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100 Willamette Street, A Eugene, Oregon Mural by artist Beau Stanton 2016 Beau Stanton is a multi-disciplinary artist, whose work takes the form of paintings, murals, large scale installations, stained glass, and multimedia animations. Focusing on meticulous technique and craft, Stanton's work is heavily informed by historic ornamentation, religious iconography, and classical painting. A keen interest in iconic visual symbols and Jungian archetypes often provides the foundation for his images. |
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50 13th, Street, San Francisco Created in 2006 by the Precita Eyes Muralists, and the Community Mural Workshopof San Francisco, California |
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"Drop Shadow Signs" Mural, Artist: Libby Staub, Next to 1465 Grant Avenue, In North Beach, San Francisco, California Welcome to drop shadow signs. providing hand painted signs, murals, and gold leaf on almost any surface; glass, concrete, brick, wood - on location or commissioned and constructed in shop.[from her website] |
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A Photographic Mural, Artist: Unknown, 16th Street & De Haro Street, San Francisco, California A photograph (also known as a photo) is an image created by light falling on a photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor, such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of what the human eye would see. The process and practice of creating such images is called photography.[from wikipedia] |
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Dear Mom, Restaurant Mural, San Francisco The wall outside Dear Mom Restaurant at 2700 16th Street was decorated with a modest mural. |
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Rolling Stock, Mural, Shotwell At 16th, San Francisco The wall outside the Rolling Stock tire dealer and auto repair shop in San Francisco. |
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Tree Person, Artist: Unknown, As Found Art, 174 East 14th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves.[from wikipedia] |
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Bean Soup, Literary Mural Project, Mural, 17th At Alabama Sponsered by Precita Eyes Murals Project.Murals being painted on a fence alongside 17th Street between Alabama and Florida Streets. |
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18th Street and Valencia Street Mural, As Found Art, Artist: Unknown, 18th Street and Valencia Street, San Francisco, California A mural was in the process of being painted on the front of a buildingat 18th Street and Valencia Street in San Francisco. It was incompleteso the artist was unknown. |
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Restoration Services, Mural A 2011 mural at the corner of Harrison and 23rd Streets. |
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"Masks" Mural, Artist: Unknown, 24th Street and Valencia Street, San Francisco, California A mask is an object normally worn on the face, typically for protection, disguise, performance, or entertainment, and often employed for rituals and rites.[from wikipedia] |
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Golden Market 2014, Artists: Stie Twick, Jet Martinez, Hagon Free UrbanAztec, A Street Mural, 25th and Mission Streets, San Francisco, California A long mural on the side of Golden Market at the corner of 25th Street and Mission Street in San Francisco. |
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Eagle Mural, Artist: Eugene Art Studio, 2911 West 11th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon Eagle is the common name for the golden eagle, bald eagle, and other birds of prey in the family Accipitridae.[from wikipedia] |
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Rainbow Birds Mural, Artist: Unknown, As Found Art, 360 E. 11th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky.[from wikipedia] |
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3D Man, Artist: Unknown, As A Street Mural, San Francisco, California Stereoscopy (also called stereoscopics, or stereo imaging) is a technique for creating or enhancing the illusion of depth in an image by means of stereopsis for binocular vision.[[from wikipedia] |
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631 Florida, Mural, San Francisco A series of individual paintings abutted each other to form a muralpainted on an abandoned factory on Florida Street between 18th and 19th Streets,San Francisco, California |
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826 Valencia, A Street Mural As Found Art A mural that graced the top of the building at 826 Valencia in San Francisco, California.826 Valencia is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting under-resourced students ages six to eighteen with their creative and expository writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. |
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Florida At 17th, Murals, San Francisco A variety of murals painted on a fence across from the Z-space performance venue. |
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"A Sunday Afternoon At Dolores Park" Mural 2009, Artist: Daniel Doherty, 701 Guerrero Street, San Francisco, California Afternoon is the time between noon and evening. It is the time when the sun is descending from its peak in the sky to somewhat before its terminus at the horizon in the west.[from wikipedia] |
