Mural by artist and scientist Chuba Oyolu (https://chubaoyolu.org/about/).
RBG on a Beautiful Day
Mural at the Pink Elephant Market
Ok, it’s no longer called the Pink Elephant. Though one of the Pink Elephant signs is still up, the rest of the signs are replaced with the new market’s name. There is a Pink Elephant Bakery still in business across the street. This grocery store is where my grandpa worked when I was little. Now, the side of the grocery store has this “Zona Rosa” mural on it by artist Aaron De La Cruz. (https://www.aarondelacruz.com/#/works)
Empire & 13th
Morgan Hill
When driving through Morgan Hill, or walking around in its downtown area, I have been noticing more and more color. I really enjoy the color and these new to me discoveries.
Mural on a Home’s Gate
I find it fascinating and a special treat when I see art and murals on private residences. This one found in south San Jose on a wooden gate.
Backesto Park
This was my local park growing up. It was”the park” to me and it is fascinating to time travel through memory to be here now. This handball court wall was here then though this mural was not. I have not yet found out about this artist though the mural is signed KML. I appreciate the words written under it by the artist:
“FINDING Santuario ~ IT’S JUST a WALK en el parque”
Finding Sanctuary ~ it’s just a walk in the park.
This monument was there long before I was. Those tiles were created by S&S, the historical Solon and Schemmel Tile Company of San Jose of the 20’s and 30’s that is now Stonelight Tile in San Jose. This monument at Backesto Park is the oldest public work using their tiles. Later famous works of theirs include the Hearst Castle.
An interesting read about the tile company is here: https://stonelighttile.com/handmade/
Hands at the Airport
When you drive by the San Jose Airport you will see more than 50 hands of Silicon Valley residents waving hello and goodbye and raising to the sky on the mural called Hands.
Whose hands were used for this art?: “Participating community members represent a spectrum of the South Bay’s population, including a tamale maker and a surgeon, teachers and students, technologists and construction workers, musicians and poets, parents and children, police officers and fire fighters.” (https://www.americansforthearts.org/by-program/networks-and-councils/public-art-network/public-art-year-in-review-database/hands)
Artist Christian Moeller designed the mural on the parking garage that is constructed of hundreds of thousands of plastic pixels affixed to a metal fence hung on the parking garage. (https://christianmoeller.com/Hands-1)
Murals on the Barriers
These murals done by San Jose artist Nikkea Takagi.
First Street Early Weekday Morning Walk
Underpass Murals Complete
These came out beautiful. You can see the post I made of these murals when they were still in progress here: https://825mph.com/underpass-murals. It is wonderful to see a little of how they became what they are now.
These four murals under West San Carlos Street on Dupont Street were created by artist Jesse Hernandez (http://www.jessehernandez.net/about.html).