meeting the artist

this past friday we took the baby out on a walk and ended up hanging out at Angel City Brewery for a bit. we had a beer, and walked around to look at some new art pieces that were in the gallery space. i saw a guy on top of a scissor lift painting this cool script that looked like a cross between sanskrit and thai. (well, at least to me)

i struck up a conversation with him and found out his name is Bill and he's part of something called the Cryptik Movement. i looked around and next to him was this picture of Ghandi and in the background, the same script he was currently painting!

so i'm like, holy crap! are you the guy that does the Ghandis and the Buddhas i keep seeing around town??? and he says, yeah that's me, you've seen them? and i say of course, i love them! we had a nice little chit chat and he gave us some cool stickers with his logo, his usual iconography and also the one with the Buddha hand. it was a real treat to meet him, i love being able to put a name and face to the art i see on the street.
here the art is again for your viewing pleasure.

here's one that i found out is also done by Cryptik, i saw it on the website.
check out his stuff on the website: http://www.cryptik.com/about/
he also has a cool philosophy on there.