This phone pole, covered with paint and stencils (and decals?), is just south of the garage door at 222B Arizona Avenue, across a narrow driveway. In the second photo below, you can see the unfinished mural at Crooked Tooth Brewing Company:
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Friday, December 20, 2019
Benson Highway
The mural is a look at the old Benson Highway. Before I-10 was built, the Benson Highway was the main road from Tucson to Benson. The mural was painted by Alejandra Trujillo at the El Pais Motel & Campgrounds located on the Benson Highway.
Update (September 3, 2021): Today's post El Pais Motel has photos of the rest of the motel, where artists are painting lots of murals.
Photographed on Nov. 6, 2019
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Note - The Spanish "El Pais" translates to "The Country" in English.Update (September 3, 2021): Today's post El Pais Motel has photos of the rest of the motel, where artists are painting lots of murals.
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Friday, December 13, 2019
Palo Verde Pool
Four students from Palo Verde High School were selected to paint a mural at the Palo Verde Pool under the guidance of local artist Isaac Caruso assisted by Alex Gomez. The students chosen for the project were Alexis Hirth, Filomena Obono, Jenna Linneman and Sarina Tuskey. The mural focuses on the history and culture of the neighborhood.
Update (June 21, 2022): Today we posted photos of a mural nearby in Palo Verde Park. While I (Jerry Peek) was taking those photos on April 26th, I took close-up photos of the pool mural:
Photographed on Nov. 6, 2019
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Update (June 21, 2022): Today we posted photos of a mural nearby in Palo Verde Park. While I (Jerry Peek) was taking those photos on April 26th, I took close-up photos of the pool mural:
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Friday, December 06, 2019
Tuesday, December 03, 2019
Finally, bigger photos (when you click)!
Until recently, Blogger would charge me money if I put photos on this blog that were longer or wider than 800 pixels. That used to be pretty big, years ago... but now it's small. They've raised the limit to 2,048 pixels. (For some reason, photos that David Aber posts haven't had that limit.)
Starting this week, if you click on a photo, you'll see a much larger version. (The template that holds the photos and text is still the same width. I'll try to fix that some day. For now, you'll need to click.)
Starting this week, if you click on a photo, you'll see a much larger version. (The template that holds the photos and text is still the same width. I'll try to fix that some day. For now, you'll need to click.)
Friday, November 29, 2019
Razorz Edge
This mural is in on a thin wall in front of Razorz Edge, a clothing store on 4th Avenue just south of 6th Street.
I walked by on November 12th.
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Friday, November 22, 2019
Mural panels on Toole five years ago
On November 22, 2014, I cruised by the two sets of mural panels along Toole Avenue north of the building at 191 East Toole. Back then, the murals on the panels were changing fairly often. I've tried to keep track of these (you can find other photos from this list), but I never posted this set of photos to the blog. First, here are the two sets of panels:
And closeups of the panels we haven't shown on the blog before 11/22/2014, from left to right:
And closeups of the panels we haven't shown on the blog before 11/22/2014, from left to right:
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Barrio House
The Barrio House is no longer in business. However, the mural by Danny Martin is still there at 828 S. Russell Ave. in Barrio Santa Rosa.
Photographed on Oct. 1, 2019
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Monday, November 18, 2019
Meet Me at Maynards mural walks
Every Monday starting from Maynards Market, tons of Tucsonans “get out!” to walk around downtown Tucson. Two of the walk routes visit murals. Look for the Mural Walks section near the top right corner of their webpage:
MeetMeAtMaynards.com
MMM isn't doing official tours during the fall and winter. But, for now, you can walk the tours on your own.
MeetMeAtMaynards.com
MMM isn't doing official tours during the fall and winter. But, for now, you can walk the tours on your own.
Friday, November 15, 2019
El Toro
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
La Suprema Mural Reveal this Friday
Isaac Caruso has painted a new mural at La Suprema Works & Events in Barrio Viejo (just south of downtown). The mural unveiling is this Friday, November 15 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm. Here are a picture of the mural and a form to RSVP:
UnitedWayTucson.org/_mural_reveal
UnitedWayTucson.org/_mural_reveal
Monday, November 11, 2019
Veterans Day mural painted in 2018
I found an entry on the Cactus Catz blog, Wordless Wednesday : Veterans Day - November 15, 2018. It had four photos and a story starting with a photo caption “Monday, as I was walking, I saw a man. [H]e was painting a mural on his wall the names of the fallen. He remembers.”
Though I have permission from Cactus Catz to show her photos, I wasn't able to reach her to ask where the mural is. So I searched Google Maps' Street View. Thank you for sharing these, Mary.
Update (November 9, 2020): I have sad news — and just before Veterans Day 2020. The man who painted this wall (and repainted it over and over) — Robert M. Norwood, age 63, who (as he wrote) about military service “My family has (5) gen. in this. So far (6) lives lost in service to it.” — died after a passerby thought he was spray-painting graffiti and fought with him. Here's the story from the Arizona Daily Star: Tucson police: Man mistaken for graffiti vandal dies in Election Day clash.
Though I have permission from Cactus Catz to show her photos, I wasn't able to reach her to ask where the mural is. So I searched Google Maps' Street View. Thank you for sharing these, Mary.
Update (November 9, 2020): I have sad news — and just before Veterans Day 2020. The man who painted this wall (and repainted it over and over) — Robert M. Norwood, age 63, who (as he wrote) about military service “My family has (5) gen. in this. So far (6) lives lost in service to it.” — died after a passerby thought he was spray-painting graffiti and fought with him. Here's the story from the Arizona Daily Star: Tucson police: Man mistaken for graffiti vandal dies in Election Day clash.
Friday, November 08, 2019
Crooked Tooth Brewing Co.
Thursday, November 07, 2019
A mural that hides something
Yesterday Joe Pagac wrote on Twitter: “Painting a 250,000 gallon water tank out at the Tanque Verde Guest Ranch to make it disappear!” Here's a link to the before-and-after photos on Instagram:
instagram.com/p/B4i0flaAehx/
Update (August 7, 2020): There are photos of the finished mural in today's entry Tanked.
instagram.com/p/B4i0flaAehx/
Update (August 7, 2020): There are photos of the finished mural in today's entry Tanked.
Tuesday, November 05, 2019
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Vampire Bat
Found at the rear of 300 E. 6th St., Tucson, AZ. Artist not known.
This same mural has appeared in two other posts on the Tucson Murals Project. Surrounded by murals: our 700th post and End-to-end Plush art, 2013 and before. In both instances, the colors have changed and, or, faded.
Photographed on May 29, 2019. We saved it for Halloween.
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Sonoran Brunch Co.
The Sonoran Brunch Co. has recently opened a Diner that replaces Poco & Mom's on S. Kolb Rd. The mural is on a shipping container on the south side of the building.
Update (June 27, 2021): BG Boyd Photography sent two more photos of the mural: Update (June 7, 2022): Ken Kroeger (click there to visit his Facebook page) sent a high-resolution photo of the mural. I've cropped out parts of it to show more detail:
Thank you, Ken!
Photographed on Oct. 17, 2019
Painted by Danny Martin |
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Update (June 27, 2021): BG Boyd Photography sent two more photos of the mural: Update (June 7, 2022): Ken Kroeger (click there to visit his Facebook page) sent a high-resolution photo of the mural. I've cropped out parts of it to show more detail:
Thank you, Ken!
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