Allison Bamcat is an artist living and working in LA. We talk about growing up with Scientologist parents, how Dianetics saved the day when food-poisoned once, starting to paint walls two and a half years ago at the age of 30, getting taught by graffiti artists, the scene in Boston, how to get boomlifts to stop beeping, painting in the rain, painting 8 walls in the last 2 months, loving to paint, honoring the past, developing original characters rather than using known properties, coming from the world of footwear design at Converse, not relying on the background color to cut back in, what the best spray paint is and why, the short-cut to making PDFs, sending out personalized postcards to curators in order to get noticed, the benefits of business cards and brochures, if it's not positive don't do it, living with mental illness, the power of breathing, expressing your struggles, one's taste level being higher than the work one creates, and incorporating symbolism.

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