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The graffiti wall
No one can say the backyard wall at the Spencers’ Pasadena home is an example of green living. But it is very SoCal.
The wall is painted with graffiti in bright colors and symbols. On purpose. With the owner’s permission.
It was Kristina Urbana Spencer’s idea to have it done. Through an electrician, she found graffiti artists Arco and Ruets in Los Angeles and asked them to come out to her home to do it. She had previously hired Arco to do some paintings for her home.
“Graffiti is a little naughty and I kind of like that naughty flair in my backyard,” Spencer said.
Most graffiti art in residential neighborhoods is unwelcome. But Spencer said she respects the artists and the artistic medium.
“I just wanted something different,” she said. “I want to show people what beautiful graffiti looks like.”
She asked the artists to tell the story of the family’s life, and she couldn’t be more pleased with the results.
There are Olympic rings for Jeff Spencer, who was an Olympian; he participated in a cycling event in the 1972 Munich Olympics. A chiropractor by trade, Jeff Spencer practices hot glass artistry and also works with elite athletes in motocross, an additional symbol added to the wall art.
The Colombian flag is included for their adopted daughter Kin, 11. Also written there is “La Familia por Siempre,” which means “family forever.”
“It just makes me happy because it’s so colorful and it’s so beautiful and it tells the story of our lives,” Spencer said. “Our wall is a personal wall of fame.”
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