My First Mural:: A Mandy Tribute:: The Process

This past weekend I was blessed to be given the opportunity to participate in a Santa Barbara community art project with the goal to help the infamous Funk Zone flourish again. Laura Inks, the director of the project explains “We signed the lease for the gallery, opened the front door, and looked out at broken windows, graffiti-covered walls, and a trash-strewn parking lot,” she said. “It wasn’t pretty Santa Barbara, and I knew we had to make this street more visitor-friendly.” in an Independent interview that can be read in full here. So Inks devolved the mural project for the time being, and with this in mind, I wanted to make the street really pretty...Mandy Candy Pretty.

I am so happy to share my muse Mandy with all of you and everyone who passes the mural on Mason Street. Please go check it out in person, right next to Hot Spots Coffee. Here are a couple of pictures of how she developed ;)

I had to paint over an existing mural so here is my primered wall...lol. Needed a fresh white canvas to start!

 

I am so happy that my art is in the street! The viewer experiences it in such a different way, rather than say a gallery, and with all the celebrating street art has been receiving lately, I am so proud to celebrate my first crack at it.

Special thanks to Andi Gee for giving me this opportunity! 

xo Caterina

This past weekend I was blessed to be given the opportunity to participate in a Santa Barbara community art project with the goal to help the infamous Funk Zone flourish again. Laura Inks, the director of the project explains “We signed the lease for the gallery, opened the front door, and looked out at broken windows, graffiti-covered walls, and a trash-strewn parking lot,” she said. “It wasn’t pretty Santa Barbara, and I knew we had to make this street more visitor-friendly.” in an Independent interview that can be read in full here. So Inks devolved the mural project for the time being, and with this in mind, I wanted to make the street really pretty...Mandy Candy Pretty.

I am so happy to share my muse Mandy with all of you and everyone who passes the mural on Mason Street. Please go check it out in person, right next to Hot Spots Coffee. Here are a couple of pictures of how she developed ;)

I had to paint over an existing mural so here is my primered wall...lol. Needed a fresh white canvas to start!

 

I am so happy that my art is in the street! The viewer experiences it in such a different way, rather than say a gallery, and with all the celebrating street art has been receiving lately, I am so proud to celebrate my first crack at it.

Special thanks to Andi Gee for giving me this opportunity! 

xo Caterina

My First Mural:: A Mandy Tribute

Just finished up my first mural! I will do a complete post with photos of my process and links to the community project in the next couple of days... so stay tuned!

In the meantime, please check out my finished piece in the Funk Zone of Santa Barbara on the corner of Mason Street and State Street, right by Hot Spots Coffee Shop.

XoXo

Just finished up my first mural! I will do a complete post with photos of my process and links to the community project in the next couple of days... so stay tuned!

In the meantime, please check out my finished piece in the Funk Zone of Santa Barbara on the corner of Mason Street and State Street, right by Hot Spots Coffee Shop.

XoXo

Mandy Candy

Say hello to Mandy Candy, my first drawing ever on a surfboard! Thank you Kilian for allowing me to hit up your CI. This has been something I have been wanting to do for a while and I am stoked she finally made it out into the water for a surf. With limited colors, I plugged away, in the "zone" if you will, for about an hour and a half and I can't wait to do the next. If you want me to hit up your surfboard and you are in SB- ask my boyfriend or email me.

This is the first photo of Many Candy in action

So fucking sexy. 

Photo by Andrew Schroener

Here is her first footy. She got really lucky yesterday on St. Patty's Day at The Con.

Conner & Friends from Sean Lesh on Vimeo.

Thank you Sean Lesh for the great clips!

xoxo Kitty Cat

Say hello to Mandy Candy, my first drawing ever on a surfboard! Thank you Kilian for allowing me to hit up your CI. This has been something I have been wanting to do for a while and I am stoked she finally made it out into the water for a surf. With limited colors, I plugged away, in the "zone" if you will, for about an hour and a half and I can't wait to do the next. If you want me to hit up your surfboard and you are in SB- ask my boyfriend or email me.

This is the first photo of Many Candy in action

So fucking sexy. 

Photo by Andrew Schroener

Here is her first footy. She got really lucky yesterday on St. Patty's Day at The Con.

Conner & Friends from Sean Lesh on Vimeo.

Thank you Sean Lesh for the great clips!

xoxo Kitty Cat

My Muse Mandy

A picture of painting I did of my muse Mandy Candy a while ago. I haven't finished it, and I don't know what to do with Hula Mandy Candy,  but I still really like the piece. I faded the color on this picture... the one below is closer to the orginal but I liked the faded effects on this one. What do you think I should do with her?

A picture of painting I did of my muse Mandy Candy a while ago. I haven't finished it, and I don't know what to do with Hula Mandy Candy,  but I still really like the piece. I faded the color on this picture... the one below is closer to the orginal but I liked the faded effects on this one. What do you think I should do with her?