PDP. 18: Heaven Sent ft. SENTROCK

On this episode of the Proud Disappointment Podcast, I sit down with one of the biggest artist in Chicago he's a painter/muralist, studio owner, podcaster, father all around genuine dude lets welcome SENTROCK to the pod! This is actually my first long format conversation with him, of course I've seen him around and made small talk but everything was surface level up until this podcast. We recorded this on literally the hottest day of the year, he showed up with some good wine and even greater vibes needless to say I learn a lot.


This pod has a little bit of everything for everyone ( especially the dads) we dive into his early life in west Phoenix, constantly being "sent" to the principles office, what his parents thought about his art and how he eventually made it over to Chicago to create the "Bird City Saint" iconic red mask we all recognize and love. We get into what really makes a good father, as much as everything looks perfect on social media thats never truly the case.


Both of our families paved the way for us to create art / podcast's etc.., some people might refer to us as hard workers but it compares nothing to the work that our parents/ grandparents put in. Now that we're fathers we have to figure out how to do the same for our kids, it's hard balancing giving them everything they want while not raising them to be entitled.


SentRock gives us his origin story, 12 years ago fresh on the scene looking for galleries to show his art, after getting denied countless times he made his debut at Elephant Room on Wabash where he had his first show " Alter Ego's" and the rest was history, now he has whole museum exhibits and solo shows all over the country.


His show at the Elmhurst Musuem was a big inspiration of mine, there's an underlying theme about flying & freedom that we have in common. 6 years ago I went to the same museum but for Hebrew Brantley another big Chicago artist that has taking his art to an even crazier level. We talk about getting compared to other artist but we are all small parts of this new age renaissance of art. As much as we try to push the limit we are all inspired by our environment and are more similar than we think, the only true thing that sets us apart are our individual stories that we try to tell through our work.
I just want to thank SENTROCK for taking the time to get to know me a little more, I learned so much from this episode and there's so much more I wanted to ask him but one podcast couldn't cover it all, I'm hoping this grows into a great friendship and we continue to work with each other.


Follow him @sentrock and check out his studio in Pilsen: 2059 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
you can follow me at @pabsprints thank you for listening, subscribing and sharing the pod, you can watch full video's of these on my youtube @pabsprints and you can shop new art/ clothes on my website pabsprints.com!
STAY FLY!