News — Graffiti Art
Remember #bumblebeelovesyou
A few weeks ago FreeWay Editions had the opportunity to go and hang out with street artist BumblebeeLovesYou in his LA studio. We took a tour of his place and sat down to watch him work and chat about his life, art, and latest projects. Here is what he had to say:
Tell us a bit about your background. How did you get into street art?
“I am from Downey, CA. In between LA and Long Beach. I started making art beecause there was always a lack of...
Urban Exposure
This week FreeWay Editions is sharing new hand-painted screen prints from contemporary urban painter Charlie Anderson. Anderson is originally from Edinburgh Scotland and after graduating from Edinburgh College of Art in 2009 he has developed a thriving career around his distinctive style of collage inspired pop art paintings. He employs imagery from magazines, flyers, advertising and political campaigns to create collage styled paintings that make commentary on our throw away society. By layering images and deconstructing text and forms, Anderson highlights the ephemerality of life and art itself. His new hand painted screen prints use bold black and white...
More From Shepard Fairey
Frank Shepard Fairey is an American contemporary street artist, graphic designer activist and illustrator who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He first became known for his "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" (…OBEY…) sticker campaign, in which he appropriated images from the comedic supermarket tabloid Weekly World News. We all know Shepard Fairey primarily for his 2008 U.S. presidential election Barack Obama "Hope" poster. This week FreeWay Editions would like to share some of his other works and highlight the artist's wide range of talents!
Screen print on fine art paper.
Tilt aka a “Graffiti Fetishist”
Tilt is an internationally recognized traditional graffiti artist, originating from Toulouse in South France. A self declared “graffiti fetishist”, he learned his trade in the streets and on trains as a teen. In the time since he did his first tags on a skateboard ramp back in ’88, his ensuing career has been nourished and influenced by extensive travel.
Tilt incorporates both primitive lettering and more complicated 3D, wildstyle, characters with an emphasis on both strong colors and high impact shapes. Remaining close to the classic hip-hop graffiti ideology, Tilt focuses on the...
NEW Unique Hand-Painted Screen Prints
FreeWay Editions is always introducing new artworks to the online store but this week we are featuring a whole new category of hand-painted screen prints. These works are one of kind unique hand-painted screen prints from urban contemporary artist Speedy Graphito. Each of these pieces was individually painted by the artist after silkscreen colors were applied to the Coventry Rag Vellum 320g paper. After Speedy Graphito painted, designed, and screen printed these prints the artist then went over the original piece to completely transform it into an unique one of a kind...