Does anyone know who painted the cool billboard on STX on the highway?

I hope she/he changes formats and starts using political signs for art canvas!

Yeah that would be great.

I remember during the last election, someone drew a huge D*ck going into Nellie's mouth on one of her billboards. That wasn't nice and she didn't deserve it.

There's another loud mouthed heifer, though, whose oversized billboard just begs for some embellishments!

I am really intrigued by who created the artwork on the billboard I mentioned in my first posting. The side that you see when going west, has two little human figures, almost logo - like, at the bottom of the blue artwork that covers the billboard. I want to slow down to get a better look, but that's a real bad location to slow down on the highway.

So since then, I had noticed, once the type was painted on the billboards, that they were for HIV testing.

Now, today's Avis has an extensive story on the billboards - the article is on the cover of the newspaper and continues onto another page.

The artist for this particular billboard is Lucien Downes and the article explains the message behind the artwork. The organization behind the billboards is Frederiksted Health Care Inc. The article mentions other artists who worked on other billboards....I haven't seen those yet.

Thanks Avis for publishing an article about these cool billboards!

Though I do kinda wish, still, that they were created by a guerrilla artist. That would have been very progressive for STX!

Guerrilla Artist?
Very progressive?

You mean graffiti... right?
Like sprayed on the side of a public bus, your business, your home, your vehicle?

Guerrilla Artist?
Very progressive?

You mean graffiti... right?
Like sprayed on the side of a public bus, your business, your home, your vehicle?

Meh, the sign was changed, but looks like someone had done it "guerrilla" style.

The sign it replaced had faded beyond the ability to clearly see what it was saying, I'd rather see a sign repainted after it's faded beyond use than see it sit there in derelict.

But then, I also think that a person's productivity should be more emphasized than their ownership; one encourages static-non-change, the other encourages productivity.

As per the Avis, the artist was sponsored to do the artwork at that location. Absolutely nothing wrong with that, more power to the artist and Fredricksted Health Care.

I would think most people aren't enthusiastic about random graffiti, no matter how "progressive" it might seem to some.

True guerrilla artists are progressive, in my opinion.

They create art that is more meaningful than random graffiti.

The production of guerrilla art is focused on cause and effect, not the material piece itself. It aims to produce an effect within the minds of those people that live within the environment being altered. It does not necessarily aim to produce art that is meaningful in itself.

I just contradicted myself.

What I meant was, the importance of the art created by the guerrilla artist is the effect that the art produces within the minds of the people that live within the environment.

So the art itself might not have meaning, but it is important for what it does.

I don't think you can say the same for graffiti.

Also, guerrilla artists would not create art on your car, home or business.

Yea....ok....right.
Are you posting about the US Virgin Islands?
Maybe Manhattan Island?
Greenwich Village area perhaps?

LOL singlefin!

That's why I said it would be progressive if guerrilla art was being created on STX!

puerto rico has amazing street art