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My Journey
Hailing from Worcester, England - I began documenting street art back in 2012 when I moved from South London to East London. With murals, tags, stickers and paste-ups on every corner, watching the daily flow of new walls to the decaying pieces - street art quickly became a huge part of my life. In those early years, I traveled extensively to street art cities, meeting artists, curators, photographers and made a bunch of awesome friends - banking some 10,000 photos along the way. I quickly became trusted by artists to document the hidden side of London, it was an incredible time to be in the London, every weekend there was paint jam or a gallery show on.
Although never the intention, the numerous street art related projects I had worked on, shaped a portfolio which landed me a 2017 move to Los Angeles, CA - another culturally significant city for for urban art. I worked in a gallery and ran a street art tour company in Venice Beach.
In 2022, I moved to St. Petersburg, FL for family reasons, not realizing that I was about to discover yet another mecca for street art and connected with the scene here right away.
The more I spoke with artist friends here, the more I noticed a gap in platforms where they could share their work. That’s when the idea for Bay Area Street Collective was born.
The mission is simple, to support and showcase the incredible talent of Bay Area street artists, removing as many traditional barriers artists face, whilst doing the best by artists and having some fun along the way.
Thanks for checking out our site, and be sure to reach out with any questions.
2012
(L) one of my first photos by the legendary Roa in Shoreditch, East London - where it all began, (R) supporting walls with Himbad since day 1, North London.
2013
(L) with the Lost Souls in LDN, (R) with Antz of RCLS crew in Singapore.
2014
(L) with Tizer at his wall for City of Colours, Birmingam, UK (R), slinging paint with Dscreet at Urban Spree in Berlin, Germany for the DBL TRBL show, this visit would be the beginning of a year long festival I hosted in Berlin.
2015
(L) portrait of me painted by Alaniz in Camden, LDN, (R) with Fick Flatt and Paul Punk at their mural for 'Berlin Rising' festival I organized.
2015
(L) with Findac, this trip with Fin would plant the seed for my journey to LA a few years later. (R) more Los Angeles w Nychos & the good folk at the Container Yard
2016
(L)- LDN paint jams with Dill, Fanakapan, Captain Kris, (R) Secret Walls London (to many to name), the London scene was bursting.
2016
(L) 'the climber' a painting of me in Hackney, LDN my pal Zabou, (R) with Adnate at his wall in Bethnal Green, London where I lived at the time and arranged multiple walls for artists.
2017
(L) w Spraying Bricks working on a wall w D-Face in New York, (R) fresh piece urbex with Tobo at an abandoned swimming pool, Berlin.
2018
(L) Low Bro's paint our office in Venice Beach, CA, (R) with Captain Kris, Melbourne, Australia.
2019
Touring Venice Beach, (L) volunteer tour for the Exceptional Childrens Foundation, ft Alexis Diaz, (R) touring with Los Angeles Tourism Board, wall by Indiangiver (also ft front)
2020
(L) with Alice Pasquini at her fresh piece, Venice Beach, CA (R) in front of Kaws / Kenny Sharf, Mar Vista, CA
2021
Family life is kicking in, but I still make time to arrange some shutters to paint for my old friend Alex Face who was in LA from Thailand, plus the famous Venice Beach Graffiti Walls.
2022
(L) with Woes at Secret Walls Los Angeles, this was my final week in LA, before landing here in St Pete (R) only to find a familiar face, James Bullough for SHINE (8) mural festival.
2023
The St Pete chapter is in full flow (L), with Hoxxoh (R) Hannah Eddy for SHINE 9.
2024
I still try and make it back to previous 'homes', so many good times and friends to check in on. (L) Andrew from Thinkspace, Dulk behind (R) w Afrika47 - two curators who did a lot for me back since my 2017 move.
2025
Paint life is a little slower these days than the wild travels you see before you, a few more wrinkles, but older and (a little bit more) wiser. But I'm still out here watching paint dry. (L) Paint jam at Overspray, with Mr B Baby, Stom 500, Abyss, (R) my two art guru 's Jenee of No Good Deeds Art & Miss Crit.