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"Battery Bridge" Street Mural, Artist: Talavera-Ballón, A Peruvian-born Painter, Battery and Market Streets, San Francisco, California Downtown San Francisco is not exactly a bucolic place. But for Peruvian artist Claudio Talavera-Ballón, who is painting San Francisco's first on-street mural for its newest pedestrian plaza, bringing the beauty of the Point Reyes National Seashore to the heart of The City has felt obvious, even necessary.[from the examiner] |
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Bill * Tim's, Barbecue & Tap House, Mosaic, E. 13th at Pearl, Eugene, Oregon Bill & Tim's Barbecue & Tap House (20 taps) is a fast casual restaurant that specializes in authentic wood smoked meats and traditional American side dishes paired with beer, cider, wine, cocktails and kombucha. Pulled pork, shredded brisket, chicken, tri-tip, baby back ribs, turkey, ham, links and tofu are available as sandwiches and plates. More than just a "smoke-centric" barbecue joint, Bill & Tim's also features a variety of salads, rice bowls, burgers and Mexican specialty dishes served with or without smoky proteins. [from their website] |
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Be Like Water Mural, Artist: Unknown, Next to Premium Matcha Store, Bruce Lee, Chinatown, San Francisco, California Born in San Francisco and raised in British Hong Kong, Lee was introduced to the Hong Kong film industry as a child actor by his father. However, these were not martial arts films. His early martial arts experience included Wing Chun (trained under Yip Man), tai chi, boxing (winning a Hong Kong boxing tournament), and apparently frequent street fighting (neighbourhood and rooftop fights).[from wikipedia] |
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"Bird" Mural 2015, Artist: David "MEGGS" Hooke (@houseofmeggs), San Francisco, California According to Twitter, David "MEGGS" Hooke is an Australian artist associated with the @houseofmegs account. Hooke has an Instagram account where they posted a paint session in Denver in 2017.[from pinterest] |
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Brails Restaurant Mural, 1689 Willamette Street, Willamette at E. 17th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon Brails is an American diner-style restaurant serving breakfast and lunch. Enjoy classic diner fare such as bacon and eggs, burgers, and Reuben sandwiches. Our legendary breakfast menu (featuring the best hashbrowns around) is served from open to close, while our lunch menu offers a more eclectic selection that is sure to please everyone.[from brails' website] |
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BVHM Mural, Artist: Buena Vista Horace Mann Students, Buena Vista Horace Mann School, 3351 23rd Street, San Francisco, California We are BVHM, the Mission District's K-8 dual-language Spanish Immersion Community School, and as such we strive to develop strong bilingual and multicultural agents of change that can thrive academically, socially and artistically.[from bvhm website] |
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Former Cal Naturals Mural, Artist: Unknown, As A Street Mural, 911 4th Street, Davis, California Natural resources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications. This includes the sources of valued characteristics such as commercial and industrial use, aesthetic value, scientific interest and cultural value. On Earth, it includes sunlight, atmosphere, water, land, all minerals along with all vegetation, and wildlife.[From wikipedia |
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California At Grant Mural, Artist: Unknown, San Francisco, California A mural was found at the corner of Grant Avenue and California Street in San Francisco. Becauseit was signed in Chinese, we were unable to identify the artist. |
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Capp At 17th, Street Mural, San Francisco An old mural in a mixture of styles. |
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Carlin's Cafe Mural, Artist: Unknown, 298 Valencia Street, San Francisco, California This place is somehow interesting. They play classic Mexican music and the menu is pretty basic. [from a yelp review] |
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Childlike Mural 2019, Artists: @petegoldlust @melanie.germond, West 11th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon A child may also refer to an unborn human being. In English-speaking countries, the legal definition of child generally refers to a minor, in this case as a person younger than the local age of majority (there are exceptions like, for example, the consume and purchase of alcoholic beverage even after said age of majority), regardless of their physical, mental and sexual development as biological adults.[from wikipedia] |
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Mural On Roll-up Door, Grant Avenue, Across from Cathay Bank, San Francisco, California A mural is any piece of graphic artwork that is painted or applied directly to a wall, ceiling or other permanent substrate. Mural techniques include fresco, mosaic, graffiti and marouflage.[from wikipedia] |
