Go West Project - Kim

Last summer, wandering the streets of DTLA,

I stumbled upon Kim West's mural Ode to Bohemia and an obsession was ignited.

I immediately stalked her online and added her Instagram feed to my list of followers.

Her vibrant paintings are easy to spot.

Animals often make an unexpected appearance:

a deer with metallic antlers or a polar bear emerging from a crimson cloud.

My Kim West fixation came up several times in conversation with Mad Whip

as we explored the downtown scene yesterday.

The universe responded in a whimsical fashion.

As we turned down an alley, talking about ideas for our next photography project,

I was silenced by a huge wall painted in deep teal and blue, unmistakably Kim's work.

In the far right corner I spotted a woman.

Blond hair tied in a pony tail,

she was wearing a paint splattered jumpsuit, and soaking a paint roller in a bucket of teal.

What are the odds?

I had no choice but to introduce myself, and gush.  

The kicker was I had just suggested a notion for our next project: portraits.

It's the subject matter I shoot the least, and the one that makes me the most uncomfortable.

I mentioned it as a springboard for other ideas,

but now there was no going back.

Our next photography project is born:

Go West in honor of my first subject and the ever-present desire to 

take on new adventures, and explore foreign territory.