Graffiti artist apologizes after running out of paint

It's not an unfinished Picasso painting by any stretch, but Palm Bay police said a graffiti artist left behind a costly, incomplete work with a special note for potential critics. "Ran out of purple."

The piece, spray-painted in bright purple against a white concrete wall at West Oaks Park, reads "Solo."



But the artist, apparently frustrated that he came up short on paint supplies, scrawled an apologetic side-note that read, "ran out of purple," Palm Bay police Officer Dan Fisher noted.

The "artist" - once caught - faces a criminal mischief charge for the $200 worth of damage left behind, Fisher said. "It may not be the crime of the century, but it doesn't need to go on," Fisher said of the vandalism.