San Jose's Scape Martinez has been creating art since childhood. Early in his teen years, he fell in love with graffiti art. He creates with spray enamel, house paint, markers, acrylics and watercolors. He has exhibited at MACLA and has been assistant art director and lead artist-in-residence for the Children's Shelter of Santa Clara County, California. He is currently working in the area of public art with various cities on "Four-Dimensional" murals and sculptures that are graffiti-based.
Scape will be signing copies of his book Graff: The Art and Technique of Graffiti at 1pm on Saturday, September 12, 2009.
Barnes & Noble bookstore
3600 Stevens Creek Blvd (at San Tomas Expressway)
San Jose CA 95117.
(408) 984-3495.