Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Mariscos Mural
I enjoy your Tucson street murals blog and pictures. Here is one for your consideration with a picture I took today that you can use (I did a very slight photoshop removal of some grafitti on one side of it).
The mural is located at the SW corner of 1st and Swan, no idea who the artist is.
Cheers,
Warren V.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The Legacy of Cesar Chavez
Update (September 9, 2012): Thanks to Google and an article about the PPEP Farmworker Hall of Fame, I (Jerry) found the mural. It's at 802 E. 46th Street.
Update (July 18, 2024): Google Maps Street View shows that the mural was still there during April, 2022:
A"maze"ing Mural
Update (September 16, 2012): The mural has been painted over in bright green (to match other buildings nearby) and this is now a T-Mobile store.
Update (July 18, 2024): Since 2012 (according to Google Maps Street View), the wall has either been a solid red color or had advertising signs.
Monday, March 10, 2008
It's Elementary, My Dear Hollinger.
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Don't Pooh-Pooh Cartoon Murals
Also, the most recent Google StreetView, October 2016, shows that the business is named My Little Angels Daycare. That StreetView also shows that the first mural in this blog entry (Winnie the Pooh) was still there. The second mural had been covered with some play equipment and at least one fence.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Holy Mural! It's Painted Over!?!
Does anyone know the artist? If so, please leave a comment at the end of this post. (You can remain anonymous.)
Update (July 18, 2024): The photo looks very similar to the current Ancient Art Tattoo at 2108 South Alvernon Way.
September 11th Mural: Painted Over
If you know the artist's name, please leave a comment below. (You can remain anonymous.)
Update (July 20, 2024): I tried to find the business address to put a marker on this blog's mural map. On YellowPages.com, I found P & A Tire and Auto Service, 3761 S. Mission Road, at the northeast corner with Ajo Way. (It's actually closer to Ajo than to Mission.) The listing says P & A has been in business for 21 years; this photo from 2008 is now 16 years old.
God is in the Details... & the Mural
If you know the artist's name, please e-mail me: randygarsee@gmail.com
Update (April 12, 2012): The artist is Cindy Guare.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
10th Avenue (On The Edge of South Tucson)
First, on the left (the east side), is this collection of food and beverages -- possibly intended to start you thinking about all of the restaurants and taquerias farther south, after 10th turns into 12th:
Half a block farther, at 26th: the sun, the moon, and a star — by Carlos Valenzuela:
The Tucson Electric Power substation at 27th has a full block of wraparound mural. Here's some of the show -- including three pirate ships whose captain, I think, was named Columbus:
Galloping horses at 27th, and floating lots-of-things at 28th:
There's more! But I'll leave that for you to discover... and wrap this up with a way to (partly) wrap a mobile home in a mural -- including a saguaro, and many saguaro blossoms -- at the corner of 10th and 36th:
Update (October 1, 2014): A July 23, 1994 article in the Tucson Citizen, Cultural Art, covers murals along this section of 10th Avenue and has quite a bit of information about Antonio Pazos' mural at the Tucson Electric Substation on 27th Street.
Update (September 7, 2015): Much more detailed photos of the power station murals at 10th Ave. and 27th St. are in today's entry, 10th at 27th revisited.
Update (January 7, 2016): Mark Fleming sent more-detailed photos of the mural with running horses.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
MEAT Me in Tucson!
This is a massive mural that spans a couple of hundred feet. You'll find it at 1102 W. Grant Road, just east of I-10. As I recall, there was also some grafitti at the rear of the building that was somewhat detailed, although it had nothing to do with the cows and cowboys of the Farmer John's Meats mural. And that's no bull! (Sorry, couldn't resist)
Update (March 11, 2012): There are more photos in our October 7, 2011 post.
Update (December 13, 2023): The Arizona Daily Star article Tucson Oddity: Farmer John mural the very picture of roadside art, written 9/27/2010 and updated 7/21/2014, says “Painted in 1963 by Leslie Grimes, a former Hollywood scene painter, the panoramic mural depicts dozens of cattle charging through the desert on an outer wall along the north side of Grant.” It also says the mural was touched up over the years. (Artists have told me that murals on the south and west sides of buildings fade more quickly because they're blasted by Tucson sun.)
Thanks to Doris Evans, from the Facebook group Tucson Murals and Street Art, for that tip.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
The Wild West
Thanks, Erik!
Randy
Update (June 12, 2024) by Jerry Peek: Google Maps Street View has a rough photo of this street corner in January 2008 with a GRAND OPENING banner above the heads of the five people at the left end. Here's their June 2011 view:
By June 2013, only the five people at the left end of the mural remained; the center and east areas had been painted earth-brown. The sign over the building entrance — diagonally along the northeast corner of Congress and Grande — said “Connecting Threads Sewing Studio 206-9820” (back then, Tucsons didn't need to dial the 520 area code before phone numbers). In April 2015, the left end with the five men was pretty badly tagged. By August 2016 that last part of the mural had been covered in brown.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Virgin Videos?
