to Grazie’s piazza for…
Inventing 3D Pavement Art
Inventing 3D Pavement Art Wenner. The ghetto. Lake Garda, Italy. A nursery destroyed by fire provided a perfectbackdrop for this composition, one of a series devoted to contemporary “hells”. A New…
The Sacred Roots of Street Painting, Part 2
The Sacred Roots of Street Painting Competing at Grazie From the book Asphalt Renaissance, available on Amazon. The Street Painting Competition at Grazie di Curtatone To pass the hours after visiting…
How to Make Pastels by Hand
Making Pastels By Hand Making Pastels By Hand From the book Asphalt Renaissance, available on Amazon. During my first years in Rome, as winter approached and work outdoors on the pavement…
Perception and Drawing
Perception and Drawing: Part 1, What is Drawing? We cannot effectively teach subjects in the arts, such as perception and drawing, that we do not understand conceptually or intellectually. Institutions that…
Life as a Street Artist, Part 1
Life as a Street Artist: Part 1, On the Street. Life as a Street Artist is an excerpt from my book, Asphalt Renaissance. It tells the story of my life as a…
History of Street Painting, Part 1
History of Street Painting Part 1: The Impermanent and the Eternal. From the book Asphalt Renaissance. The most frequently asked question in the history of street painting is “What happens when it…
History of Street Painting, Part 2
The History of Street Painting Part 2: Grounded in Tradition. From the book Asphalt Renaissance. The Italian history of street painting is a visual link between the past and the present.…
History of Street Painting, Part 3
The History of Street Painting, Part 3: Travel. From the book, Asphalt Renaissance. In the history of street painting, a madonnaro’s itinerant lifestyle is born of necessity, as he must move…
History of Street Painting, Part 4
The History of Street Painting Part 4: Rebirth. From the Book, Asphalt Renaissance. In the history of street painting, the hardships of World War II, industrialization, and the mass…