Dreyk started painting the streets of Athens 13 years ago in his early
teens. A few years later, he started forming his ever recognizable
sea-themed style. Influenced by his studies in design, amongst other
things, he evolved to a more clean cut-thick stroke style as years went
by. Why the sea? Well, almost all greeks have a deep love for the sea
and travel, and Dreyk is no exception. In his case though, as it usually
happens, it all started by accident. Painting his first pirate on a
wall many years ago, people started calling him “pirate”, a fact that
helped him find his own identity in street art.
Often using only blue and white paint, Dreyk creates a beautiful
intersection of greek tradition and contemporary creativity, inviting
athenians passing by to his dream world, directly evoking emotions of
innocence and restlessness – ultimately stating that life, love, Athens –
it’s all beautiful, it’s all simple. These virtues are thriving not
only in Dreyk’s graffiti work, but in his work as an illustrator /
visual designer as well. Indeed, even though he has managed to become
well known from a very early age (working as a graffiti artist for
athenian clubs and hotels), he prefers to remain a “pirate” as far as
graffiti is concerned. It’s a part of him that will always be his hobby
and not his profession – he makes his living working successfully in the
publishing field.
Source: Dreykthepirate
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