below: It’s hard to read now, but the word is “Entertainment” that runs across the top of the mural.
below: Older Buffaloes in Buffalo, titled: “Buffalo Roam”
below: Semi-circular, “Shooting Stars”
below: It’s not a street art mural but it’s located on the same building as “Entertainment” and across the parking lot from “Buffalo Roam”. Buffalo is full of old ghost signs like this. Albert’s Interior Decorators and Willett & Draper Furriers are both long gone. “Storage vaults on premises” – a throwback to when fur coats were popular. Fox & Staniland Opticians apparently still exist, but at a different address.
Joe’s Deli is on the corner of Hertel and Colvin in Buffalo (north of downtown). Two sides of the building are covered with large colourful murals.
below: On the Colvin Street side the mural consists of a lot of stylized flowers mostly in blues and purples.
below: The other side of the building has a second mural. It too has a turquoise background and some of the same floral motifs as the first mural. Both murals were painted by Bunnie Reiss.
below: The old blue sign on the building says Mastmans Kosher Restaurant. Mastmans deli and restaurant closed in 2005 after 60 years in the business.
Fairgrounds describes itself as an immersive arts and technology experience. It is located near 28th Street S and the 275 freeway in St. Petersburg. You’ll find the Pinellas Trail nearby. The area around it is home to some interesting street art.
below: Derek Donnelly’s Fairgrounds mural on the outside of their building.
below: “Girl Power”, is a mural of a girl and her horse among the sunflowers. It is a project that involved both the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida and the The Happy Mural Project.
below: Straight Edge Creative is responsible for the bright and cheerful music themed painting of the front of this building.
below: Einstein, and “Seek knowledge”
below: Gibbs Mural Club, “Local Bounty” A woman with a crown of flowers surrounded by blueberries, mangoes, lemons, watermelons, and other fruits and vegetables.
below: When two faces merge together, one canine eye and one human eye but two noses and two mouths. An interesting concept painted in blues by Marcus Debie aka GOMAD
below: Butterflies and bright words, “Go Outside” and hiding behind the palms are more words, “Look Inside”. This mural was painted by Sydney Prusso as part of the 8th SHINE Mural Festival in 2022.
below: “The Siren” by Sarah Sheppard
below: As part of the 2021 SHINE Mural Fetival, this was painted by Aurailieus
below: Abstract seaside scene in waves of blue and orange gradients.
below: More abstracts – Designs and patterns using triangles and colour variations.”
below: Blue headdress on a cute little creature.
below: “You are beautiful”, “You are amazing”, and other positive messages.
below: A 3-D cube and other shapes on the outside of the Hideaway Cafe
below: The long neck of a flamingo reaches around the corner towards a bit purple crab and an octopus
below: A pelican taking flight, part of a larger mural for the Florida Wildlife Corridor by Ernesto Maranje.
below: Words on the wall, “Haleakala, Our patron saint of perpetual street art”. I may have misspelled the first word – it’s actually the name of a volcano on Maui.
When I walked around the Mission District back in February, I walked Osage Lane and Orange Alley one after the other. Later that day when I was sorting my photos, I messed up where one set of pictures ended and the next set started. It’s possible that the photos that I posted a week or so ago were not just Osage Lane either! (Mission District: Osage Lane) The two laneways run parallel to each other, one on the east side of Bartlett Street and the other on the west side.
below: Someone is a Gladys Knight and the Pips fan with a quote from their song, ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’, “Trying to get back to a more simple place in time….”
below: A Cheech and Chong themed mural celebrating the famous comedy pair. Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong rode the free loving, hippie era to success with stand-up routines, records, and films based largely on drugs/cannabis and other counterculture subjects.
below: “My name is…” a 2022 mural by Precita Eyes Muralists. Directed by Flavia E. Mora. Assisted by Teresa Benson. In collaboration with 6th and 7th grade arts electives students at Synergy School. It’s a mural that touches on most social justice issues of the day – Missing Equity, Land Back, Black and Trans Lives Matter, Equality, and Reproductive Rights.
below: Only some heads remain.
below: Frija, Goddess of Fertility with her antlers and long white hair.
below: Faded.
below: Pablo A. Medina, “There is so much love in this city”.
below: All in green – a large tree…. and a hand on a paint roller… and everything in between.
below: A colourful fellow with whiskers and button-like eyes, in a mural painted by Sune Nesu. It also has a little glowing halo; is this a memorial to a lost friend?
below: San Francisco under the window with the Golden Gate bridge in the background.
