Rad dude and rare billboard muralists—a dying American art form—Tait Roelofs takes us through his artist studio in his final OffTheWall.tv episode after finishing up another mural that's, well, mind blowing in hand-painted scale. Step inside the artist's creative space and get to know Taity Bear.
Have you ever passed one of those 20-story painted billboards and wondered how someone created something so big and so realistic? There are maybe 50 to 60 billboard painters left nationwide, and half being over 50 years old. Find out in Episode 2 about the art of billboards from Tait, one of the country's few (and younger) remaining mural masters.
As OffTheWall.tv's second artist series subject, Tait Roelofs is the known responsible for 30-foot heads, a million square feet of paint, "pouncing," and—huh? So is the world of billboard painter and life long skater, artist, musician, and probably voted Most Likely To Succeed in high school: Tait Roelofs.
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