I took this photo in front of Lipman's Party Supply in Southeast near OMSI. Doing a quick search I found more information.
From:
http://www.neighborhoodnotes.com/news/2 ... o_gallery/
The Never Never Van Driven by Extremo the Clown (a.k.a. Scott Campbell)
For many years, Extremo the Clown drove the most noticeable art car in the city of Portland. Extremo—the professional artist Scott Campbell—is known for wearing distinctive clown makeup, driving with performing puppets, singing karaoke, and laughing manically.
“Scott has a little bit of a compulsion,” Emily Hall says, “and the compulsion is clown face.”
Besides his work as Extremo the Clown, Campbell is a successful and prolific graphic artist. His primary form of artistic expression, and income, is painting advertisements in the widows of local businesses.
“Anywhere you go in Portland, you’re going to see these goofy window paintings,” Hall says. “And he makes a really great, straight living off that.”
Extremo the Clown maintains an active presence on YouTube, which hosts videos of his local television appearances, and has shown all types of unique art around town.
Extremo’s well-known car, the MSV, no longer runs. The Never Never Van, his current work in progress, is based on the story of Peter Pan.
