"Exhale": Banner mural #5 of 5

This is the last in a series of five murals commissioned by Banner-University Medicine during 2019.

Photographed on Sept. 28, 2019.

Painting by Lalo Cota

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Tucson heart on Oracle: Banner mural #4 of 5

Jessica Gonzales created this mural on the east wall of the No-Tel Motel. It's part of a series of five commissioned by Banner-University Medicine during 2019:

According to the This is Tucson article Tucson is getting 5 new murals this summer painted by notable Arizona artists, the heart the woman is holding in the mural conveys compassion and the feathers represent worries floating away.

There's much more of Jessica's work on her Facebook page.

I took the photo on November 24, 2019.

"Corazon Saguaro" (Saguaro Heart): Banner mural #3 of 5

 This is the third of a series of five murals commissioned by Banner-University Medicine during 2019.

Photographed on Aug. 27, 2019.

Painted by Phoenix muralist Lalo Cota

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Update (November 5, 2024): Half of this became a political mural; the rest looks the same. There are photos in today's post Artsy mural replaced by (similar) political mural.

Sky Islands (Whale Mural): Banner mural #2 of 5

Second in a series of five murals commissioned last year by Banner-University Medicine, here's a huge mural by Joe Pagac on the north wall of the old Catalina Theatre at Campbell and Grant:

(As always, you can click on a photo for a larger view.)

Right now there's a vacant lot between the mural and Grant. Sometime in the future — maybe after the Grant Road widening project is finished — this mural will probably be hidden. So don't miss it! (If you drive by, you can't miss it.)

I took the photos on November 24, 2019.

Tranquil Lady: Banner mural #1 of 5

Photographed on 9/15/2019

This is the first of a series of five murals commissioned by Banner-University Medicine during 2019. Read more in the This is Tucson story Tucson is getting 5 new murals this summer painted by notable Arizona artists.

Painted by Ignacio Garcia

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