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Cityscape Mural 2000, Artists: Bob Bradshaw Easter 2000, Artists: Jane 2013, 1330 Broderick Street, San Francisco, California In the visual arts, a cityscape (urban landscape) is an artistic representation, such as a painting, drawing, print or photograph, of the physical aspects of a city or urban area. It is the urban equivalent of a landscape. [from wikipedia] |
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Clarion Alley, Murals Murals found painted on alley side of buildlings. Clarion Alley lay between Mission and Valencia and parallels, and is just sourh of 17th Street. |
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Stevenson Street at Clinton Alley, A Street Mural by artist Amos Goldbaum 2015 From his website: Amos Goldbaum is "a line-drawer, muralist, and street peddler based in San Francisco. You can find me selling almost every weekend in SF. I vend at various fairs and festivals as well as on the corner of Valencia St. and 23rd some Saturday and Sunday afternoons." |
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Community Thrift Store, Murals On Side Of Store, Assorted Artists, 625 Valencia Street, San Francisco, California Community Thrift Store, founded in 1982, is a non-profit organization that works with over 200 Bay Area charities. We accept donations on behalf of our charity partners, sell the items in our store, and then disburse the proceeds.[from store website] |
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Wolf Mural, A Street Mural, De Haro And 24th Street, San Francisco, California Wolves have a long history of interactions with humans, having been despised and hunted in most pastoral communities because of their attacks on livestock, while conversely being respected in some agrarian and hunter-gatherer societies.[from wikipedia] |
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Dog Eared Books Mural 2001, Artist: Hawley Hussey, As A Form Of Found Art, 900 Valencia Street, San Francisco, California If you're looking for a pleasant place to peruse a lot of books, seek no further! Since 1992, Dog Eared Books has been supplying a book-hungry San Francisco with new, used, and remaindered books as well as cards, magazines, calendars, and blank notebooks. We're a general interest store, so we have a little of everything, but we do specialize in off-beat, small press, and local literature. Our staff of is happy to help you locate specific titles or you can roam around discovering wondrous obscurities you never knew you couldn't live without.[from dog eared books website] |
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Doña Mago Mexican Restaurant Mural, 301 South Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California El restaurante mexicano Doña Mago es un restaurante familiar en el distrito de la Missión en San Francisco. Servimos auténtica comida mexicana inspirada en la ciudad de México.Doña Mago Mexican Restaurant is a family owned restaurant in the Mission District in San Francisco. We serve authentic Mexican Food inspired by Mexico City. [from the restaurant website] |
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Downtown Berkeley Bicycles Mural 2019, Artist: Unknown, Corner of Shattuck and University Avenues, Berkeley, California A fence was set up surrounding the construction at the corner of Shattuck and University Streets in Berkeley, California. The fence was covered in art depicting oddly headed people riding bicycles. |
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Dragon Bruce Mural, Artist: Unknown, In Memory Of: Victor Suarez III, A Street Mural, Chinatown, Commercial Street And Grant Avenue, San Francisco, California Born in San Francisco and raised in British Hong Kong, Lee was introduced to the Hong Kong film industry as a child actor by his father.[from wikipedia] |
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Drivers Mural, Artist: RiotBureau, On Wall Of Grove Street Market, Grove and Octavia, San Francisco, California A person whose occupation or current activity is driving, or who is licensed to drive.[from wikipedia] |
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Emerald Park, Murals, 1300 Lake Drive, Eugene, Oregon Murals were painted on the sides of the building in the park. |
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Oak Alley Murals, As A Street Mural, W. 11th Avenue and Oak Alley, Eugene, Oregon A street is a public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about.[from wikipedia] |
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Eugene City Brewery, A Eugene, Oregon Mural by artist Jim Evangelista 1993 Located at 844 Olive Street, Eugene, Oregon, this mural was painted by Jim Evangelista.Jim also runs a cafe and retail bakery that is is open 8 am to 6 pm Tuesday through Saturday. |
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"Fancy Headdress" Mural, Artist: @carlosRMK, A Street Mural, San Jose, California Welcome to drop shadow signs. providing hand painted signs, murals, and gold leaf on almost any surface; glass, concrete, brick, wood - on location or commissioned and constructed in shop.[from her website] |
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"Fire" Mural, Artist: Mike V Rios, 18th Street and Dolores Street, San Francisco, California Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products.[from wikipedia] |
