Street Art Paintings
Street art is a style created for city walls, subway trains and other public spaces. Sometimes it is commissioned, yet most often it is an individual statement of defiant free expression. Although mostly an urban style, street art can be found all over the world, including JR’s pasted portraits on the separation wall in Palestine, Invader’s playful ceramic tile mosaics in Paris and the provocative stencil and spray-paint works by Banksy in London.
The Philadelphia-based Cornbread — aka Darryl McCray — is considered the first modern graffiti artist. He began tagging his name around the city in the 1960s. Graffiti art later flourished in New York City in the 1970s. There, young artists used spray paint and markers to create tags and large-scale graphic works, with Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring both developing their distinctive styles through the graffiti scene, which would evolve into street art. Artists such as Tracy 168 and Lady Pink pioneered the Wild Style of complex graffiti writing in the 1980s, pushing the movement forward.
Because of its unsanctioned, improvisational and frequently covert nature, street art involves a range of techniques and aesthetics. Some street artists use quick and effective stenciling, whereas others wheat-paste posters, commandeer video projectors or freehand draw elaborate illustrations and murals. Shepard Fairey made his mark with street art stickers before designing the iconic “Hope” poster for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.
While the origins of street art are rooted in a strictly noncommercial creative act that confronted political issues, sexuality and more for a general audience of passersby, the art form has moved inside the galleries over the years. Today, just as Basquiat and Haring took their works from Manhattan’s Lower East Side alleyways into Soho galleries, artists including KAWS, Barry McGee and Osgemeos are in demand with collectors of fine art.
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Artist Comments
Artist Jeff Fleming depicts a whimsical approach to how a giraffe might taste a wall of graffiti. "The message is clear, art is a buffet of color so enjoy every drop," says Jeff. He writes Banksy in lime green as an ode to the legendary street artist. "I whisk paint in random strokes, a technique which adds a boost of energy," says Jeff.
About the Artist
Artist Jeff Fleming uses fingerpainting to create exuberant portraits of dogs. Growing up in Southern California, Jeff was first introduced to fingerpainting in kindergarten. He painted through high school and college and won several art awards, including Best of Show in a city wide student competition. After graduating with a degree in journalism and advertising, he went to work as an art director. For the next 40 years, he created print, radio and television ads for a number of top agencies. "After retiring in 2019, the clouds of stress and pressure cleared and allowed me to set my creative energy free," says Jeff. He began developing new techniques focused on the excitement and energy of painting. Today, he uses a variety of methods and tools, including fingerpainting wearing nitrile gloves, traditional paint brushes, bamboo shish kebab sticks, kite string, spraypaint and splattering. While working, Jeff always listens to music, including Broadway musicals, dance music and rhythmic Hawaiian tunes.
Words that describe this painting: Contemporary art, modern art, Banksy, giraffe art...
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Canvas
2010s Street Art Paintings
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2010s Street Art Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Spray Paint, Tissue Paper, Stencil
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Spray Paint, Tissue Paper, Stencil
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Canvas, Mixed Media, Latex, Spray Paint, Acrylic
2010s Street Art Paintings
Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Acrylic, Spray Paint, Latex, Mixed Media, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Spray Paint, Tissue Paper, Stencil
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Cardboard
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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
2010s Street Art Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Latex, Spray Paint, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Cardboard, Oil Pastel
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Latex, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Wood
2010s Street Art Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Street Art Paintings
Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Latex, Spray Paint, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Latex, Spray Paint, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Street Art Paintings
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
2010s Street Art Paintings
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Latex, Spray Paint, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Latex, Spray Paint, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Acrylic, Spray Paint, Mixed Media, Latex, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Street Art Paintings
Canvas, Spray Paint, Stencil
2010s Street Art Paintings
Other Medium, Giclée, Rag Paper, Glitter, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
2010s Street Art Paintings
Mixed Media, Glitter, Wood Panel, Rag Paper, Giclée, Other Medium
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media
2010s Street Art Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Acrylic, Spray Paint, Latex, Mixed Media, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Latex, Spray Paint, Acrylic
2010s Street Art Paintings
Acrylic, Video, Wood Panel
2010s Street Art Paintings
Screen, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Street Art Paintings
Rag Paper, Cotton, Giclée
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Street Art Paintings
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Acrylic, Spray Paint, Latex, Mixed Media, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Latex, Spray Paint, Acrylic
2010s Street Art Paintings
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
2010s Street Art Paintings
Wood Panel, Acrylic, Video
