Original Art "Wildstyle Monuments 2" - Pastels on Toned Sketch Paper
Two skulls crown the top like gargoyles guarding a cathedral. A diagonal arrow cuts through the center — a structural beam holding the architecture together. Below, cenobite faces are crushed beneath the weight of the letters, pressed into the foundation like keystones that never asked to hold this much. Wildstyle Monuments 2 is CortesNYC's most architectural work on paper — the wildstyle letterforms are not decoration here, they are the building itself, load-bearing, ancient, and inevitable. Rendered in warm earth tones with pastels on toned sketch paper, light and shadow are pulled directly from the surface itself, giving the piece a depth that feels sculptural rather than drawn. A monument to the culture that built him.
Size: 18 x 24"
Pastels on Toned Sketch Paper
Original drawing.
Signed by the artist.