I’m a big fan of expression through art, and over the past few years I’ve run across some amazing graffiti-style examples in Indianapolis. At the beginning of this summer, I drove past a building outside Broad Ripple Village (in Indianapolis) – it was a huge graffiti mural representing the three tenants who were in the building (dry-cleaner, a framing store and vacuum cleaners). It was so powerful I pulled off the road and walked up to the building and stared for 20 minutes at the piece. After doing some research, I tracked down the 2 artists who both happened to be residents of Indianapolis.

I met Dan and Ben of Subsurface Materials about 2 months ago and was able to check out their portfolio of work, which is truly remarkable. For those who happen to dabble in painting (myself included), one can only imagine how hard it is to paint with Spray cans –let alone murals towering over 15 feet high and 50 feet wide. What they are able to do with Spray paint is borderline insane.

It just so happened we were moving offices and I desperately wanted Dan and Ben to paint a mural in our new diggs. I outlined a vague idea of what I wanted hoping they might be able to read my mind and come back with something that would fit what was in my head. Needless to say, they knocked it out of the park. I was fortunate enough to watch them through the process and was floored by their mad skills. Even my daughter who sat and watched said “You guys rock!”.

Click here to check out a slideshow of the process beginning to end.