I was calling on the BN Mechanical Dept. some years ago when they were
located in Overland Park, KS. They showed me a photo of a new
refrigerator car which was being delivered from a manufacturer. It was
painted all white with no lettering. (The lettering was to be applied
after delivery) It was also parked on a siding overnight. The next
morning, the white car was completely painted with high quality
graffiti. One of the Car Dept. managers said as he showed the picture
to me "I sure wish I could hire those guys. They work fast and do an
excellent job!" There, indeed, is some excellent artwork out there
among the graffiti.
Bill Barber
On Wednesday, April 23, 2003, at 07:33 AM, BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
wrote:
Message: 2
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 17:47:03 -0500
From: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
Subject: graffiti artists
I am familiar with pictures purportedly depicting a Bozo Texino. From
them it is my understanding that a Bozo Texino is a simple line
drawing made of white or black chalk which can be scribbled in less
than a minute. I believe the classic Bozo Texino was signed as such.
What I saw was not a simple line drawing. I am referring to
multicolored, large murals depicting a head and shoulders portrait of
a brown-skinned Mexican man in a gray hat and wearing a very blue
shirt. The cursive writing to the portrait's immediate right is very
elaborate in a lighter gray, perhaps Silver, color. I'm guessing this
mural was made with several spray cans of paint and took quite a while
to do. In fact, unless this graffiti was applied at a loading dock the
artist would have had to stand on a latter or have other scaffolding
to make it as tall as it was. The top of the hat was about halfway to
the roof.
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