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Looking at his work it’s hard to believe that self-taught San Clemente, California, artist Brett Crawford, aka Start Vault, stopped painting for 13 years before finally jumping back into the game in 2013. Gallery 38 attributes “his love for art history and the excitement of working with today’s street artists” as propelling him to pick up his brushes. Inspired to restart his art career by the late-great illustrator and designer Dugald Stermer, Crawford told Talenthouse that he was told to treat art more like a hobby and the passion for art he has recaptured clearly shines through everything he’s doing. Dubbed “pajarito gordito” (chubby birds) by the women of the neighborhood, these charming birds were painted at 48th and Western in Los Angeles for the Adam Ayala curated Smile South Central project and Start Vault says *This was my most fun mural to date.”  @startvault  @smilesouthcentral  @gallery38​  @talenthouse  @scenesfromthesidewalk

“Unafraid to speak his mind with a spray can” The Site Unseen says “LeBA is recognized and admired for combining biting social commentary and fine art imagery into his street art. . . . his work is always relevant, exploratory, skillfully crafted, and many times, politically charged.” While he has a wide-ranging set of skills and experience including sculpture, wheat-paste, and stencil work LeBA says he “is known best as a street artist, muralist, and oil painter” and he considers his signature style “realistic oil portraits of political and social satire along with themes of mortality and the afterlife.” It’s not surprising that LeBA was drawn to Adam Ayala’s Smile South Central project, using art to help South Central Los Angeles residents transform their community. This 2014 wall was painted near Western and 47th, in the alley behind the El Pueblo Market. @leba @smilesouthcentral @scenesfromthesidewalk

Brand new set of the people of @laartshow up now at kungfubreakfast.com including @che_2a of @smilesouthcentral and his rad better half @iris93yiyi #adamayala #smilesouthcentral #irislopez #laartshow2016 #laartshow #kungfubreakfast #photographyskills #happycouple (at LA Art Show)