Tag/Burn Project

This is my graffiti creation of a burn/tag.  I wanted to incorporate my favorite colors and I knew I wanted to do some sort of stencil design.  The large flower 'S' is representative of my middle and last name (Shafer and Stern respectively).  I wanted to include aspects of nature that have been making the most impact on my experience.  The trees here are beautiful and mostly coniferous, so I wanted to include one of those.  The elk figure is significant because everywhere I go, I am constantly on the look-out for any sort of wildlife.  I have been fortunate to spot a few dear, but no elk yet.  I know they're out there so their mystery is building my anticipation of spotting one.  The dripping could represent either melting snow, which is appropriate since it is springtime and much of the snow is melting, or it could be paint which is also significant since the stencil would be created with paint if I were to actually use this as a graffiti tag or burn.