Art is Where You Find It

Aspiring young artist, Andy Padilla, shows off some of his works
he is taking to Austin for a Street Festival

As a street photographer you never know what you are going to come across, and today was no exception.

On my way to put up the flyer for my Urban Colors Art Exhibit at the Starbucks at San Pedro and Cypress across from San Antonio College, and I ran across a couple having a cup of coffee and looking at maps on their computer. Mentioning that my photographic exhibit was about graffiti spray-art, the young artist, Andy Padilla, introduced himself, and indicated that he and his girlfrield had come from Laredo and were on their way to Austin Texas to show and sell some of his art.

Intrigued at meeting a fellow artistic traveller, he offered to show me me his art, which he pulled from the trunk of his car. Andy’s art is colorful freeform consisting of acrylics, watercolors and pen line work, applied to whatever was at hand, be it cardboard, plywood, or other materials.

We discussed the various kinds of urban art in the cities and traded stories about some of the people we have encountered in our artistic journey. Good Luck to you Andy and let us know how things go at your show.