He also hopes his work will encourage communities to rise above their differences and understanding the interconnectedness of all living things. A tall order, but then again, that’s exactly the kind of power art might have: the power to connect people by instilling a sense of wonder.

“We are all interconnected and even though we’ve created borders and hierarchies in the world we are still one people, a race of explorers in the constant pursuit of perfection,” said Jalea in an interview with Talenthouse. “We have to learn to better help each other.”

Born in Peru and based in Toronto, Jalea takes his message around the world. It was actually during one of his travels that he formulated his positive approach. But his message has also caught onto some commercial brands, with commissions from selected clients like Facebook, Nike, Cirque du Soleil, and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

The post The Geometric, Meditative Murals of Peru 143 appeared first on TettyBetty.

And with some of his canvases as big as whole buildings, his message is heard loud and clear. Born in Durango, México and currently based in Brooklyn, Gonzalez took to calligraphy at a young age, without even realizing he could write for a living.

“I was lucky in Mexico that this was taught to us, starting in elementary school,” he relayed in an interview with We Heart. “I never thought it was a profession, so I just did it because I enjoyed it. I was also exposed to lettering through my grandfather — after seeing photos of his work in the 1940s and ’50s.”

Having later studied graphic design, sharpened his technical skills and gave him the opportunity to go to school for typeface design and attend workshops. “Some of the tools I use to create come back to graffiti and how it has influenced me over the years,” he notes. “I also like to experiment with the combination of digital and analog; handmade and contemporary.”

With clients as huge as Apple, Nike, Mercedes Benz, and Google, his experimentation proved fruitful. Take a look at some of his more eye-popping typography work in the gallery below.

The post Ricardo Gonzalez Chooses His Words Carefully appeared first on TettyBetty.

“I love to work on a large scale because it’s more breathtaking and I prefer to select this size of the project,” the Spanish artist stated once in an interview with Design Boom. “I love to draw directly on the walls and keep creating and improvising during the process,” he added. “I need to see in person the whole architecture and try to play with that. When I do sculptures I need to sketch and then take it to my team to work it out in 3D. Depending on the project, I have about 4 assistants that help me with everything.”

His works, sometimes described as Pop Surrealism meets Street Art, aims at raising questions about existentialism, the universe, the infinite, the meaning of life, and the contradictions of society’s false freedom. “My work is more related to surrealism and pop-art, which I discovered in school, than to street art or what is known as contemporary art,” notes San Miguel.

Amongst his more existential works are a number of churches, transformed into rainbow-colored installations. Scroll down to see some highlights from his Instagram page.

The post Okuda San Miguel’s Rainbow-Colored Art is Show Stopping appeared first on TettyBetty.

Nowadays, she travels the world and transforms boring walls into masterpieces. Objects like, books, chairs, and tables are floating through the air.

“Everyone has their own view on the world, and my work is my way of expressing this idea: it’s impossible to view something from every perspective at the same time,” the artist told Colossal. “There’s always a choice, a perception. In my work there also lies a desire to take things out of context, releasing them into the air and, by doing so, giving them new value.”

To see her work, check out the gallery below, or follow her on Instagram for future updates.

The post Cinta Vidal Creates Pictures That Plays With Your Mind appeared first on TettyBetty.

Aside from being a muralist, Goodman is also a designer, an illustrator, and an author, with selected clients that include Google, Uniqlo, MoMA, Airbnb, Netflix, The New Yorker and The New York Times. You can find his art and words on packages, cars, shoes, clothing, book jackets, magazine covers, even people.

“I just want to create art that people can connect to,” he stressed in an interview with Eye on Design. “I think so much of the time we make art for ourselves or for other people in our communities to see. With so many of the stories I’m trying to tell, I’m trying to make things for actual people. I think sharing your personal stories is sort of activism; when you connect to other lonely people in the world, I think there’s a service involved that is really powerful. I want to continue to use my work as a vehicle for that.”

“If I can’t connect to someone seeing my work on an emotional level, then I don’t know why I’m doing it,” he adds. “How do you interact with a great film or a great book or a great album? You’re connecting with it emotionally. So why wouldn’t I make my work in the face of that? I don’t know why we define graphic designers in such a small box. I just don’t know what the point of that is. There are so many ways for people to interact with one’s work.”

