My homie Trublklef, who's a mcee and C.M.B. member, invited me to paint live at a show he put together. This show featured Trublklef, Crocker,Quanstar, Ever ready raw and Akil The MC. If, you know hip hop you have heard of the Jurassic 5. Akil is a member of this group, which is based out of L.A.
So, I found myself gearing up as I always do to paint live. In the past, I would complete or attempt to complete a painting. This I found entertaining for myself and on lookers, but the completed work I found wasn't very useful. It lacked the ability to be part of a series, which that's what I usually create when I'm in exhibition mode. Lol, exhibition mode is what I've been in for some years now! So, producing work for this purpose takes precedence. Now, when I paint live it's typically a piece ,which will be featured in one of my shows. I found this to be hella more productive.
When I'm at an event painting live I get asked a ton of questions. The most asked question is" Do you have any prints?!!" I use to answer with No! I've felt for the longest time prints somehow lessen my work in the sense there would be more than one version of my work existing. It's something I've debated about with other artists, but after long consideration( I mean hella long!) I finally caved in. I realized the people who couldn't afford my paintings wished they could. It also came to my attention I missed opportunities to make money by not have affordable replicas of my work. So, I just recently had prints made, thanks to fellow C.M.B. member Michael Kayode Dantzler. The first series were geared toward the show Trublklef invited me to. Plan on more prints coming out very soon!
I arrived at the venue with my painting and prints. I also had a painting for Akil as well. The Mcees damaged to the mic ,while The cut fresh crew, Dj Peoples and Dj Lex were holding down the 1's and 2's. Akil did his set rhyming in a circle and later he encouraged a freestyle session which Fat rat Da czar was a part of!
All in all it was a great night. We even had chance to chop it up after the show a bit. I was glad to have been a part of it! Now, on to UNCC for their community event I go!!!
"dreamers NEVER sleep!"- C.P.
EL-Evate & EL- Luminate!!!
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