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ROA in NYC with BSA, Brooklyn Street Art

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Uploaded by on May 13, 2010

Flying High With ROA in Brooklyn, NYC --- The eagerly anticipated arrival of one of Street Arts spray-can naturalists in New York was begun with a marathon 15 hours of painting on two walls in Brooklyn that ended in the early morning hours of the next day.

As the sun sets, a mighty and serene Ibis rises 35 feet on a battered Brooklyn wall...The new video about ROA's arrival into New York and his creation of a stunning long-necked Ibis on the exterior of a tattered and weathered former rope factory in Brooklyn has the stop-action jerkiness of the mechanical crane; bowing and pecking and snapping forward and backward, mimicking the movements of a long necked bird in the wild while ROA meticulously wields a spray can to cover the fine-feathered friend.

We all took turns on the cherry picker (hooked up by our buddy Joe F. ) which was a blast to operate and, after we scraped the wall free of ivy and managed to not smash any windows, ROA hopped inside and put on his safety harness and drove that bucket smoothly, like your grandpa on a Sunday drive through the countryside.

Using only his eye, his spray can, and a confident hand, ROA mapped out the shape of the feathered creature with no false lines, and no chance of erasing. Periodically he brought the mechanical bird to the ground to step way back and assess his progress and make adjustments: the wild animals belly got a little fatter, the feathers more shading for depth. As the sun receded and the lights came on, the painting of the Ibis felt more like an event, a performance onstage in the floodlights by one of Street Arts rising talents who can command a stage and keep it real. Brooklyn Street Art, BrooklynStreetArt.com

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  • Roa is a good cherry picker driver!....ill haring!

  • whats the song playing?

    also ROA IS STRAIGHT KILLIN IT SON!

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