Growing up amongst the airbrushed t-shirts and dolphins of Destin, Florida, muralist TAYLOR SHAW learned how to hustle to make the most of the tourist season. Years of hard work in restaurants and side gigs honed many of the skills that have enabled Taylor to make a career creating site-specific murals which have become their own tourist attractions. But how Taylor got out of the kitchen, through an MFA program and into a custom van ready to install a 120-foot mural is a great yarn best told by Lazerchef himself.

Find Taylor:
 Website:  www.lazerchef.studio
Instagram:  @lazerchef

 Mentioned:

• DABSMYLA / Australian husband-and-wife visual artists (learn) 
• “Rise and Decline of the Redneck Riviera: An Insider's History of the Florida-Alabama Coast,” Harvey H. Jackson (read) 
• Invader / street artist (learn)   
• Austin Daily Press /  restaurant, Austin Texas (visit) 
• “Steal Like An Artist,” Austin Kleon (read) 
• Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts / Gatlinburg, Tennessee (explore) 
• John C Campbell Folk School /Brasstown, North Carolina (visit) 
• Penland School of Craft / Penland, North Carolina (explore)
• Doodle Grid method (explore) 
• Justin Barker / artist, illustrator (learn) 
• Montana Cans / artist-quality spray paint (learn) 
• Dewey Destin’s / seafood restaurant, Destin, Florida (visit) 

Find Me, Kristy Darnell Battani:
Website:    https://www.kristybattani.com
Instagram:  kristybattaniart
Facebook:  kristybattaniart

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