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Flower Mural, Artist: Unknown, 17th and J Streets, Sacramento, California A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs.[from wikipedia] |
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Folks Mural, Artist: @houyee @milkytoon @vannypareno, A Street Mural, As A Form Of Art, San Jose, California A people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation.[from wikipedia] |
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Folsom At 17th, Street Mural, San Francisco Murals decorated the front of a school. |
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"Free Iran" Mural, Artist: Termeh Behbahani (@termehb.art), #Woman Life Freedom, Corner of Divisadero and Hayes, San Francisco, California The northern part of Iran is covered by the lush lowland Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests, located near the southern shores of the Caspian Sea. The eastern part consists mostly of desert basins, such as the Kavir Desert, which is the country's largest desert, and the Lut Desert, as well as some salt lakes. Iran had a 2019 Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score of 7.67/10, ranking it 34th out of 172 countries.[from wikipedia] |
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Free Speech Mural, As Found Art, Artist: Unknown, Valencia Street, San Francisco, California Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction. The term "freedom of expression" is sometimes used synonymously but includes any act of seeking, receiving, and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used.[from wikipedia] |
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Overlapped Murals, In The Funk Zone, Santa Barbara Invited murals decorated a wall in the Funk Zone. Here one was commissioned to repairanother earlier one partly damaged by graffiti. |
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"Gateway" Mural, Artist: André Jones (@nattyrebelart), On Sacramento Street at Georgia Street, Vallejo, California | |
Gem Circle, Artist: Unknown, A Street Mural, As A Form Of Art, San Francisco, California A gemstone (also called a fine gem, jewel, precious stone, semiprecious stone, or simply gem) is a piece of mineral crystal which, when cut or polished, is used to make jewelry or other adornments.[from wikipedia] |
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Random, Murals As Found Art Found in Europe, South America, and the U.S. |
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"Girls Call The Shots" Mural 2019, An LGBT Mural, Artist: J. Manuel Carmona, 490 Grove Street, San Francisco, California A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. When a girl becomes an adult, she is generally referred to as a woman. However, the term girl is also used for other meanings, including young woman.[from wikipedia] |
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Healthy Spirits Mural, Artist: Unknown, As A Form Of Found Art, 14th Street at Valencia Street, San Francisco, California Healthy Spirits began making its mark on San Francisco when it opened its doors in the Castro District in 1998. The young owner and former stock broker, Rami Barqawi, wanted to service the community he fell in love with and had an eye for quality food and drink. He also believed strongly in outstanding customer service, putting the business on a path to affectionately become known as the "corner store with personality". Wanting to get his family involved Rami brought his wife on to help run the day to day operations of the business and even included his parents who were particularly skilled at making Middle Eastern fare.[from healthy spirits website] |
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Honey Forever, A Street Mural, Charnel-Mulligan Park, Eugene, Oregon The mural is titled "Honey Forever" in honor of the artists stepmother who passed away from cancer during the project's final stages (her nickname was Honey).[from wjneugene.org] |
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"House With Face" Mural, Artist: Tim Minor, San Francisco, California The face is the front of an animal's head that features the eyes, nose and mouth, and through which animals express many of their emotions.[from wikipedia] |
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Huckleberry Bicycles, Street Murals, As A Form Of Art, 1073 Market Street, San Francisco, California Huckleberry Bicycles is a full-service shop specializing in urban, commuter, road, touring, randonneuring and cyclocross bikes. We carry a handpicked selection of apparel, accessories and parts for lifestyle & performance cycling.[from huckleberry website] |
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Huf Clothing Store Mural, Artist: Ceno, 968 Valencia Street, San Francisco HUF-founder Keith Hufnagel grew up skateboarding in the gritty streets of 1980s New York City. He was part of an early street skating generation that came up amongst a melting pot of city countercultures --hip hop, punk, graffiti, streetwear, and other underground movements.[from huf's website] |
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"Humanity Is The Key" Mural 2018, Artist: Chris Gazaleh, Just Past The Start Of Elgin Street, San Francisco, California Every day, tens of thousands of motorists drive on and off the Central Freeway at Market Street and Octavia Boulevard. Paused in traffic, perhaps they've had a moment to take in Chris Gazaleh's "Humanity Is Key" mural that sprawls across an Elgin Park apartment building overlooking the on-ramp.[from thefrisco.com] |
