Murals
We see so many murals in our daily
experiences which often they don’t make the intended impression. Or perhaps, we just don’t take the time to
appreciate the artists intent. After
all, murals have been an art form, perhaps the very first art form created by
humans.
A quite review from Wikipedia
tells us that the 1st murals are probably the paintings in a cave in
southern France dated around 30,000 BC.
(Just a little before my time.)
We were delighted to find many
real fine examples of contemporary murals in Newport,
Astoria and Portland.
The “illusionary’ style found in Astoria
was really exciting to study and photograph.
Newport and Portland presented fine examples of
contemporary street art that ranged from humorous to advertising but all of it
well done and respected by the communities.
It was great fun to see and to
photograph.
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I love these. Fascinating to look at. The ones with windows in the scenes are interesting. I really like them all and the way you've photographed them. It must have been funny to come across the pink pig hand puppet beer mural. How big was that?!?! (And I can't quite get my head around that one. Advertising ??? )
ReplyDeleteThan you Sharon,
ReplyDeleteThe pink pig mural is as tall as the building, there was no Photoshop manipulation.
Whoa! Crazy - truly an eyeful!
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