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Seattle based Sign Painter and muralist since 2002. No digital design - 90% luddite. For inquiries contact: japhywitte@gmail

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This Thursday, Capitol Hill Art Walk at Eleven: Eleven 6-9pm- free! If you missed the art at Surreal Ball, this is your chance to see the art! The name of this show is “One Way Ticket,” representing the only direction we get to go in life. I asked an incredible array of artists to create arrows pointing any direction they chose. Arrows are for sale for $250, and 20% of each sale is donated to Treehouse, which does incredible work with foster children.

I will be performing a few of the songs and will have merch and other ways to support the continued creation & release of my music. ALSO! I would love to play Seattle music all night long so tag your favorite Seattle musician/songwriter and I will add them to the playlist!

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Longing, yearning, awaiting… This Surreal Ball Surprise!
To accompany my song “One Way Ticket” I had some incredible artists (revealed on slide 2) create art works on arrows (made by @cmehitt ) to represent the only way we get to go in this life… so now, I am getting surprised with everyone’s designs. It’s been so so fun!

Scroll through the slides for sneaks peaks and more info on what the expect from the Surreal Ball!

Less than a week away!
Www.CaelaBaileh.com/Events

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#graffiti #graffitiart #seattlegraffiti #pnwgraffiti #streetart #urbanart #publicart #aerosolart #mural #art #artist #artwork #seattle #washington #sea

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IN HOT WATER TOUR 2025
FEAT. @blackinsondickwell, @groucho_lemieux &
@newmystics

#processing a super fun & productive #artville residency this year. soaks, dogs, posters and dirt roads. thanks everyone who’s supported the vision of building the art/clown car..

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A message from VIVID MATTER COLLECTIVE. #vividmattercollective

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The time has finally come. We invite our supporters to join us on 11th & Pine for the 5th Annual BLM Street Mural Repaint event September 13th & 14th. Where it all started. There will be much to reflect on and to celebrate this weekend and we can’t wait to see you all there. #vmc #vividmattercollective #summerofvmc #blmstreetmural #seattle

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An idea. A call. An example. A plan. A crew. An effort. A reality. A beacon. A memory. A monument.

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I had the pleasure of being in @timelessthrills’s group art show: For the Love of Sign, focusing on sign painters creating work inspired by signage found in tv and film. I had been wanting to recreate endless signs with this exact concept for many years and when this chance came up, my brain went blank! I ended up blasting through old films that had been on my list to watch along with random ones that came on the queue. As soon as the 3 second clip of this salon sign came up in 1988’s Earth Girls Are Easy — I was set! 💇🏻‍♀️💈

Thanks again @timelessthrills for letting me be a part of such a fun show with fellow sign painters that I’ve admired for years. It was incredible to see all our work together in one place! Also thankful for my family that were able to make it there with me for opening night, it was a sweet surprise ❤️

Forever shout out to @okayjeffrey on helping me figure out how to attach my letters and routing the edges for that little special touch. I got to use the drill press that he found in the free pile in our building — that he was able to repair in no time 🥲 bless this handy fool!!!

The show has been extended till May 10th so get in there while you still can! Peep this & all pieces for sale via their website.

📸 First 4 photos by @troymcooper! Thanks for taking these shots ✨

#alwayshandpaint #alwayshandpainted #handpaint #handpainted #cutout #cutoutsign #signs #sign #signage #curlupanddye #earthgirlsareeasy #👽

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Japhy Witte
“Movie Trash”
The Terminator, 1984
Enamel, Japan colors on crescent board
31.5” x 36.5” // 2025

* Imagine: It’s 1984. You’re on the set of The Terminator starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. As production wraps, you notice the crew tossing signage, show cards, and other set scraps into a nearby dumpster. You rush over, climb the side, and peer down—catching a glimpse of what was deemed no longer necessary, now dumped and forgotten.

This piece is that moment.
Movie Trash is enamel on layered Crescent board, designed to feel like the instant your eyes landed on that heap of cinematic debris. Nothing curated, nothing cleaned up—just a raw pile of imagined leftovers from the set.

Look closer, and you’ll find easter eggs throughout—little clues and callbacks woven into the discarded signage, inviting you to connect the dots and trace their ties back to the film.

@signsavant #theterminator #fortheloveofsigncinema

Inquires: gallery@timelessthrills.com

Photos by @troymcooper

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