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Murals In Improv Alley, Artists: Some Unknown, Some Known, Sacramento, California Improvisation, in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of improvisation can apply to many different faculties, across all artistic, scientific, physical, cognitive, academic, and non-academic disciplines.[from wikipedia] |
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"Jacq The Stripper" Mural, Artist: Jacq Frances, Church and 20th Streets, San Francisco, California Modern forms of stripping minimize the interaction of strippers with customers, reducing the importance of the tease in the performance in favor of speed of undress (the strip).[from wikipedia] |
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King Cloud Mural, Artist: Unknown, On Face of Cajun Feast, 206 3rd Street, Davis, California King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen[from wikipedia] |
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"La tierra es de quien la trabaja" Mural 2014, Artist: Unknown, San Francisco, California A mummy is a dead human or an animal whose soft tissues and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air, so that the recovered body does not decay further if kept in cool and dry conditions.[from wikipedia] |
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Old SF Wharf Mural, On Side and Back of PG&E Building, 530 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, California The word wharf comes from the Old English is done, like a shipyard. [from wikipedia] |
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Lilac Street, San Francisco, Between 25th and 26th Streets, Street Murals, As A Form Of Art A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other permanent surface. A distinguishing characteristic of mural painting is that the architectural elements of the given space are harmoniously incorporated into the picture.[from wikipedia] |
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Lord , by "Nychos" 2015, As A Found Street Art Mural A mural found on the side of a building along Howard Street behind the new Transbay Transit Center. |
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Market Street at 10th, A San Francisco Art Street Mural by Jenny Sharaf 2015 Jenny Sharaf is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in San Francisco, CA. Her paintings, installations, videos, and happenings celebrate process, while reflecting on art history, feminism and abstraction. |
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McKenzie Outfitters, By Jim Evangelista 1992, A Street Mural As Found Art Located behind parked cars, this mural depicted a person climbing a cliff face. |
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Moscone Center Mural, Artist: Unknown, San Francisco, California We set the stage for innovation, education, and commerce by leveraging the skills and experience of San Francisco's best to ensure our partners' success.[from moscone website] |
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Sacramento Mural On Construction Fence, Artist: Unknown, Sacramento, California A fence is a structure that encloses an area, typically outdoors, and is usually constructed from posts that are connected by boards, wire, rails or netting.[from wikipedia] |
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Musician Mural 2019, Artist: Belev, A Street Mural, As A Form Of Art, Springfield, Oregon A musician is an artist who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate a person who follows music as a profession.[from wikipedia] |
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Sabrina's Laws Of The Game, Artist: Unknown, A Street Mural, As A Form Of Art, Springfield, Oregon Nike, Inc. (stylized as NIKE) is an American athletic footwear and apparel corporation headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, United States.[from wikipedia] |
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Oakland Fence Murals, Broadway and 2nd Streets, As Street Murals, Oakland, California Many small murals decorated a construction fence located along Broadwayand 2nd Streets in Oakland, California. |
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Odd Fellows Alley Mural, As A Form Of Art, Davis California We are the oldest organization in the City of Davis, having been chartered on April 12, 1870. On April 12, 2020, our Davis Lodge will be 150 years old.[from odd fellows] |
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One Nation Under God Mural, Artist: Unknown, The Washburne Cafe, 328 Main Street, Springfield, Oregon Bringing specialty-roasted coffee and delicious food made from scratch to downtown Springfield Oregon. We're real people enjoying what life has to offer and we want to help you do the same. Come have a drink, eat something tasty and just hang out for a while![from Washburne cafe website] |
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Pegasus Playhouse Mural, Artist: @MountainArtists, 4th Street at Main Street, Springfield, Oregon We are a non-profit theatre company creating shows for and with young people of ALL ages in our theater in downtown Springfield. Focusing on the individual artist inside each person. Creating new works, while celebrating the classics of musical theater, our motto is "Empathy, excellence, and a little insanity".[from Pegasus website] |
