Coastal Baths Mural

Coastal Baths Mural

This mural is by Jacquelin de Leon (https://www.jacquelindeleon.com/). It is under Park Ave. on the Guadalupe River Trail and is really comforting to me.

Coastal Baths Mural
Coastal Baths Mural
Coastal Baths Mural
Coastal Baths Mural
Coastal Baths Mural

Maybe this is why I am including so many photos and can not settle on fewer; I appreciate this comfort right now.

Coastal Baths Mural

The artist said that this is inspired from being a kid in the bath with all of her sea animal toys and imagining herself in the sea with them all around her and then recently going to the ocean and wanting to sit in there with all of the sea animals (https://www.instagram.com/p/CdeHF4IPWbu/). That makes me smile.

Humble Beginnings Mural

Humble Beginnings Mural

This is the Humble Beginnings Mural, created by six artists of the Humble Beginning Art Collective who each did a section that blended together on the Guadalupe River Trail.

Humble Beginnings Mural
By Orly Locquaio
Humble Beginnings Mural
By Alan Pham
Humble Beginnings Mural
By Jeff Quintano
Humble Beginnings Mural
Humble Beginnings Mural
By Ricardo Gonzalez (leftmost piece in this photo)
Humble Beginnings Mural
By Melissa Manuel (leftmost piece in this photo)
Humble Beginnings Mural
By Jordan Gabriel
Humble Beginnings Mural

Yoake No Noraneko 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.

When the Mountain Fell in Love with the Sea Mural

When the Mountain Fell in Love with the Sea
When the Mountain Fell in Love with the Sea

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/

When the Mountain Fell in Love with the Sea

I hope you will enjoy some of this detail and creativity.

When the Mountain Fell in Love with the Sea
When the Mountain Fell in Love with the Sea
When the Mountain Fell in Love with the Sea
When the Mountain Fell in Love with the Sea
When the Mountain Fell in Love with the Sea
When the Mountain Fell in Love with the Sea

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.

Railroad Tracks Mural
Railroad Tracks Mural