Reno and street art just cannot be separated from each other. The art on the street are not much talked about. At least not as much as the casinos and the neon lights that seem to characterize the city. But anybody who has walked down those streets cannot have missed the splash of colors on the walls. For this week’s Monday Murals, let me present Mount Whitney Hotel’s multi-story parking garage murals.
Look at the sheer size of these pieces of art. There’s no missing these murals. And look at the beauty of these works. I spotted these as I was strolling down Virginia Street and some of its side streets one April morning.
Reno’s parking garage murals – 1
The first painting — of the blue lady and what looks like Mt. Whitney– I hear is called Blueprint of a Mother and is by an artist called Erik Burke.
Blueprint of a Mother by Erik Burke
Mt. Whitney (of the Sierra Nevada Range) on the mural called ‘Blueprint of a Mother.’ A mural from Reno, Nevada.
Reno’s parking garage murals – 2
And this painting on the other side of the parking garage is called, ‘The face of Reno.’ This gigantic piece of art seems to have been done by artist Christina Angelina.
The Face of Reno
Reno’s humongous parking garage murals — Check. 😉
If you missed my earlier posts on the street art I found in Reno, check out:
Dreamy Damsels, Graffiti Style
This is not all. There should be another 2-3 posts of art from the streets of Reno, NV. Stay tuned. 🙂
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The Face of Reno is marvellous. Multi-storey car parks are usually an ugly necessity in our cities – great to see one that provides art
Marvelous indeed. ?
Artwork like these really do pretty up parking structures. Wouldn’t we love to see more of these?! 😉
Thank you for coming by, Debbie.
You’re right, Reno is a mural mecca these days. I love the girl in the hoodie; she’s beautiful. Thanks for contributing to this week’s Monday Mural.
It really is. I didn’t expect to see that much street art there.
The Face of Reno is ‘perfect.’ 🙂
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A nice way to beautify a necessary evil of parking.
I completely agree with you.
Thank you for visiting, VioletSky.
Hats off to the artist who made these hanging in the air… and not only the murals are larger than life the expression in the eyes of the girl in the hoodie is so captivating….
Such awesome work, na? That girl in the hoodie is stunning! Those eyes do stand out.
Wow – amazing!
I have to agree with you. 🙂
Among all the paintings the face of Reno is very nice , thanks for sharing such a beautiful pic .When I read your blog it’s like touring that place.Super work Divya.
I swear — that painting is exceptionally good. 🙂
Thank you so, so much, Richard. You made my day. 🙂
You know Murals and Divya have become synonymous for me. Recently, I was in Dehradun to attend IB BNLF event and during Ruskin Bond Heritage Walk, when I noticed a mural, it immediately reminded me of you. Hope I’ll meet you someday in person. 🙂
Oh, you went for BNLF? So cool. I’m sure that was a great experience. 🙂
I heard about the heritage walk. That must have been very interesting. I hope you’ll write about it; I would love to read about it.
And you saw a mural too? 🙂
😀 😀 So sweet of you, Ravish.
I know — I hope we get to meet, sometime.
Amazing work!
Isn’t it? 🙂
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