Graffiti offers emerging Chattanooga artists a place to show their non-representational works

“In the beginning #4” is a blind embossed intaglio/charcoal.

“Table for Two” is an acrylic/graphite/charcoal/sand piece.

Tony Russo is the featured artist at Graffiti in North Chattanooga.

You don’t have to look far or hard to find graffiti in Chattanooga. You do have to dig a little to find Graffiti, a Hill City Joint, however.

And people are.

Co-owner David Jones wasn’t sure how much demand he might find when he opened a small art gallery specializing in locally made modern art on a side street in North Chattanooga, but he’s already talking about finding a bigger place.

Granted, just about anything would be bigger than the 500-square-foot space the gallery occupies in an old house on Spears Avenue, but Jones has been thrilled by not only the number of visitors who have come by but also by the number of artists.