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Pete76 -  The Vitals:

Hometown: Born in Los
Angeles
Where do you now live?: Bay Area California
/>How long have you been creating street art?: Just started.
/>What did you do last night?: Hung out with friends and made
music till passing out to sleep.
What is your favorite thing to eat
for dinner?: The grilled vegetable sandwiches from the marketplace down
the street.
Who is your favorite fictional character?:
I’ve got a few: Maggie from Love And Rockets, Pucca, and Lewis
Trondheims La Mouche.
What do you currently have in your pockets?:
Money, Keys, Markers, and I.D.
If you were given “more
time,” what would you do with it?: Focus more on one project at a time
instead of rushing and trying to multitask throughout the days.
Who do you
love?: Family, friends, and Ms. Boo.

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Pete76 - The A’s to Our Q’s:

How did you get started in
creating art for the street?

Pete76: I’ve been
making art since being little- drawing then animation which i did for years.
Felt a love for street art ever since i first saw a skull-and-fur-coat stencil
in East Los Angeles as a kid, then recently realized the parking meters were my
non-contrived place to start.

Wooster: How would you describe your
art?

Pete76: Animated and not too serious with the
goal of instant gratification.

Wooster: What other
street artists do you most admire and why?

Pete76:
Dave, Freaklub, Beefree, Buffmonster, and tons of others all for the same
reason: the smart designs and sense of humor that feel so good within the
cityscapes. Also artists like WK Interact, Banksy, Monster Project, and Shepard
Fairey for setting the bar for scale and ambition.

Wooster:
What’s your favorite city, neighborhood, or block, to post and/or to
see street art?

Pete76: The East Bay (by San
Francisco) for posting -it’s the right size and feel for me to develop themes
(like the parking meters) that are both noticeable and fit with the vibe of the
city.  For seeing art: anywhere and everywhere in the world.

/>Wooster: What inspires you now?

Pete76:
Making art that fits the city rather than only paper or canvas.
Becoming a part of the cities personality. And always music and design: both the
new trends and nostalgia of old foundations.

Wooster:
What are you currently working on? 

Pete76:
I’ve been evolving the meter theme: it started as characters eating
the coins, then characters feeding the coins, but for me as well as someone
walking down the street variation is what keeps it interesting and sequential. 
So the next step is to tell a visual story over the course of a city block worth
of meters.