Remi Rough is a legendary street artist from London with a passion for his work that extends far beyond his own work. Rough often gives praise to other street art greats, old and new, in his interviews and on his personal blog. He lives for the culture and has stated that he would like to see it continue developing as opposed to becoming safer and safer the more the general public begins to accept it. For a man who put up his first work in the mid 80's, his youthful spirit and excitement remains in tact, even as he's gravitated to doing more abstract pieces. "All the things I learnt as a writer inform my strokes and decisions", says Remi Rough in a recent feature with cyfe.com. These days the 40 year old keeps plenty busy whether it's recording music (which he's done for nearly two decades in addition to his art), hanging out at festivals such as Miami's Art Basel, or working on new projects with the up and coming generation apiring to follow in his tracks. 

World reknowned artist, Gabriel Specter, is as much researcher and historian as he is a street artists. Where as most of his counterparts are in search of locations where they can leave their stamp, Specter seeks neighborhoods and locations with rich history and a story then attempts to use his art to illustrate that. The Brooklyn Based artist not only paints, but also sculpts, draws, and molds to get his vision across. The natural rebel spirit that most street artists have isn't lost on Specter, part of his collection has him altering advertistemnts of brands like McDonalds and Taco Bell to change the messages behind them. Specter's choice of locations and his socially conscious mind allow his quiet (rarely does Specter paint massive pieces) work to stand out the way it does.

When you look at the fine art of Saber you immediately get a graffiti feel. That's because Saber is a street artist who just happens to be capable of masterful oil paintings at well. Even so, his street roots aren't left far behind. In his canvas work, Saber evokes the free writing style used by graffiti artists on the streets. The same kind of shadowing, rebelliousness and disobedience he leaves on the walls of Los Angeles, he's able to do with a paintbrush as well. Saber was introduced to the graffitti world at age 13 by his cousins and since then he's been on it. He is credited as having the largest piece of graffitti ever -- a football field size creation on the infamous LA river bank. His account of his first attempt at "The River" plays out like many of the hollywood films shot on the river. It has him hopping barbed wired fences with gallons of paint, his legs and hands bleeding, being chased by police helicopter and hiding in his friends van to return another day. He believes graffiti artists are not only expressing their emotions with their work but at the same time controlling the landscape of the cities they paint in. That fearlessness passion for his work is what has made Saber a legend in street art, not only in Los Angeles but all over the world.

Artist Bryan Cunningham, also known as Mutie, specializes in using a variety of mixed media to create. His work consists mostly of the kind of art you would find at a psychic reading or in the home of a spiritual healer. That's where he draws his inspiration; from the aspects of our society that advertise, whether true or untrue, to be able to make your life better. Mutie incorporates his painting skills with wood craftmanship to make unique pieces that offer up promises like "Hex Remover" or "Evil Gone" (a house blessing). It is unclear looking at his work whether the artist believes in the kind of out of this world concepts marketed in his art or if it's merely a result of what inspired him after browsing the back of comic books and taking in sideshows on the streets. Either way, he does a clever job at replicating "the other world" for those of us in this world to take in.