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Princess Street, Murals, Sausalito Just above Bridgeway, in downtown Sausalito. Part of thepast and future home of heartfulart.com. |
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"Psychedelic SF Art Gallery" Murals, Artist: Salem Tattoos, 1399 Haight Street at Masonic, San Francisco, California At Psychedelic SF Art Gallery, our mission is to inspire and awaken creativity, imagination, and consciousness through the transformative power of visionary art. We strive to showcase the most captivating and thought-provoking works of visionary artists from around the world, with a focus on psychedelic and otherworldly themes.[from their website] |
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Murals In Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, As A City Place Murals today are painted in a variety of ways, using oil or water-based media. Initiated by the works of mural artists like Graham Rust or Rainer Maria Latzke in the 1980s, trompe-l'oeil painting has experienced a renaissance in private and public buildings in Europe. Today, the beauty of a wall mural has become much more widely available with a technique whereby a painting or photographic image is transferred to poster paper or canvas which is then pasted to a wall surface (see wallpaper, Frescography) to give the effect of either a hand-painted mural or realistic scene.[from wikipedia] |
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Puntarenas Costa Rica, Murals As Found Art Just off Calle Central between Anedida 2 and Anedida 1 in downtown Puntarenas. |
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CAT Rental Mural, Dogpatch, 734 Indiana Street, San Francisco, California The back of the CAT Rental building was painted in a seemingly random manner to create thesuggestion of a mural. |
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"Repeated Shapes" Mural, Rossi Mission SF, Valencia Street at 19th Street, 807 Valencia, San Francisco, California A shape is a graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface; it is distinct from other object properties, such as color, texture, or material type.[from wikipedia] |
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A Mural, In Rivas, Nicaragua A mural found against the back wall of an outdoor performance area of Rivas, Nicaragua next to Central Park. |
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"SanJose" Mural 2019, Artist: Alyssa Wigant, With Help From: @rayansdoodies, San Jose, California San Jose is named after el Pueblo de San José Guadalupe (Spanish for 'the Town of Saint Joseph of Guadalupe'), the city's predecessor, which was eventually located in the area of what is now the Plaza de Ceasar Chavez.[from wikipedia] |
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Mural Behind The Library, Artist: Unknown, 420 Litho Street, Sausalito, California In the interest of providing you with the best possible service, we have included information on how to contact us, locate the Library, get a library card, check an account, visit the bookstore, view our policies and more.[from library website] |
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Solidarity In The Struggle Mural, Artist: Unknown, Grant and California Streets, San Francisco, California Solidarity: it's a loaded term. Convoluted and nuanced, very important in concept, definitely overused as an expression, and not always highlighted when practiced. But the practice of solidarity is a normal part of co-existing with each other. Right?[from kqed] |
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"Spray Paint Artist" Mural 2023, Artist: Lords Crew, North Third Street and East Santa Clara Street, San Jose, California Spray paint art is usually street art, in large cities. Themes may include surreal landscapes of planets, comets, pyramids, cities, and nature scenes. The pieces can have a simple one-colored background or a multi-colored backgrounds in which the paint swirls together or fades from one color to the other through a series of differing values of each color. It is said to have originated in Mexico City in the early 1980s.[from wikipedia] |
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Statement Of Love Mural, A Street Mural, Artist: Unknown, Odd Fellows Alley, Davis, California Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure.[from wikipedia] |
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St. Peter's Church, San Francisco A mural, still in good shape, graced the walls ofSt. Peter's Church located at 24th Street at Florida Street, San Francisco, California. |
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Whales Mural 1996, Artist: Sumner And Friends, Bee Street and Caledonia Street, Sausalito, California Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals. They are an informal grouping within the infraorder Cetacea, usually excluding dolphins and porpoises. Whales, dolphins and porpoises belong to the order Cetartiodactyla, which consists of even-toed ungulates.[from wikipedia] |
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Sunglasses, Artist: Unknown, A Street Mural, As A Form Of Art, Eugene, Oregon Sunglasses or sun glasses (informally called shades or sunnies; more names below) are a form of protective eyewear designed primarily to prevent bright sunlight and high-energy visible light from damaging or discomforting the eyes.[from wikipedia] |