In the 1960s, Josefina and Jose Santana migrated from Jalisco Mexico to the San Francisco Bay area. Both of their sons, Carlos and Jorge, became famous musicians. Carlos Santana is world famous for his guitar playing; Jorge played with a Latin-rock bank, Malo.
On Osage Street by the 24th and Mission Street BART Plaza there is now a 60 foot mural celebrating the family’s contribution to the music scene. The mural also shows Carlos’ son Salvador on the keyboard.
“La Familia Santana” was painted in 2021 by San Francisco artists Crayone and Mark Bode. It incorporated sketch designs provided by Randolph Bowes and Jorge Santana.
There are many pop culture references to be found in this lane!
below: Animal from the Muppets
below: A row of cartoon characters on a bright red fence – Bart Simpson, Hello Kitty, Speedy Gonzales, Pokemon, and what looks like a giant green pickle.
below: Rapheal from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
below: South American influences
below: mmm
below: Mama Imelda from the movie “Coco”
below: Sonic
below: California Love
below: “All thru California …
below: … Mission be Kracking, a recent painting by H2DAK about surviving fires and earthquakes!below: Money flies at 2982
The Mission District in San Francisco is full of street art of all types from messy graffiti to fabulous murals. Back in February I had the opportunity to walk around the area with my camera. This is the first of many posts that should result from my walks.
The first sign that Lilac Street might be an interesting street to wander down is this San Francisco mural on the side of a house.
below: Mother with a child looking over her shoulder
below: Norm on a black garage
below: A portrait in blue.
below: A tribute to Sharon Jacobs (1982-2019).
below: Anti Skateboarding Hero.
below: Higher up, a purple rhino and a yellow bird by chilovia – a pair of South Americans, Pancho Pescador and Pablo (aka Raiz)
below: Contrasts – the empty, graffiti covered old building beside the newer redevelopment. A common urban theme found in most cities as they age and re-new.
below: A wish for peace in Palestine.
below: This street certainly has its scruffy and neglected looking sections. In small doses, streets like this have their charm, especially from a photogenic perspective.
below: Walking past number 133, frowning and grumpy.
below: There is a strong resemblance here to Olaf from “Frozen” – but this guy looks a little more deranged….
This post highlights three murals in Lynn Massachusetts that feature a portrait of a woman. They certainly aren’t the only women portrayed in Lynn, they just happen to be located close to each other.
below: Layers of women. Two portraits on different buildings but from the same viewpoint. In front, “The Protector” by David Zays; In back, a mural by Marka27.
below: From a better angle, the woman in blue with a yellow flower in her hand in the mural by Marka27, aka Victor Quinonez.
below: Yellow petals flying away, blowing in the breeze.
below: “The Protector”, a mural by David Zayas. Like many of his murals, there is a lot of symbolism. The aloe plant is known for its healing properties and hence is a symbol of protection. The rooster on her shoulder represents the resilience and fighting spirit that we need when life get tough.
below: Looking closer at the intricate detail in the rose pattern in her blouse and the detail in the rooster’s colourful feathers.
below: The orange colour in the bird has faded a bit so it’s more difficult to tell that it is a robin.
below: “Grandma Eve” by Helen Bur is on the same building as the Davd Zayas mural, but on the other side. Bur’s grandmother is shown holding a playbill designed by her husband during WW2 when he was a prisoner of war in the Pacific. The prisoners put on a play, ‘Murder at Sea’, and the artist’s grandfather designed the playbill for the show.
A portrait project from 2014 – 10 years on and still looking great
A total of 528 portraits line the side of a walkway under the railway tracks in Lynn.
They are the product of a Raw Art Works project – Young artists took photos of various people in Lynn and then made portraits from those photos. The portraits also include ones that the artists made of themselves.
Raw Artworks – whose mission statement includes the words; “to ignite the desire to create and confidence to succeed”. It’s a program for youth that has been running in Lynn since 1994.
below: Money flies at 2982
