Trenton Musch comes from a household of creatives. His grandma is a painter, his uncle is a designer, his mother is an occasion planner and his dad is a photographer. And Musch, a mural artist, lives as much as the household custom.
An IU sophomore, Musch, additionally recognized by his artist identify, Moosy, first turned considering mural artwork when he watched artist Cameron Moberg create a three-story mural of a fowl in his hometown of Rensselaer, Indiana when he was 15.
Musch was so impressed by the artwork that years later he bought a tattoo primarily based off of the mural. Ever since, Musch has wished to change into a mural artist himself.
So, he had Moberg educate him.
“I watched him do the entire thing,” Musch stated. “He began educating me completely different methods like use the can, completely different caps, several types of types.”
Musch’s most up-to-date mural depicts a lady pulling a blindfold off of her eyes, however her arms are being held by strings. He stated there’s a particular which means behind the mural, however he doesn’t prefer to share what his interpretation is.
“I really need folks to get their very own concept from it,” Musch stated. “Particularly as a road artist, when you make that mural, it’s not your mural. It’s for the general public.”
Musch’s mural is positioned on the bottom of a constructing known as The Warehouse positioned off of South Rogers Road. He additionally has a number of different small items on the identical constructing.
The face within the mural relies on his neighbor and good friend, IU graduate pupil Shun Lin. Lin stated she was excited to be part of Musch’s work after seeing him progress his portrait expertise this semester.
“We additionally bought to see his previous couple of practices on human faces working in the direction of the realism half,” Lin stated.
Lin stated Musch has change into more and more considering realism and portrait work. Prior to now, Musch has accomplished a variety of cartoon-style work.
“He desires to get to depict human faces and likewise attempt to convey feelings by means of the actions of the character and never simply the expressions,” Lin stated.
Musch is consistently surrounded by his paintings. He shows his artwork in his shared home in Bloomington. In truth, he has a portrait of musician Oliver Tree in his eating room.
Musch did a number of smaller portraits in his yard to follow for this large one. He additionally used his sister Alyse as a reference for one. The piece is a black and white portrait of Alyse with yellow and blue doodles within the background.
“All the pieces I do is spray paint,” Musch stated. “I wish to change into ok with a can that I don’t want to make use of a brush.”
Musch is a complete design main. He stated he is ready to apply his main to his artwork by being extra conscious and extra deliberate with what goes the place in his work.
Musch stated he simply began getting cash off of his artwork earlier this yr. His first paid piece was a mural in Brook, Indiana. He stated he plans to show his paintings into his profession.
“The folks I’ve met and the connections I’ve made has helped put me able the place I do really feel like I’m in a position to transfer on with this in my profession,” Musch stated.
He’s been doing no less than two murals per week lately to push himself to get higher and additional his profession.
“I don’t must make hundreds of thousands. I don’t must be well-known,” Musch stated. “I simply need to have the ability to do one thing I take pleasure in.”
You possibly can take a look at extra of Musch’s work on his Instagram, @moosy_graffiti.
