there is nothing like the lean times to bring you back down to earth. After living fat off the hog for the last three years, we were brought back in check with a down grade in spots and having the team kinda split up a bit- thanks to the earfs, moons and changing tides. OUr traditional spot had been reclaimed by the property owner and turned in what i was told was some sort of outdoor photo studio/ courtyard. The old space was now newly cleaned and given new skim coats of concrete along with rounding ALL of corners including where the walls met the ground; given a bit more of gracious transition and it might be skate able.

wall from 2011, skim coated and framed out to leave some of the painting...

So down the street to the Chaos of the Rc Cola compound, we went to our spot, which was not big enough for three, so preys and I it was, while kems flexeded it up on the other side of the compound.
With no real ladders and or means of doing much off the ground the original plan was scrapped in favor of doing a really nice piece with breathing room so as not to get lost on a wall ram-jammed with pieces and characters and colors…

got some 97 cent cans from home depot as i had limited paint and got to work on the sketch.

This year brought a lot of politics into the mix, and it sounded as if there were some tensions between organizers and local heads who had claimed spots that were the if youre from here you know if youre not from here you might not care. Words were said feelings were hurt, jaws were tapped, bruises and scrapes got cleaned up later.

See more action shots and such over at molotow: http://www.molotow.com/magazine/blog/blog/2011/12/07/rath-x-art-basel-miami-2011/#more-3502