Cynthia Aguiliera from Chile at the Sand, Sea & Spray Urban Art Weekend painting at the Cookson St car park site, Blackpool, Lancashire, UK. Forty leading urban artists from four continents paint Blackpool for the annual Sea, Sand and Spray festival, which is a international weekend event showcasing diverse street art. The attraction in various town centre locations has already created a number of outdoor galleries refreshing existing spaces and creating new pieces.
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They began painting on walls as children — undesired graffiti makers. Twenty years later they have acquired university degrees and major commissions for public art from the city of Valparaiso. Sammy Espinosa (Jeksy) and Cynthia Aguilera (Cines), pictured below, partners in art and in life, began tagging (a stylized signature, usually in one colour) in 1996 and painting throw-ups (usually a one-colour outline and a second fill colour) two years later. By 2000 Valparaiso’s city government began sponsoring them and the artists haven’t looked back. Today their signature, UnKolorDistinto, and their art graces the walls of public and private buildings in this port city, and increasingly in other towns and cities from San Pedro de Atacama in the north to Chiloé in the south. During this past winter Sammy and Cynthia completed their largest commission yet, the side of a ten-storey apartment building in Valpo. Enjoying the finished product is a delight. Watching Sammy and Cynthia create a mural with only their imaginations – no preliminary drawings – and several cans of spray paint is a singular experience. We arrived at a small house on the Escalera Caracoles, near the Ascensor Reina Victoria and Lucas Square where, in December 2013, they covered the walls of the surrounding plaza with larger-than-life murals that vibrate with colour and life.