Last Saturday, as I headed to the Lemon Festival, I walked along downtown Chula Vista’s principal street, Third Avenue. And I spotted all sorts of colorful art that is either fairly new, or that I had missed on previous walks!
The above shark swims directly opposite a cool Manny Machado mural, which has been painted on the north wall of the historic Vogue Theater. For photos of the Manny Machado mural, click here!
The hungry shark and the school of minnows forming the City of Chula Vista logo were painted by Ground Floor Murals.Colorful graffiti creatures. I believe this is an example of the Horrible Monster Scenes that are painted around San Diego by @barfalamul.Beer, a hot dog and pretzel painted in front of Tavern at the Vogue by artist Nicholas Danger.Cheerful bands of color painted at entrance to the ThirdandF building in Chula Vista.Cool graffiti art near a rooftop includes a walking skull with mohawk!Person with megaphone announces Upright Citizen Vintage.Heart Open to the Potential that Exists when I strive to survive. Inspiring words by the door of Rico’s On 3rd, The Salon.
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Yesterday I walked along many blocks of Convoy Street in Kearny Mesa. I was on a mission to check out the new Yu Darvish mural that is being painted this week. See those photos here!
As I walked through the heart of the Convoy District, I saw a few bits of “street art” that I photographed.
The Convoy District describes itself “as the commercial and cultural heart for San Diego’s 450,000+ member Asian & Pacific Islander communities.” It is one of several areas in San Diego that has attracted a sizable Asian population.
There are numerous eateries in the strip malls that line Convoy Street. Restaurants offer Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Thai food, not to mention Hawaiian, Italian and lots of Mexican.
I remember frequenting an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet back in the 80’s when I was quite a bit younger and could devour multiple platefuls!
It was wonderful to see bits of art along Convoy, but there is definitely room for much more!
Welcome to ConvoyA very colorful rooster with a beer on the side of Cross Street Chicken and Beer. At this restaurant Korean Fried Chicken meets Classic Southern Cooking. Mural by @espanagarcia_art.A newly painted electrical box on Convoy Street. I believe this might be the result of a recent Utility Box Mural Program that partners the Asian Business Association San Diego, Convoy District, SDG&E, and Cox. It was the only decorated box I happened to see.I passed these two lions that stand on the grass in front of Jasmine Express. It appears they used to be located elsewhere. If you know anything about them, leave a comment!
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A new mural of San Diego Padres’ pitcher Yu Darvish is being painted this week in Kearny Mesa!
After work I headed to the wall just south of Convoy Street and Engineer Road to see what progress has been made.
Paul Jimenez and Signe Ditona of Ground Floor Murals weren’t present at the time, but it was cool to see how they planned the mural’s basic shape using fun little shapes, smileys, squiggles and whatnot. Only Yu’s head is materializing so far!
I’ll try to swing by again in the next few days, and if I do I’ll update this post with more photographs!
UPDATE!
I checked out the mural several day later and found it nearly finished. I posted those cool photographs here!
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There’s an extraordinary mural in Barrio Logan that’s tucked away in a place that’s easy to miss. It’s titled The Fish Cannery Women.
The artwork was created in 2010 by renowned muralist Mario Torero. You can find The Fish Cannery Women on Logan Avenue, on the northwest brick wall of Salud Tacos, a popular Mexican restaurant.
A description by the mural reads: “Dedicated to the thousands of multicultural women who worked in the fish canneries of Logan Heights from 1912 to 1985. Their spirit and hard work lives on. The lives of their children and our memory of them will never die.” Logan Avenue Business Association.
The Fish Cannery Women is a painted work that you might expect to see in a fine art museum. But all you have to do is walk down the sidewalk and peer beyond a couple of trees!
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Here are more photographs of fantastic art that I discovered during my recent adventure in Azalea Park.
This neighborhood on the south end of City Heights is full of surprises, with murals, sculptures and mosaics just about everywhere one turns!
If you’d like to see more public art in Azalea Park that I’ve already shared, you can click here or here or here or here.
Large mural at intersection of Poplar Street and Jamie’s Way by Gloria Muriel.Mural shows map of City Heights Urban Wilderness Trail.
If you’d like to see a detailed map of the City Heights Canyons Loop Trail, which connects four urban canyons, click here!
One of these days I’ll go hike it!
Natural beauty and wildlife one might see exploring the canyons of City Heights, including nearby Manzanita and Hollywood Canyons.Teach the Youth above graffiti and Mexican sweet bread, painted on the side of a bakery near the entrance to Azalea Park.I learned from local artist Jim Bliesner that these colorful palm trees on Poplar were originally located on University Avenue in City Heights.Murals on The Brown Building community center.Abstract mural with eyes by Isaias Crow.Mural on building’s southwest side by @SART95.A suspended leaf on a street corner. A common sight in Azalea Park, whose street names come from plants and trees.Amazing artwork on the fence of a very artistic resident of Azalea Park!Shipping containers by the playground at Azalea Community Park are covered with fantastic murals!Cool spray paint art by muralist Maxx Moses.A wall just east of the Azalea Park Water Conservation Garden has been decorated with beautiful murals. Gloria Muriel teamed with several other artists.Calla Ditos and Gloria Muriel, aka Glow.Amandalynn and Lady Mags together are known as Alynn-Mags.
