Anyone who has been following me for a while should have picked up somehting about Roa before. I blogged about his work when I visited Doel last year for instance. I mean, his work is marvelous, plain awesomeness, if you ask me and many others, and you have definitely seen pieces of him throughout several cities. The style & technique of this Ghent-based spray-can handler is also so different. Layer upon layer, black, white, grey, black, black,  bit more grey, … Hard to explain (definitely if you are a nitwit like myself) but I suggest you take a look at following time-lapse to get an idea of how it works. All I can say is that Roa is way to modest when it comes to recognizing his talent.

I have known (about) Roa ever since I had the pleasure to meet him at an event I organized almost 2 years back. Its since that day I was fascinated by his work and always wanted to get a piece done by him. An honor I must say as he does not really like to place pieces privately indoors on one hand and on the other his work often does not fit the atmosphere. Surprisingly he was up for it and after having spent some hours talking with Roa I decided not to write a whole lot about it and let the piece speak for itself …

A finished piece. Signed, Roa. Out.

PS: Whoever wants to enjoy it in all its glory can always drop on by!

Tagged: animals, Gent, Ghent, Graffiti, london, Paris, Roa, Street art