With more than 150k followers on Instagram, he’s clearly connecting with people.

The post Timothy Goodman Creates Art That’s Worth Connecting To appeared first on TettyBetty.

Ella and Pitr’s murals often cover current political and social issues, but some of them don’t have any hidden meaning. During 2019, the artists and their volunteer helpers painted oversized murals in several countries around the world, such as Colombia, Croatia, Norway, Canada, etc.

When asked by Street Art United States what fact about them surprises people the most, Ella and Pitr replied, “That we are 49 & 51 years old [in 2016], so it proves that you can feel young and strong when you start getting old.” These guys are already grandparents! Scroll down to see their lovely murals.

The post Big Giants Rest on the Rooftops in Ella & Pitr’s Murals appeared first on TettyBetty.

Aryz usually adorns his walls with characters, portraying them in powerful poses of conflict or contemplation. However, he does sometimes make the odd exception of painting inanimate objects. Regardless of their content, his paintings are instantly recognizable due to his distinct use of pale colors and heavy emphasis on blue-yellow contrast.

“I started painting with graffiti people from my town,” Aryz told Polish magazine Puszka. “they were making letters, and I was making characters between letters. After a while, I had a stupid injury in my finger for pressing in a wrong way the spray cans. So I started to use more brush instead of spray.”

Remarkably, Aryz’s old crowd didn’t like the switch and kicked him out of their posse: “The same time the guys I was painting with said that my works were not cool anymore because I was not using spray cans, so we finished our cooperation. After that, I started painting for myself, trying to do more characters and big paintings.”

It seems that things turned out for the best for both Aryz and the walls he is gracing with his art. He’s been to many cities around the world, including Katowice, Tokyo, and Nevada. Wouldn’t it be cool to wake up one morning and find him working on a building across the street from you?

The post No Wall is Too Big For Aryz to Paint On appeared first on TettyBetty.

Creating anything from illustrations, graphic art, and murals to animations and handwritten type, their studio’s Instagram page is one you’ll definitely want to follow.

While Cecile is Norwegian, Gilles is French. And with different backgrounds, the two designers seem to complement each other perfectly. “I attended a foundation in design in Oslo before moving to London,” said Cecile in an interview with Inky Goodness. “I learned a lot, met many like-minded people that I still know today and got introduced to CSM that I applied to. I also have a Masters in Business Management.”

Gilles, on the other hand, spent his youth in the outskirts of Paris. “I was doing skating and graffiti,” recalled the artist, “and was spending days in Paris at the Centre Pompidou, Louvre Museum, Musée D’orsay… I did the classic French art curriculum before Central Saint Martins. My background is a strange mix of DIY, suburb influence and classical art.”

Check out their colorful creations in the gallery below.

The post These Designers Add a Blast of Color to the World Around Them appeared first on TettyBetty.

“I loved learning about advertising, but also found my passion pulling me in a different direction.”

That direction proved multi-faceted, as she now paints her works on all sorts of surfaces, from walls to sweaters. Mostly abstract, her creations are geometric, graphic, and uplifting.

Now working as a full-time artist, Rutt is still grateful for her experience in advertising. “That experience taught me how to find humor even in intense workplace environments and gave me the self discipline to structure my time more effectively,” she stressed.

Enjoy some of her works in the gallery below.

The post Ellen Rutt’s Geometric Art Is a Pop of Color appeared first on TettyBetty.

“I’m not much of a self-promoter,” admitted the London-based artist in an interview with Lecture in Progress. “The large-scale nature of my work has helped in this respect, as it’s like a giant advert for me in a way. Instagram is also helpful, although I have, at times, a tortured relationship with it.”

“I work from my studio above Ridley Road Market in Dalston,” she expounded. “Every day looks different depending on what projects I’ve got on. There’s always a lot of admin and answering emails – that doesn’t change. Sometimes I’ll be planning a mural, sometimes reading and writing as research, sometimes contacting suppliers, sometimes I’ll be outdoors painting a mural, sometimes prepping boards to paint. It’s very varied. I also often travel internationally to paint murals, or to exhibit work abroad.”

With more than 100k followers on Instagram, her hard work clearly paid off. Take a look at some of her creations in the gallery below.

The post Lakwena Maciver’s Murals Promote Empathy and Self Love appeared first on TettyBetty.

