Rod Tryon's 3-D Street Paintings

"Rod Tryon has been street painting for more than 20 years. He visited the inagural “I Madonnari Street Painting Festival” in Santa Barbara, CA in 1987 (the first street painting festival ever held in the U.S.) and knew it was something he had to do.

Tryon and his masterpiece: Koi Pond with Snake for an International Arts Festival in South Carolina - 2008. This 10' x 14' street painting took two and a half days to complete, about 25 hours of work.

He has participated in the Santa Barbara festival 17 times including appearing as the featured artist in 1993. Rod has been a featured artist in numerous other street painting events worldwide including: California (Santa Barbara, San Rafael, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Diego, Valencia, Los Angeles, Napa, Monterey). Oregon (Ashland, Medford, Grants Pass), Utah (Salt Lake City, Provo), Florida (Orlando, Lake Worth), Minnesota (St. Paul), New York (New York City, Binghamton), Ohio (Cincinnati), Pennsylvania (State College), Mexico, Hong Kong and Anquilla in the British West Indies."

1. image: Koi Pond, 12' diameter, I Madonnari Street Painting Festival, Santa Barbara, CA - 1999 Original design, chalk pastel on pavement.

2. image: Snakes, 12' diameter, Italian Street Painting Festival, State College, PA - 2004. Original design, chalk pastel on pavement.

3. image: Shark, 6' x 6', Community Mosaic Street Painting Festival, Riverhead, NY - 2005. Original design, chalk pastel on pavement.

4. image: Girl in Green with Gloves, St. Paul, MN. 12' x 15', chalk pastel on pavers. Original painting by Tamara de Lempicka.1929.

Rod Tryon - 3-D anamorphic style street painting project for BlackBerry

This one is really amazing, it's called Message in a Bottle and it took Tryon 4 days to complete it.

Butterflies - 12' diameter, Bella Via Street Painting Festival, Valencia, CA - 2002. Original design, chalk pastel on pavement.

Salmon - 10' x 15', Art Along the Rogue Street Painting Festival, Medford, OR - 2003. Original design, chalk pastel on pavement.

T Rex - 10' diameter, Lake Worth Street Painting Festival, Lake Worth, FL - 2006. Original design, chalk pastel on pavement.

Fishing Bears - 12' diameter, Grants Pass, OR - 2006. Original design, chalk pastel on pavement.

Mouse Hole - 12' x 12', I Madonnari Street Painting Festival, Santa Barbara, CA - 2002. Original design, chalk pastel on pavement.

Lizards - adaptation by M.C. Escher's 'Lizards', 12' x 16', I Madonnari Street Painting Festival, Santa Barbara, CA - 1996. Chalk pastel on pavement.

"When he’s not at a street painting festival, Rod works as a freelance artist focusing on pastels on paper and canvas, acrylic paintings, graphic design, pastel illustration and computer illustration."

Check out more info and incredible photos at www.artforafterhours.com and for more videos of Rod Tryon's works, check out www.streetpainting.tv.

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