Hey everybody;

I used to paint as a kid. I'm sure you did too. Back in the day, our teachers would sit us down with a brush and a paint kit and some paper and say, go to town. That was the beginning and ending of painting for most of us... we were either no good, were too distracted or, in my case, were afraid of getting our hands dirty. The fact that I don't paint anymore makes me respect everyone who DOES paint. Especially those painters who still quite clearly get their hands dirty.

One such painter is today's Heywire artist of the day, 19-year-old Axel Earth. Axel's work is a brilliant blend of primitive sloppiness, neatly rendered calligraphy and outside the line illustration. Here are some of my favorite pieces by Axel:

Great work, Axel! If you want your work to be featured on the blog, just hit me up via my page.One of my favorite art sites, Web Urbanist, is running a fascinating multiple-part series on the British art icon Banksy. Today, they've published part five (of eight), which features "Interviews, Films and Videos" of/by the artist. One of the more fascinating pieces Web Urbanist linked to is Banksy's subversive art piece at Disneyland. Check this out:

Pretty effed up but awesome at the same time. Thankfully it was caught on video. Check out the rest of the interviews and videos at Web Urbanist.Till next time...

Lukas K