He also hopes his work will encourage communities to rise above their differences and understanding the interconnectedness of all living things. A tall order, but then again, that’s exactly the kind of power art might have: the power to connect people by instilling a sense of wonder.

“We are all interconnected and even though we’ve created borders and hierarchies in the world we are still one people, a race of explorers in the constant pursuit of perfection,” said Jalea in an interview with Talenthouse. “We have to learn to better help each other.”

Born in Peru and based in Toronto, Jalea takes his message around the world. It was actually during one of his travels that he formulated his positive approach. But his message has also caught onto some commercial brands, with commissions from selected clients like Facebook, Nike, Cirque du Soleil, and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

The post The Geometric, Meditative Murals of Peru 143 appeared first on TettyBetty.

And with some of his canvases as big as whole buildings, his message is heard loud and clear. Born in Durango, México and currently based in Brooklyn, Gonzalez took to calligraphy at a young age, without even realizing he could write for a living.

“I was lucky in Mexico that this was taught to us, starting in elementary school,” he relayed in an interview with We Heart. “I never thought it was a profession, so I just did it because I enjoyed it. I was also exposed to lettering through my grandfather — after seeing photos of his work in the 1940s and ’50s.”

Having later studied graphic design, sharpened his technical skills and gave him the opportunity to go to school for typeface design and attend workshops. “Some of the tools I use to create come back to graffiti and how it has influenced me over the years,” he notes. “I also like to experiment with the combination of digital and analog; handmade and contemporary.”

With clients as huge as Apple, Nike, Mercedes Benz, and Google, his experimentation proved fruitful. Take a look at some of his more eye-popping typography work in the gallery below.

The post Ricardo Gonzalez Chooses His Words Carefully appeared first on TettyBetty.

“I love to work on a large scale because it’s more breathtaking and I prefer to select this size of the project,” the Spanish artist stated once in an interview with Design Boom. “I love to draw directly on the walls and keep creating and improvising during the process,” he added. “I need to see in person the whole architecture and try to play with that. When I do sculptures I need to sketch and then take it to my team to work it out in 3D. Depending on the project, I have about 4 assistants that help me with everything.”

His works, sometimes described as Pop Surrealism meets Street Art, aims at raising questions about existentialism, the universe, the infinite, the meaning of life, and the contradictions of society’s false freedom. “My work is more related to surrealism and pop-art, which I discovered in school, than to street art or what is known as contemporary art,” notes San Miguel.

Amongst his more existential works are a number of churches, transformed into rainbow-colored installations. Scroll down to see some highlights from his Instagram page.

The post Okuda San Miguel’s Rainbow-Colored Art is Show Stopping appeared first on TettyBetty.

Nowadays, she travels the world and transforms boring walls into masterpieces. Objects like, books, chairs, and tables are floating through the air.

“Everyone has their own view on the world, and my work is my way of expressing this idea: it’s impossible to view something from every perspective at the same time,” the artist told Colossal. “There’s always a choice, a perception. In my work there also lies a desire to take things out of context, releasing them into the air and, by doing so, giving them new value.”

To see her work, check out the gallery below, or follow her on Instagram for future updates.

The post Cinta Vidal Creates Pictures That Plays With Your Mind appeared first on TettyBetty.

Aside from being a muralist, Goodman is also a designer, an illustrator, and an author, with selected clients that include Google, Uniqlo, MoMA, Airbnb, Netflix, The New Yorker and The New York Times. You can find his art and words on packages, cars, shoes, clothing, book jackets, magazine covers, even people.

“I just want to create art that people can connect to,” he stressed in an interview with Eye on Design. “I think so much of the time we make art for ourselves or for other people in our communities to see. With so many of the stories I’m trying to tell, I’m trying to make things for actual people. I think sharing your personal stories is sort of activism; when you connect to other lonely people in the world, I think there’s a service involved that is really powerful. I want to continue to use my work as a vehicle for that.”

“If I can’t connect to someone seeing my work on an emotional level, then I don’t know why I’m doing it,” he adds. “How do you interact with a great film or a great book or a great album? You’re connecting with it emotionally. So why wouldn’t I make my work in the face of that? I don’t know why we define graphic designers in such a small box. I just don’t know what the point of that is. There are so many ways for people to interact with one’s work.”

