January 30, 2019
“YOU ARE CONFINED ONLY BY THE WALLS YOU BUILD YOURSELF”
by Blaine Fontana
Launched in 2013, over the following four years the Forest For The Trees Festival returned bigger and better than ever and become a much anticipated staple of the Portland street art scene, with Portland artist and designer Blaine Fontana's positive Northwest-affirming messages and images providing a consistent cornerstone. After painting "Keep Your Chin Up" at 22nd and NE Alberta Ave in the inaugural year Fontana says he was delighted to return in 2014 to paint this message on a different wall of the same building. Fontana says he felt it was important to carry over the positive messaging from year one and this Andrew Murphy quote is offered as "a love letter to Portland, Oregon, and humanity." @BlaineFontana @ffttnw
