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ANNAPOLIS, Md.—David Jeon straps a affectation to his face and puts on a brace of gloves.
He grabs a can of aerosol acrylic out of a box and begins to awning a allotment of cardboard aloft a table.
In seconds, a army gathers as landscapes and superhero images form.
It’s been that way anytime back Jeon, 24, aboriginal came to City Dock in Annapolis to acrylic in 2013.
It was the aforementioned year he visited New York City and saw aerosol acrylic artists for the aboriginal time.
Jeon, who acclimated to advise watercolor art in South Korea, was so taken with aerosol painting he advised YouTube videos to advise himself and accomplished four hours a day afterwards cat-and-mouse tables at a restaurant.
Then, he abdicate his job and began painting 14 hours a day. To abutment himself, he awash the ones he liked.
Jeon aboriginal set up boutique in New York, but confused on afterwards two months.
His abutting stop was Virginia.
Equipped with a apprentice acceptance to appear Northern Virginia Association College, Jeon, a Germantown resident, attempted to acrylic in Alexandria but was ticketed for not accepting a permit.
“I was attractive for some abode and I heard Annapolis was accepted for tourists,” he said.
Jeon operated after a admittance at aboriginal and accustomed a citation—but got the all-important paperwork in March.
He can be spotted Fridays through Sundays at City Dock.
The blow of the week, he works as a adviser for a close that pairs adopted barter acceptance with colleges.
This fall, Jeon will abide his apprenticeship at Ivy Christian Academy in Fairfax, Virginia.
He transferred there from the association academy because the charge is cheaper.
His dream academy is the Maryland Institute Academy of Art—but the all-embracing apprentice charge is 43,870 per year.
In the meantime, he’ll abide to aerosol paint, alike admitting he’s acquainted of abeyant bloom problems from the fumes. His art already causes him headaches and accident of appetite.
“This is what I do,” he said. “This is my ability. Bodies are blessed back they are seeing me paint.”
He said he about sells 100 paintings a weekend and bodies additionally adjustment from his website.
Smaller paintings are priced at $20; the beyond ones are $40.
In adjustment to actualize the images, Jeon creates a arrangement that he practices at home, over 100 times.
“People think, ’Oh, he’s creating these paintings,’ but it’s not [improvisation]. It’s practice,” he said. “If I [make a mistake], I aloof rip it up and (start) again.”
Jeon uses accoutrement such as rolls of aqueduct band or a advanced brand adjustable knife to get shapes like circles or lines.
For superhero images, he’ll use stencils he makes himself.
His admired painting is one of the eye in Spider–Man’s affectation with the skyline of New York City inside.
It was one the aboriginal paintings he awash Sunday afternoon.
Then, he anon began to charm the image.
“People like Spider–Man, so I consistently try to accomplish bigger Spider–Mans.”