With more than 150k followers on Instagram, he’s clearly connecting with people.

The post Timothy Goodman Creates Art That’s Worth Connecting To appeared first on TettyBetty.

Ella and Pitr’s murals often cover current political and social issues, but some of them don’t have any hidden meaning. During 2019, the artists and their volunteer helpers painted oversized murals in several countries around the world, such as Colombia, Croatia, Norway, Canada, etc.

When asked by Street Art United States what fact about them surprises people the most, Ella and Pitr replied, “That we are 49 & 51 years old [in 2016], so it proves that you can feel young and strong when you start getting old.” These guys are already grandparents! Scroll down to see their lovely murals.

The post Big Giants Rest on the Rooftops in Ella & Pitr’s Murals appeared first on TettyBetty.

Aryz usually adorns his walls with characters, portraying them in powerful poses of conflict or contemplation. However, he does sometimes make the odd exception of painting inanimate objects. Regardless of their content, his paintings are instantly recognizable due to his distinct use of pale colors and heavy emphasis on blue-yellow contrast.

“I started painting with graffiti people from my town,” Aryz told Polish magazine Puszka. “they were making letters, and I was making characters between letters. After a while, I had a stupid injury in my finger for pressing in a wrong way the spray cans. So I started to use more brush instead of spray.”

Remarkably, Aryz’s old crowd didn’t like the switch and kicked him out of their posse: “The same time the guys I was painting with said that my works were not cool anymore because I was not using spray cans, so we finished our cooperation. After that, I started painting for myself, trying to do more characters and big paintings.”

It seems that things turned out for the best for both Aryz and the walls he is gracing with his art. He’s been to many cities around the world, including Katowice, Tokyo, and Nevada. Wouldn’t it be cool to wake up one morning and find him working on a building across the street from you?

The post No Wall is Too Big For Aryz to Paint On appeared first on TettyBetty.

Creating anything from illustrations, graphic art, and murals to animations and handwritten type, their studio’s Instagram page is one you’ll definitely want to follow.

While Cecile is Norwegian, Gilles is French. And with different backgrounds, the two designers seem to complement each other perfectly. “I attended a foundation in design in Oslo before moving to London,” said Cecile in an interview with Inky Goodness. “I learned a lot, met many like-minded people that I still know today and got introduced to CSM that I applied to. I also have a Masters in Business Management.”

Gilles, on the other hand, spent his youth in the outskirts of Paris. “I was doing skating and graffiti,” recalled the artist, “and was spending days in Paris at the Centre Pompidou, Louvre Museum, Musée D’orsay… I did the classic French art curriculum before Central Saint Martins. My background is a strange mix of DIY, suburb influence and classical art.”

Check out their colorful creations in the gallery below.

The post These Designers Add a Blast of Color to the World Around Them appeared first on TettyBetty.

“I loved learning about advertising, but also found my passion pulling me in a different direction.”

That direction proved multi-faceted, as she now paints her works on all sorts of surfaces, from walls to sweaters. Mostly abstract, her creations are geometric, graphic, and uplifting.

Now working as a full-time artist, Rutt is still grateful for her experience in advertising. “That experience taught me how to find humor even in intense workplace environments and gave me the self discipline to structure my time more effectively,” she stressed.

Enjoy some of her works in the gallery below.

The post Ellen Rutt’s Geometric Art Is a Pop of Color appeared first on TettyBetty.

“I’m not much of a self-promoter,” admitted the London-based artist in an interview with Lecture in Progress. “The large-scale nature of my work has helped in this respect, as it’s like a giant advert for me in a way. Instagram is also helpful, although I have, at times, a tortured relationship with it.”

“I work from my studio above Ridley Road Market in Dalston,” she expounded. “Every day looks different depending on what projects I’ve got on. There’s always a lot of admin and answering emails – that doesn’t change. Sometimes I’ll be planning a mural, sometimes reading and writing as research, sometimes contacting suppliers, sometimes I’ll be outdoors painting a mural, sometimes prepping boards to paint. It’s very varied. I also often travel internationally to paint murals, or to exhibit work abroad.”

With more than 100k followers on Instagram, her hard work clearly paid off. Take a look at some of her creations in the gallery below.

The post Lakwena Maciver’s Murals Promote Empathy and Self Love appeared first on TettyBetty.