Paul “ Zest” DeCosta: urban expressionist

Growing up in the streets of San Francisco’s Mission District, I was heavily influenced by the world renowned muralists, musicians, and cultural artists that have been fortunate enough to have called “The City” home.

As a youth, I chose Graffiti to incorporate these influences into my works that rapidly made their way on to walls throughout the bay area, state, and even southwestern United States, in the form of “pieces,” or spray painted murals. These times found the Bay Area and West Coast in the infancy stages of creating its own style and worldwide impact in the area of Graffiti as an accepted art form.