El Sueño de la Mariposa, The Dream of the Butterfly, created by muralist Morgan Bricca (https://www.morganmurals.com). Stunningly beautiful.
El Sueño de la Mariposa Mural
Yoake No Noraneko Mural
Yoake No Noraneko, Japanese for “Stray Cat at Dawn”. This is by local San Jose artist and tattoo artist Horitomo (https://monmoncats.com/), known for his designs of Monmon cats, “Tattoo cats”. You find this one walking down to the Guadalupe River Trail from Coleman Ave.
I like this one. I do not know what the artist was intending though I see a modern street cat walking through a San Jose garden when still dark and feeling like a big tiger, playing and connecting with his own heritage at the same time.
Guadalupe River Park Conservancy Mural
Mural by Laurel Picklum (http://laurelpicklum.com/), San Jose nature artist. This one is under Coleman Ave.
Guadalupe River Visitor Center Mural
When the Mountain Fell in Love with the Sea Mural
It is finished and it is beautiful! This mural is downtown between 1st and 2nd street, just north of Julian on the railroad tracks. Lacey Bryant did a wonderful thing with this. You can read some more at: https://www.metrosiliconvalley.com/lacey-bryant-presents-her-new-9450-square-foot-mural/
I hope you will enjoy some of this detail and creativity.
The wall is actually flat. I stitched these photos together to give an idea of the flow of the mural that is said to be 9,450 square feet.
Here are a few pics I took of the flower section from earlier.
Roll Up Doors Behind First Street
On and Around Coleman Ave.
A Rose is a Rose Mural
This mural is on the gym of Hoover Middle School.
Chachos on Almaden Ave
This site has been closed a long time. You can still see some of the art on the walls.
Sometimes exploring feels a little like a recent form of archaeology. “Receology”? That could be a new word. Exploring, thinking, imagining what was. Then, projecting to imagine what will be left of many things we value now in the long years ahead. What will they imagine and presume about us and our time. All this can be done from some paintings on a wall done not that long ago. You don’t have to live next to the Ohlone petroglyphs to get some philosophical imaginings going. Though, Ohlone petroglyphs can certainly inspire a lot of thoughts.
Bleed Teal Mural
Bleed Teal mural in San Jose by Austrian artist NYCHOS (https://rabbiteyemovement.at/).