The Miller resident concedes that like many young people he used graffiti as a creative outlet and did foolish things like tagging fences.

``I was curious about the culture at a young age and I started experimenting,'' he said.

``I've always been competitive, so while I was tagging I would come across these large- scale murals and I would say `I want to do that'.

``That's what got me interested in learning about the artistic side of aerosol art and going in a different direction to challenge my creativity.''

He has recently finished a work on The Hub's feature wall as part of the Miller Street Art Gallery. Titled El Inti, it's the name given to the sun god in the Bolivian Inka culture.

Mr Ballesteros's parents came from Bolivia and he said he always wanted to do something that represented his culture.

He worked on two other walls during the Miller Street Art Gallery project and has also got other feature murals around Sydney from Bondi Beach to Rooty Hill.

``One of my first paid jobs as an aerosol artist was at Miller Hub and SWYPE they gave me my first opportunity back in 2000,'' he said.

Mr Ballesteros has also run many workshops for young people at youth centres.

He said that there would always be a group of people who will see a can of aerosol and immediately think negatively and get the wrong image, but slowly people were starting to appreciate the other side of graffiti.

``I believe all communities should have an art culture and a space that could be used by creative and artistic people to display their work in their community, for their community,'' Mr Ballesteros said.

``When people see art it kind of opens their minds and makes them think and use their imagination, so instead of being surrounded by brick walls everywhere, it's something for the community to be inspired by.''