Thanks again, Erik!
Randy
Update (December 6, 2010): the mural has been repainted.
Update (May 15, 2024): As I wrote today's post (which shows the mural on May 5, 2024) I took a closer look at the last photo above. Near the right edge is the artist's signature: Though it's fuzzy, it seems to read: Miguel Angel Grijalva 2002.
A Google search for "Miguel Angel Grijalva" tucson mural found two mentions in the book Vanishing borderlands: the fragile landscape of the U.S.-Mexico border, by John Annerino (Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press, 2008):
- On page 67 is: “Maria Garcia invited me to photograph the Miguel Angel Grijalva mural of La Virgen de Guadalupe on the wall of her tenda.” (That should probably be tienda.)
- On page n5 is: “La Virgen de Guadalupe mural by Miguel Angel Grijalva on page 67 was commissioned by Maria Garcia and photographed and published with her permission.”
Friday, May 25, 2007
Jerry Peek Joins the Tucson Murals Project
If anyone has artist information on this mural, please leave a comment at the end of this entry. (You won't need an account and can stay anonymous.)
To see a larger version, click on the photo. If you’d like to view or download full-sized versions (which may have hidden geotags: location where the photo was taken), click on one of these:
- Full-size unedited (3875x2592 pixels, 92% JPEG quality): 0056617_01_3872x2592_q92.jpg
- Full-size edited (3136x532 pixels, 85% JPEG quality): 0056617_02_3136x532_q85.jpg
Friday, October 20, 2006
Thursday, September 14, 2006
My First E-mailed Mural Pic!!!
Linda Drew e-mailed these pictures to Randy's Tucson Murals Project. She writes, "[here] are a couple of pictures of the mural created by Hedrick Acres neighbors (HANA) under the direction of Tucson Arts Brigade muralist Michael Schwartz in 2005. The mural depicts the Tucson Mountains. The project was funded by a grant from PRO Neighborhoods." "It is located in a drainage of the Navajo Wash, southwest corner of E. Fort Lowell Road and N. Mountain Avenue. [Here's a map] We met with Ward, City and UA officials to gain permission to use the lot at the corner of Hedrick and Mountain. We defined two components, a public bulletin board and art; to share information and make neighbors feel welcome in the space. Neighbors came together to paint the wall in temperatures over 100 degrees F. I was very encouraged by the number of people who just showed up to help on the project. —Linda Drew
Saturday, September 02, 2006
Beer & A Deer
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Just a little off the top...Oops! I've got a helmet on.....
Nonetheless, you will find said barbershop and military murals at 5321 E. Speedway. Here are the directions from Interstate 10. Keep in mind, you can't take a photo of it without bothering the business adjacent to the murals. It's a place that sells vehicles. If they ask what you're doing, simply tell them you're looking for something about the size of the barbershop, but with better hair mileage.
Update (October 17, 2014): A page on waymarking.com titled Iwo Jima says the muralist was Paul Lira.
Update (July 3, 2024): Google Maps Street View shows the barber shop open during April, 2011. By July, 2013, the business was boarded up:
By July, 2018, there was just an empty concrete pad. It's still that way today.
Friday, August 18, 2006
Windows & A Gateway
Created by Stephen Farley, they're titled,
"Windows to the Past, Gateway to the Future."
By the way, Stephanie from Tucson wrote the following e-mail about this mural.
"The artwork that's titled 'Windows and a Gateway' should have the men that made the artwork right along with the artist, because the tilework is indeed art of its own. Tile Canvases hand glazed each piece of tile that you see downtown on that mural. And they continue to repair them on a regular basis whenever they get damaged. So, hats off also to Rick Young and Tom Galloway from Tile Canvases on a great piece of art!"
Update (May 12, 2012): An Arizona Daily Star article, Life stories: Tucsonan immortalized on mural, tells the story of Gail Fafard and the panel showing her with two friends in the mid-1940s.
Update (June 27, 2022): KGUN9 TV broadcast a video interview 3:49 long with artist Steve Farley. The online version includes more information and photos.
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
How to Ruin a Mural
(Update from Jerry: As of February, 2010, there's a different mural but the lot is still ugly.)
Update (January 29, 2019) from Jerry: I cropped the photo above to the mural area and brightened it. As always, you can click for a larger view:
Downtown Culture
Artist: Martín Moreno Title: Untitled
Update by Jerry (July 3, 2024): This mural is actually just south of the main Teatro Carmen building (which has an arch over the entrance). The address on the door in the middle of this mural is 384 (South Meyer Avenue).
Update by Jerry (July 13, 2024): A comment from Claire says: “I noticed on February 13, 2024, that this mural is now painted over.” I walked by today; the mural is gone. But there's a new mural by Danny Martin at the arched main entrance to the theatre, just north.
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