Hi, My name is Brandon McConnell. I was born in San Diego, Ca. on June 1st, 1976.
I have been an artist for as long as I can remember. In elementary school I would Doodle at my desk every chance I got. As I got into High school, I stared drawing comic book characters and was really surprised with what I could do with no special training. I won first place in an art contest In High School for one of my Ink and airbrush drawings. Then in 1999 I took a day trip to Tijuana Mexico, there I saw an artist on the sidewalk making beautiful paintings with spray paint. I was instantly amazed by the vibrant colors, interesting textures and speed at which he could create a painting. I knew this was something I had to try for myself. That day I bought four paintings by the artist and carefully studied his techniques for about an hour. A day later I had a bunch of cans of spray paint and the materials I needed and eagerly went to work trying to understand these new concepts of spray paint art. It was like nothing I had ever done. My first results were very muddy looking and not very good. With practice and determination I started to understand what needed to be done to get the results I wanted. In 2003 I started my website spacepaintings.com. There I began to sell my paintings, Instructional DVDs, and created a community of spray paint artists like myself.
To date my website has gotten over 480,000 Unique visitors and is the largest spray paint art community on the net with hundreds of members.