Brandon McConnell

This guy was a huge help to me and many other spray painters when
we started and also a really talented artist
"Hi, My name is Brandon McConnell. I was born in Chula Vista, Ca.
 on June 1st, 1976.
I have been an artist for as long as I can remember. In elementary
school I would Doodle at my desk every chance I got. As I got into
High school, I stared drawing comic book
characters and was really surprised with what I could do with no
 special training. I won first place in an art contest In High School
for one of my Ink and airbrush drawings. Then in 1999 I took a day
 trip to Tijuana Mexico, there I saw an artist on the sidewalk making
 beautiful paintings with spray paint. I was instantly amazed by the
vibrant colors, interesting textures and speed at which he could
create a painting. I knew this was something I had to try for myself.
  That day I bought four paintings by the artist and carefully studied
his techniques for about an hour. A day later I had a bunch of cans of spray paint and the materials I needed and eagerly went to work trying to understand these new concepts of spray paint art. It was like nothing I had ever done. My first results were very muddy looking and not very good. With practice and determination I started to understand what needed to be done to get the results I wanted. In 2003 I started my website spacepaintings.com. There I began to sell my paintings, Instructional DVDs, and created a community of spray paint artists like myself."