The Reverse Graffiti Project

from the Reverse Graf­fiti Project website

One person’s dirty wall is another’s can­vas. Paul “Moose” Cur­tis uses the dirt of the urban land­scape as a back­drop for cre­at­ing art. In a down­town San Fran­cisco tun­nel, for instance, the accu­mu­lated soot on the walls is a per­fect back­drop for him to selec­tively spray away the black using wooden sten­cils. The result is the appear­ance of large botan­i­cal murals. He calls his process “reverse graffiti.”

San Francisco’s Broad­way tun­nel is a highly trav­eled thor­ough­fare in the heart of the city. Over 20,000 cars, trucks, and motor­ized vehi­cles pass through it per day. Its walls are caked with dirt and soot, and lined with patches of paint cov­ered graf­fiti from days gone by. It set the per­fect can­vas to cre­ate a beau­ti­ful work of art show­cas­ing the tal­ents of reverse graf­fiti artist “Moose”, and the power of Green Work­s­plant based cleaner.

Check out the Reverse Grafitti web­site.