Feros Silver Foxes on graffiti tour
Announcement posted by Feros Care 06 Jul 2017
Chatting with Davey (aka Teazer) at his Stay Gold Studio was inspiring for a bunch of very cool and Feros Care residents who visited recently. The brightly dressed seniors went to see the workings of the graffiti art workshop and hear about how Teazer got into the artform, its history and tagging.
The Feros Silver Foxes (FSFs) visited Teazer’s Byron Bay studio after helping to reinvigorate the local ‘Surf Alley’, painting part of the town red (and other colours), as part of the recent Popped festival. Teazer explained that he thinks it’s a primal urge to want to leave your mark, your message, and FSF Nina Marzi, 96, agreed.
“Not everybody can be an artist,” she said. “It’s the touch, the quality of the paint, what you want to convey in the painting; that’s the most important.” And Nina’s seen a painting or two throughout nearly 10 decades so who can argue with that?
“I think it’s very clever, clever than I ever thought or realised,” Fran Boyle 86 said. Fran, Nina and the rest of the FSFs then hopped in a bus to see Teazer’s local wall graffiti art behind Mitre 10 near the old train tracks – not even on the wrong side (!) - where artists like him go to practice.
Inspired by Teazer, and other artists work on the wall, the FSFs also let their mark and art with a flurry of spraying paint activity.
Follow the FSFs on their visit and hear their inspired thoughts about the modern artform which back in the day was considered the realm of vandals. What would their mums and dads think of the FSFs now!
The Feros Silver Foxes (FSFs) visited Teazer’s Byron Bay studio after helping to reinvigorate the local ‘Surf Alley’, painting part of the town red (and other colours), as part of the recent Popped festival. Teazer explained that he thinks it’s a primal urge to want to leave your mark, your message, and FSF Nina Marzi, 96, agreed.
“Not everybody can be an artist,” she said. “It’s the touch, the quality of the paint, what you want to convey in the painting; that’s the most important.” And Nina’s seen a painting or two throughout nearly 10 decades so who can argue with that?
“I think it’s very clever, clever than I ever thought or realised,” Fran Boyle 86 said. Fran, Nina and the rest of the FSFs then hopped in a bus to see Teazer’s local wall graffiti art behind Mitre 10 near the old train tracks – not even on the wrong side (!) - where artists like him go to practice.
Inspired by Teazer, and other artists work on the wall, the FSFs also let their mark and art with a flurry of spraying paint activity.
Follow the FSFs on their visit and hear their inspired thoughts about the modern artform which back in the day was considered the realm of vandals. What would their mums and dads think of the FSFs now!