Scape Martinez, born Edward Martinez in Newark, New Jersey and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, is a contemporary artist and writer known for his abstract paintings and his graffiti art. He began his graffiti career in the Bay Area in the late 1980s and in the late1990s, transitioning to studio abstract expressionism and graffiti-style large-scale art using spray paint and acrylics. His name Scape stands for Screaming Creative And Positive Energy, the theme he wants his art to always revolve around. Scape has a deep commitment to East Palo Alto, where he taught for over a...more