Specter continues to impress with his large-scale, hand-painted, one-of-a-kind paste-ups. His work is visually arresting and a welcome break from the increasingly superficial, "branded" street art that has become popular lately. His pieces go beyond being merely beautiful, they make a strong, political statement.

Of this latest series he writes on his website, "I often deal with socially marginalized people and places, an example of this is my ongoing project titled "If I Saw You in Heaven" where I address the issue of homelessness and our apathy towards it by introducing larger than life portraits of these individuals, making their image a celebration of humanity instead of a blight."

"Another project, "Discarded" also deals with these forgotten elements by highlighting the waste of our society. Large quantities of disposed food items left to rot characterize the excess that interplay with neglected properties, creating a story of the undervalued detritus of our culture."

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