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Yesterday I arrived in Ramona in the morning, a couple hours before the start of the Ramona Country Fair.
I parked near the McDonald’s on 16th Street and walked east up Main Street to around 4th Street, watching for the many H.E.A.R.T. murals that have been painted in Ramona’s downtown. I found many and will be sharing those photographs before too long!
I also spotted a beautiful sculpture and an interesting historical building, but I’m not posting those photos quite yet, either.
Today I’d like to share photographs of painted street art that decorates electrical boxes along and near Main Street! You can find artist names in a couple of the images.
I probably missed other colorful boxes, but you might enjoy the ones I found!
As you might guess, this street art was next to Ramona’s public library. Book titles on the painted shelves reflect unique aspects of this rural community.
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In the past year or two a bunch of colorful murals have been painted inside and outside the old Western Steel & Metals building in Barrio Logan.
The abandoned building is located off National Avenue, near the corner of 26th Street and Sicard Street. I believe its parking lot has been the location of La Pulga Flea Market. I haven’t gone, so I can’t say for certain. All I know is that during my most recent walk through Barrio Logan I spotted all this artwork and took photos!
There are many different signatures on these murals, and I see they belong to some of San Diego’s most prominent graffiti artists. Whether most of them were spray painted during a particular event, I don’t know.
If you know more about these murals, please leave a comment!
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Check out this cool new mural on the side of Matte Blvck Cuts & Shaves in North Park!
It was painted in 2021 by artist Clarione Gutierrez-Owens. He is also a live speed-painter who has performed at Downtown Disney, the San Diego Zoo, Legoland. Here’s his website.
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I arrived at the Danza event in Chicano Park about an hour early on Sunday, so I walked randomly around the Barrio Logan neighborhood, curious to see what I might find.
What I discovered was a lot of cool art!
Some of the murals appeared fairly new; other time-faded artwork I hadn’t observed or photographed during previous walks…
Colorful mural spray painted on side of Corner Studios Barrio Logan.La Tortuga painted on the FamilyHealth-Youth Counseling Center.The amazing front of Farallon Design in Barrio Logan.Tiles with shell designs.Ocean waves in one swelling sculptural mosaic.Colors fill a beautiful seashell.Skater girl on one side of a utility box.Devilish second side of the same box.One happy and one stubborn character painted on a third side.Amazing huge mural painted by San Diego artist Michelle Ruby, aka Mrbbaby, on wall of U-Stor-It Barrio Logan.Fun graphic by entrance to Barrio Cuts Barbershop by @paradigmartworks.Pig on a box.Mexican dancers painted on ¡SALUD TACOS! by ShoLove.Aztec figures brighten the restaurant’s black exterior, again by ShoLove.Barrio Logan building on Logan Avenue painted by graffiti artist Dave “Persue” Ross.BunnyKitty among other fun characters.I’ve seen this fearsome simian in other Persue artwork. Don’t know his name.Big eyes above the door of Hola Swim.All sorts of murals on either side of a construction site on Logan Avenue.Young smiling face on tiles at the Chicano Federation of San Diego County Barrio Logan Child Development Center.A second face at left side of front entrance. I think this art might be by Mario Torero.Very colorful spray painted fence by local Chicana artist Jessica Petrikowski.Painted silhouettes of cacti and bird of prey.Painted skeletons on boards appear to be by Mexican artist Mizar Martin (MZR MRTN).Feline eyes by Ground Floor Murals.Feline mouth by Ground Floor Murals.Trashcan in front of San Diego Fire-Rescue Department Station 7 painted with a firefighter skull!Family rides bike on a nearby electrical box.More street art with bright sunny abstract designs.Other side of the same box.Smiling mural in alley remembers a departed loved one.
UPDATE!
Here’s a couple more from a later walk…
By artist C. Castaneda, 2018.I believe this mural is by artist Sand One.
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There’s a special alley in Normal Heights that’s an outdoor gallery for many of San Diego’s most creative and known graffiti artists. It’s called Flash Alley. The alley is a few steps north of El Cajon Boulevard and City Heights, just east of 34th Street.
In my last blog post I shared photos of a very cool Junior Seau mural. It was painted a couple months ago at the south end of the alley.
After taking those photos, I walked north along Flash Alley and aimed my camera at lots of amazing, super colorful spray paint art. It all was painted in the last year or so.
I last visited Flash Alley in May 2020, and as you can see by comparing those old images here, all the current artwork is new. I recognized several artist signatures, including Sake, Persue and the Tortilla Crew.
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