JESSE EDWARDS DRIVES A PARTY BUS BUT PREFERS CERAMICS

October 12, 2009, 6:53am

Jesse Edwards VICE: Are people a little confused when they see your ceramics and oil paintings in high end galleries when before they had only seen your graffiti?

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Jesse: As a fan of your nude women portraits I have wondered where the inspiration comes from? Black Tail How do you find the lovely ladies who model live for you? Seriously? Is that ever a little sketchy!? So you don’t usually “drop E” when you paint ? You drive a party bus? What is a party bus? How did you become the driver? I got into driving the bus after I was fired working security at a club in Seattle. The club promoted this “rap night” and every time it was rap night there was all sorts of problems so I carried my gun to work on these nights. One rap night these fools tried to jump me so I pulled the gun on them and I was fired on the spot. My brother who was driving the party bus at the time told me to get the proper licenses to drive the bus and I could start working with him. At first I applied to be a school bus driver to get the initial bus license and before I knew it I was driving around little six-year-old kids for a of couple weeks until I was qualified to drive the party bus. As soon as I got the proper licenses, I quit and went to work with my brother on the party bus. Can you explain to me a little about the cult, I mean artist collective, called the Mystic Sons of Morris Grave, of which you are a member and that I have heard so much about? Charlie Kraft Mystic Sons of Morris Grave I saw a clip from the “How to Paint” show you have been filming and I seriously almost peed my pants, it’s sooooooo good. To see more of Jesse’s work check out his website and also watch this trailer for his documentary coming out soon.

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