Adventure is out there! Just attach a bunch of balloons!
Okay, here’s a quick pic of some rather simple street art. I saw this colorfully painted utility box while walking up Bankers Hill a few days ago.
I love the symbolism in the image. A riot of small uplifting balloons whisking one’s home and carefully controlled life away on a carefree, restoring breeze was a theme that I really enjoyed in the Pixar movie Up!
Tomorrow I’m planning on a long walk. No telling where my legs will take me!
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More Bart Club street art shows up at SILO in Makers Quarter.
Today I randomly walked past SILO in Makers Quarter in East Village. This downtown San Diego special events venue is chock full of super cool street art murals, as you might have seen in this blog post. Well, I was just walking along, peering through the fence, and… WHAM! More crazy Bart Club street art! It seems to have popped up in various different locations!
Crazy, creative, funny renditions of Bart Simpson on a wall.Bart Simpson’s head seems to transform into anything the human mind can imagine!SILO in San Diego’s East Village is bursting with awesome, colorful street art.
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Sketch of female face and buildings, on Sixth Avenue bridge above Interstate 5.
Just before sundown yesterday I spotted these small unfinished works of art while I walked over the Sixth Avenue bridge that spans Interstate 5. They were down near the ground right next to the sidewalk, beneath the chain link fence overlooking the freeway.
I wonder who sketched these small scenes. Was it an art student? Are these works in progress? Are they the doodles of some inspired passerby, or a creative homeless person?
Had it not been for my blog and my endless quest for new material, I probably wouldn’t have noticed these faint drawings.
Mysterious unfinished street art of woman holding hamburger.Stylish figure on couch with vase seems the work of a practiced artist.A miniature horse runs along a sidewalk in downtown San Diego.
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Six dogs on a colorful mural on F Street in downtown’s East Village.
Here are some photos of outdoor art that I’ve discovered just wandering about the streets of downtown San Diego’s East Village. Enjoy!
Exotic faces, car and flowers along sidewalk in San Diego.Utility box dedicated to Tweet Street park.
The park itself is located up on Cortez Hill, just steps from where I live!
Summer swallowed us whole, written randomly on a step.More fun street art in East Village.Cool smile, horn, coffee and heart.Bold graphics on wall of Lucky’s tattoo parlor.Jumbled, eye-catching mural on a fence on F Street.
This fence borders SILO, which contains a ton of awesome street art, which I documented in this blog post.
More artwork along F Street on the fence that borders SILO.More cool street art on F Street in downtown San Diego’s East Village.
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Two of three Bart Club utility boxes at Eighth Avenue and G Street.
At the corner of Eighth Avenue and G Street in downtown San Diego you’ll find the Bart Club. At this location, three utility boxes have been painted with whimsical versions of Bart Simpson’s iconic television cartoon face!
Street artists are openly encouraged to make their own contributions of Bart art.
Here are some images that I recently captured…
Bart Club on San Diego street corner has fun with Simpsons character.Bart Simpson looking like a yellow cactus.Bart now has become a banana.Bart Club features many crazy images.Another odd Bart Simpson on a utility box.The many fun faces of Bart Simpson.Another side of one utility box.Imagination run amok!Bart’s unique spiky hair seems plant-like.Pop culture street art in San Diego.Artists are encouraged to contribute!
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Funny Minion Captain America greets San Diego Comic-Con visitors!
I spotted some evil, scheming Minions in East Village during the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con. They were impersonating famous superheroes!
These cartoons painted on the windows of the Tilted Kilt were just plain silly, so I had to share them!
A truly despicable Minion tries acting like Superman for a change.A Minion was spotted in San Diego stuck on a window like Spiderman.Those are mighty big claws for a yellow single-celled organism!Minion impersonates Wonder Woman at the Tilted Kilt in East Village.Two eager Minions try against all odds to duplicate the Dynamic Duo.
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Ocean Riders bronze sculpture by Wyland has three dolphins.
Imperial Beach is in many ways a typical Southern California beach community. The Pacific Ocean and surfing are dominant themes. You see it in the local culture; you see it just about everywhere you turn.
The above photo is of a very cool sculpture just steps from the beach, in Imperial Beach’s Dunes Park. Ocean Riders, dedicated in 1996, was created by Wyland, a famous environmental artist who is known worldwide for his graceful depictions of marine animals.
Utility box on Seacoast Drive shows girl playing in the sand.Sea and Sky sculpture by Ken Smith.
The above sculpture can be found adjacent to the beach a short distance north of the Imperial Beach pier. In 2009, it was part of an Urban Trees exhibition along San Diego’s Embarcadero.
Fantastic mermaid and shark street mural in Imperial Beach.
This mural represents typical Imperial Beach street art. I found this on the side of a building on Palm Avenue.
Surfboard sculpture in outdoor museum.
You see in this pic one of 25 surfboard sculptures placed along Palm Avenue between 3rd Street and Seacoast Drive. They belong to The Imperial Beach Outdoor Surfboard Museum and represent the history of surfboard design dating from ancient times to 1985.
Shiny metal sculpture of abstract surfer on Palm Avenue.Cool surfboard rack on a bicycle near the beach!
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Cool art on a music store window on Garnet Avenue.
Yesterday I went for a very long walk through Pacific Beach and Mission Beach, two extremely popular beach destinations just a few miles north of downtown San Diego.
I began by walking west along Garnet Avenue in Pacific Beach, from around Ingraham Street all the way to the beautiful and historic Crystal Pier. This stretch contains more bars, tattoo parlors, smoke shops and swimwear stores than just about anywhere else in Southern California. It’s a young, hip, beachy sort of place, that’s mostly laid back and unpretentious. You’ll see bikinis and skateboarders and tourists and families and surfboards atop cars and under arms just about everywhere you go.
You’ll also see a lot of very cool urban art: on walls, on windows, on rooftops, in alleys…all over the place! Here are some random pics I took as I walked westward in the sunshine…
Aloha Spirit mural on side of Pacific Beach building.Surfers and the ocean are major themes in this popular beach community.Mural shows lifeguard climbing a tower among palms.Funky street art between two buildings on Garnet Avenue.Pacific Beach public art features a large seagull.Street art in an alley behind a tattoo parlor.Hubcaps and tiles add flavor to a colorful local eatery.Another tattoo parlor embellished with bold swirls of urban art.Photo mural on a wall shows old Crystal Pier at west end of Garnet Avenue.Sunny Pacific Beach has a sunny utility box.Images of surfers and beach scenes are everywhere.
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Yikes! Horrible monsters are on the loose in downtown San Diego, just outside the Pokez eatery! Stay clear! You’ve been warned!
Creature with four eyeballs and crooked teeth.Cool purple monsters often have green drool.Looks scarier than that Alien creature.Crazy street art on a downtown utility box.Pink monster with messed up green eyes.
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Bibbey’s mural includes Finding Nemo and SpongeBob.
Bibbey’s gift shop, which sells sea shells, rocks and other great stuff, is located across the street from the Imperial Beach pier. It’s hard to miss. The building is one big crazy mural! Check out the wild creativity which blends images from television, movies and the popular culture.
Cosmic ocean fantasy and an Imperial Beach mural.Fierce octopus guards door of cool gift shop.A sexy mermaid, the Lorax and other fun elements.Kung Fu Panda and a surfing dragon!Madagascar penguins and Patrick.Someone enters Bibbey’s gift shop.Another great section of Bibbey’s crazy mural.Shark spotted on wall of Imperial Beach building!
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