Dirty Harry

Adelaide, Biz, Vans the Omega, Justin at Clinic 116, Da Klinic, Old Man PALMS, graffiti, Ironlak

IRONLAK BBQ Burners | Adelaide, Australia – October, 2012.

Adelaide played host to its 3rd BBQ Burners event late last year, and having previously been attended by many of the still active writers from Adelaide’s golden era’s, this year was about having new blood and giving back to writers that hadn’t gotten down on the wall previously, with a special emphasis on the guys […]

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GUSTOE, PARIS, Palms, graffiti, Ironlak

PALMS, GUSTOE and PARIS – Brisbane, Australia.

I recently had the pleasure of connecting with a couple of gentlemen who I consider legitimate Aussie old school royalty, GUSTOE and PARIS. Paris, a first generation Melbourne writer I saw from afar in magazines, while GUSTOE, under many of his well-known pseudonyms was widely considered one of Adelaide’s true style kings. I marvelled at

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Miami, Art Basel, Tues, Chile, graffiti, Ironlak

The Americas Tour 2011 | PALMS, TUES and Ironlak BBQ Burners – Part 3.

The third installment of this travel diary is woefully overdue, things have been crazy busy at the House of Palms and the Ironlak HQ. Such was the allure of people, painting and the countries of South America that my tickets to return this year are already booked.  As per usual please excuse the quality of

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TUES, PALMS, LA, Art Basel, ENUE, Miami, SOFLES, graffiti, Ironlak

The Americas Tour 2011 | PALMS, TUES and Ironlak BBQ Burners – Part 2.

When last I left you, the grizzled, chicken-wing munching TUES and his little sidekick PALMS, were waving goodbye to LA in the early hours of a morn, and anticipating getting off the plane at the annual International Writers Convention (otherwise known as Art Basel). Flying in over ocean, beach and palm trees, started to give a

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ArtBasel, Tues, SOFLES, Palms, Miami, graffiti, Ironlak

The Americas Tour 2011 | PALMS, TUES and Ironlak BBQ Burners – Part 1.

“At the very end of November last year, the big fella TUES and myself boarded a plan in Brisbane to begin a whirlwind trip; in the following 17 days we would visit 10 cities in 5 countries, and do our level best to paint in all of them. The trip wasn’t on a whim. South

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