Blog 9. My practice at Graffiti

    In my high school experience I had been taught some about the art of graffiti and had my fair share at it. During high school my brother had one day come up with the nickname Inky for me. I have no idea what it means, or where he came up with it, but it has stuck ever since. One day in my art class, my teacher said we were going to make graffiti art. We used techniques like stamping, drawing, water color painting, etc. to make up our own words in a graffiti style. I choose myself to use the word Inky, as not only my word I would make up in a graffiti style but also as my graffiti artist name.
    In my current class on graffiti and mural art in my last year of college, I have learned of an artist who has already claimed the name though spelled different, Inkie. Inkie is a local Bristol graffiti artist. His inspirations include punk rock albums, and other graffiti artists such as Goldie, The Chrome Angels, and Nick Walker, all of whom he at one point painted with. Inkie has even been known to have collaborated with the world renowned graffiti artist Bansky on a projected call "Walls On Fire" in 1990 the year I was born.
    I can't help but feel my brother was sent a special message that me and this graffiti artist have something in common. I mean how ironic is it that he worked with Bansky on the year I was born. There has to be another connection other than that, maybe a palm reader can help me. Below are the two pictures I could find of "Walls on Fire" by Bansky and Inkie. The top is definitely more a Banksy style, and clearly the bottom is by inkie, by his name tagging signature at the right of the picture.

Bibliography Sources

www.filthymodernart.com/artists/inkie