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Artist Transforms a Cement Truck into a Lisa Frank Sensation

Artist Andrea Bergart probably thought that painting on canvas was too boring

Artist Transforms a Cement Truck into a Lisa Frank Sensation

Artist Andrea Bergart probably thought that painting on canvas was too boring

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Artist Andrea Bergart probably thought that painting on canvas was too boring.  Instead she decided to paint…a cement truck. Dré chose her signature Lisa Frank cheetah print and turned one of the boring trucks into a travelling sensation!

“I was inspired by the 1983 documentary Style Wars about New York street artists and the hip hop culture, ” said Dré while shaking up Ms. Jackson purple color spray. “I love how the street artists painted trains and those would then travel through boroughs. I love the idea of an image going ‘all city,'” she smiled.

While biking around the parking lot of cement trucks on Boerum Street, the idea hit her. She talked to the United Transit Mix Inc. owners Danny and Tony Mastronardi who…

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