FOR THE LOVE OF COLORS
A process of exploration, testing color combinations, layering gradient backgrounds, and pushing letterforms across fine art paper to find what truly resonated. Over the past weeks I worked through dozens of color and letterform combinations. Every one was a study. Some were fast, instinctual moves. Others were slow, methodical tests of contrast and...
OF COLORS
Most children grow out of their “drawing on the wall phase,”
Tom Kiewra didn’t. That was just the beginning. Growing up, Kiewra spent much of his time outside on the streets, where graffiti culture became both an escape and a form of expression. He started tagging school desks and home walls at a young age, picking up his first spray can at twelve. What started as a simple fascination quickly grew into an obsession.
After being expelled from art school, that same drive pushed him in a new direction. Kiewra went on to study graphic design in both the Netherlands and New York City, deepening his understanding of typography, color, and visual communication. That mix of design thinking and graffiti instinct would later become a defining element of his work.
The nights spent painting trains and subway cars shaped the instinct that now defines...
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