>> ART MEANS TO ME AND THE WAY THAT I CAN CREATE ART IN MY OWN LITTLE WAY IS CREATING SPACES PEOPLE IN COLUMBUS WANT TO GO TO.

THAT'S WHAT GETS ME OUT OF BED AND MOTIVATED ME IS TO CREATE COOL SPACES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO COME INTO, THEY WANT TO TAKE PICTURES OF, TELL THEIR FRIENDS ABOUT DRAG THEIR FRIENDS IN BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO SEE THIS COOL THING.

FOR US IT'S NOT ABOUT PIZZA, NOT ABOUT BOOZE.

ANYBODY CAN SELL BOOZE, PIZZA, THE INTERIORS OF OUR SPACES ARE CURATED TO BE A PART OF THE EXPERIENCE OF GOING TO A LATE FLIGHT.

A LOT OF PIECES WE BRING IN IS STUFF I FIND HERE LOCALLY, REGIONALLY, NATIONALLY.

ANYTHING THAT I FIND THAT I THINK WOULD ENHANCE THE SPACE AND MAKE IT LOOK AWESOME IS KIND OF HOW I CREATE OUR SPACES FOR LATE NIGHTS.

>> FIRST TIME I MET MIKEY WAS DURING THE MEET AND GREET MADE BY US.

WE CHATTED A LITTLE BIT JUST ABOUT LIKE PAINTING.

WE DIDN'T REALLY GET TO ANY IDEAS RIGHT THERE.

I ASKED HIM LIKE HOW HE STARTED WITH MIKEY'S AND THAT KIND OF GOT TO THE FINISHED PIECE WITH LIKE THE IDEA OF HIM CARTING PEOPLE AROUND ON A PEDAL TAXI.

WE WERE OUT -- PEOPLE WERE OUT DRINKING ASKING FOR PLACES TO GO TO EAT FOOD.

WE HIT ON THE IDEA OF THE THINGS AROUND THE LATE NIGHT SLICE THAT GETS YOU TO WANT TO HAVE A SLICE OF PIZZA.

IT EVENTUALLY CAME TO THIS STILL LIFE OF LIKE BEER BOTTLE, MUG, COCKTAIL.

>> WHAT I LEARNED IN THIS PROCESS IS I SHOULD LEAVE ART TO THE ARTISTS AND I CAN -- I'M A GOOD REFERENCE POINT FOR STUFF.

I THINK THAT LOOKS COOL.

LET'S GO THAT DIRECTION.

STUFF LIKE THAT.

I'M NOT REALLY TALENTED WHEN IT COMES TO CREATING.

>> THE IDEA WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT PAINTED BY ME, WHICH IS JUST FINE.

>> $250.

DO I HAVE MY FIRST BID.

RIGHT HERE IN THE BACK.

300.

350.

400.

DO WE HAVE 400.

450.

$800 RIGHT HERE.

OH.

SOLD.

$800.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> I THINK WILD GOOSE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT HELPS BRING ART AND MAKES COLUMBUS A REALLY ARTISTIC CITY.

WE'VE STARTED OUT THERE WHEN WE WERE REALLY A YOUNG COMPANY BRINGING OUR PIZZA TRUCK OUT TO WILD GOOSE, BUT I THINK FOR COLUMBUS, IT'S JUST A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A REALLY GREAT ART SCENE AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB BETWEEN THE ART INITIATIVES AND INCUBATOR AND EVERYBODY THAT FIGHTS FOR THE ARTS IN COLUMBUS THAT MAKES THIS AN ARTISTIC CITY.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO COLLABORATE WITH PEOPLE WHO AREN'T I'M GOING TO SAY PRACTICING ARTISTS?

BECAUSE ANYBODY LITERALLY --IF YOU PICK UP A PAINT BRUSH AND START PUTTING PAINT ON A PIECE OF PAPER OR A CANVAS, LIKE YOU'RE DOING THE ACT OF PAINTING.

HOWEVER, IF YOU ALLOW THIS IDEA OF SKILL TO INFILTRATE WHAT YOUR DEFINITION OF GOOD AND NOT GOOD, THEN YOU START GETTING INTO THIS IDEA OF LIKE I'M NOT AN ARTIST.

WHICH I THINK IS NONSENSE.

PRACTICING ARTISTS, NONPRACTICING ARTISTS, ANYONE'S CREATIVE.

COLLABORATION IS IMPORTANT.

I DON'T THINK WORKING IN A VACUUM IS GOOD FOR ANYONE IN ANYTHING.

YOU'RE NOT CREATING IN A VACUUM.

THERE IS NO CREATING IN A VACUUM.

THE ONLY WAY FOR IDEAS TO TRANSFORM IS THROUGH THAT COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.

BETTER IDEA COMES FROM COLLABORATION.