- February 22, 2004
- Posted by Marc
Profile: Tom Painter
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Tom Painter - The Vitals:
/>Age: 25
Hometown: Wakefield aka
‘Wakey’, Yorkshire, England
Where do you now live?: I seem
to be leading a Nomadic existance
How long have you been creating
street art?: 15 years
What did you do last
night?: Chatted to some cool Japanese australians
What is
your favorite thing to eat for dinner?: thai food, seafood, english
roast dinners, its all so nice.
Who is your favorite fictional
character?: Soundwave from Transformers
What do you
currently have in your pockets?: a lil mp3 player, a wallet fat with
stickers
If you were given “more time,” what would you do with
it?: I’d learn more art skills, concentrate more on making music, read
more books
Who do you love?: everyone and everything, all
the cute animals out there.
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Tom Painter - The A’s to Our Q’s:
Wooster: How
did you get started in creating art for the street?
Tom:
when my school compass and my immature mind combined
/>Wooster: How would you describe your style?
/>Tom: mad styles combined….some arty streety graphicy tech
bullshit
Wooster: What other street artists do you
most admire and why?
Tom: mmm delta, daim, banksy,
la mano, I love the real strong simple dope shit with unique style.
/>Wooster: What’s your favorite city, neighborhood, or block,
to post and/or to see street art?
Tom: Barcelona is
cool, all of europe is crazy for street art.
Wooster:
What inspires you now?
Tom: i’m inspired
by nature, in particular beautiful places, Urban decay and the female form.
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Wooster: What are you currently working on? Can you
give us a sneak peek?
Tom: Me and my man Numskull
are workin hard on the RESIST project (check out
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worldwide to send in their remixed art….the crew will remix the remixes, maybe
then people can then remix the remixed remixes? We hope to create something new
and have fun along the way!
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