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Systems Mural Project, San Francisco The largest mural in San Francisco: 40 feet high, 600 feet long. |
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Taller Artistico Mural, León Nicaragua A Project Gettysburg mural across the street from the Taller Artistico Xuchialt Crear Crecer, Xuchtaltart school/store in León, Nicaragua. |
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Tangles Studio Mural, As Found Art, Artist: Unknown, 515 G Street , Davis, California A full service studio salon in downtown Davis, CA. Stylist Jill Pauline Specializing in men's and women's cut, color, perms, & styling for formal events. Glamour Nails by Ruby, specializing in Acrylics, hard gel, dip powder, gel/polish manicures, Pedicures.[from tangles website] |
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Whale And Forest Mural 2022, Artist: Tiger Buter, A Street Mural, As A Form Of Art, San Francisco, California Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals. As an informal and colloquial grouping, they correspond to large members of the infraorder Cetacea, i.e. all cetaceans apart from dolphins and porpoises.[from wikipedia] |
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Tiger Dragon Mural, Artist: Unknown, Just off Grant Avenue, San Francisco, California The title "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a literal translation of the Chinese idiom which describes a place or situation that is full of unnoticed masters. It is from a poem of the ancient Chinese poet Yu Xin that reads, "behind the rock in the dark probably hides a tiger, and the coiling giant root resembles a crouching dragon".[from wikipedia] |
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Time To Drink Whiskey Mural 2018, Artist: Unknown, 6th Street and Mission Street, San Francisco, California Whisky or whiskey is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash. Various grains (which may be malted) are used for different varieties, including barley, corn, rye, and wheat. Whisky is typically aged in wooden casks, generally made of charred white oak.[from wikipedia] |
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Two Humps, Artist: Unknown, A Street Mural, As A Form Of Art, Eugene, Oregon The hump in a railroad Hump yard, to classify railcars by gravity[from wikipedia] |
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"Under Sea" Mural, Artist: Unknown, Florence, Oregon The ocean moderates Earth's climate and has important roles in the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles. The surface of water interacts with the atmosphere, exchanging properties such as particles and temperature, as well as currents.[from wikipedia] |
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Upper Stories, Artist: Unknown, A Street Mural, As A Form Of Art, Eugene, Oregon Building Stories is a 2012 graphic novel by American cartoonist Chris Ware. The unconventional work is made up of fourteen printed works --cloth-bound books, newspapers, broadsheets and flip books-- packaged in a boxed set.[from wikipedia] |
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Valencia, near 24th Street, San Francisco A 2007 mural showing scenes of the Mission District, San Francisco,ranging from anger at the coming evictions, to the Carnival Parade. |
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Master Kat Mural, Artist: Unknown, On A Home, At W. 2nd Alley and Jackson Street, Eugene, Oregon A mural covered the side of a home along W. 2nd Alley in Eugene, Oregon.It appeared to be a mixture of two styles: one more graffiti-like and theother more of a mural. |
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Washington Jefferson Park, Eugene, Oregon Washington Jefferson Park is an urban setting in the heart of a multicultural neighborhood close to the bike path system and bus routes. A portion of the park, including the stage, 23,000 sq. ft. skatepark, basketball court and horseshoe pits is covered by the I-105 bridge, creating a dry and lit place for recreation year round.[from the eugene government website] |
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#Water Writes, Oakland California A 2011 mural located in the 2000 Block of Broadway, Oakland, California, showedthe politial and social battles brewing over Water. |
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"We Are Qmunity" Mural, Artist: Jinji Season, San Jose, California The District establishes a welcoming, inclusive, and affirming place for LGBTQ+ people and families in the South Bay[from Qmunity website] |
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Underwater Mural, Artist: Unknown, 2045 Willamette Street, Eugene, Oregon A mural that showed snakes, fish and other creatures underwater. |
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"You Are Something Magical" Mural, Artists: Amanda Lynn and Dirty Bandits, 19th Street and Guerrero Street, San Francisco, California "Magical" is a song written by American musician Meat Loaf and British musician John Parr, and it was released as a 1985 single by Parr as a part of his self-titled debut album.[from wikipedia] |
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