drawings in black ink where intentionally grotesque and decadent. Fin DAC was determined to update the ideals of this creative group and thus, this fresh yet provocative interpretation was born.

JBC: What inclines you towards street walls or urban spaces as your most widely-used canvas?

FD: The life of a studio artist can be a lonely

one and I really don’t think I could function

in that situation. Getting out and about and

painting street murals is all about interaction: with the environment, the wall/space and the people both local and passers-by. It’s what I like the most about my life now: painting, traveling and interacting with people from all over the world. 

JBC: Since your work focuses on aesthetics rather than social or political themes, do the

‘masked’ women depicted on many of your

pieces symbolize anything other than beauty?

FD: One of the reasons I don’t talk about my work too much is because I want it to speak for itself. When you explain things you remove the mystery of it and what would be the point of that? [This said], I wanted to steer away from objectifying my subjects as is too often the case these days through other mediums, and instead create strong,

empowered girls with sensuality and