Bay area artist
he says he doesn't paint anything without permission from San Jose to San Francisco and even Oakland He estimates he put up more than 1,000 pieces in his prime days Over a four-year period starting in 2005, Free painted variations of his signature black-and-yellow character and "Girafa" bubble letters all over the Bay Area. And people took notice was arrested for tagging his signature a black and yellow giraffe on walls, box trucks, trains, cars, and freeway overpasses all over the Bay Area. In 2007, Although he had escaped police and security guards before this was not his day. He was attacked late at night by who he thought was a police officer. This made him embrace the Girafa identity to the point where it was intoxicating. Being Girafa made it easier to move on to the next wall, the next overpass, the next train yard and keep painting. Ever since the incident he claims to never paint anything without permission. But a lot of his art work is still up around San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland. He thinks he put up about 1,000 pieces. |