Street Art from Santa Monica – II

MondayMural: Found on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, CA....
Leaf Mural - A Canvas for Discovery
A Canvas for Discovery
Leaf Mural - Santa Monica, California

We’re back in Santa Monica, CA, this time to look at another mural. This one is a picture of a couple of leaves painted on the side of a multi-story building, I believe is a hotel. Found at the intersection of Ocean Avenue and Pico, this leaf mural is by artist Spencer Mar Guilburt, and it looks like it’s titled — A Canvas for Discovery

The leaf mural – A Canvas for Discovery

Leaf Mural - A Canvas for Discovery, Santa Monica, CA
Leaf Mural - A Canvas for Discovery by Spencer Mar Guilburt

A Canvas for Discovery is a painting of a tall leaf and a shorter one against a petal-patterned background. My reading and a look at some more of the artist’s paintings tell me that that is a pattern often used by Guilburt and that he calls these geometric petals fireflowers.

I also discovered a picture of this mural in which the artwork covered all of that wall. I’m wondering if I spotted the mural when it was only half-done🤔 On second thoughts, I think more of the background pattern was added to the piece to give it more volume. [You can see it in its full form (and more fireflower-patterned work done by the artist here.)]

I found this mural last spring when I visited the Venice – Santa Monica area. While I was there I spotted a lot of murals. If you missed the posts and would like to see them, you’ll find them here:
Santa Monica Murals (Stay tuned: there’s more coming up on the blog. 🙂 )
Venice Street ART

Linking to
Monday Mural on Sami’s Colorful World

More:
Monday Murals on Tipsy from the TRIP

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21 Comments on this post.
  • iris Flavia
    25 October 2020 at 9:53 pm
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    It´s a very beautiful one! And the shadows add perfectly.

    • dNambiar
      28 October 2020 at 12:15 pm
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      Oh yeah — that shadow — such a clean and clear one! 🙂
      Hope you are having a good week, Iris.

  • Bertie Vn de Griend
    25 October 2020 at 10:02 pm
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    The leaf is very nice (and huge) but I don ‘t understand the white spot or the blue stripe

    • dNambiar
      28 October 2020 at 12:19 pm
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      The white spot was later painted yellow — to look like the sun. From the pictures on the web, I see that that mural has been extended to the whole wall.
      The blue strip might have something written on it. (The artist’s name, maybe.)

  • Sami
    26 October 2020 at 4:04 am
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    Simple but very striking mural Dee. Thanks for contributing to Monday Murals.

    • dNambiar
      28 October 2020 at 12:20 pm
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      True — the colour and size of it makes it stand out.
      Thank you for hosting, Sami. 🙂

  • mae
    26 October 2020 at 4:53 am
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    Interesting way to use a huge space — creating a giant pattern and a brobdignagian leaf! Good find! I remember seeing a lot of murals a few years ago when I visited that area. I wonder why some places attract or sponsor so much more street art than others.

    be well… mae at maefood.blogspot.com

    • dNambiar
      9 November 2020 at 1:51 pm
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      @ Mae
      Yeah — there’s a WHOLE LOT of art here, and in the neighboring Venice Beach area.

      Thank you, Mae. 🙂

  • magiceye
    26 October 2020 at 6:09 am
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    Attractive mural.

    • dNambiar
      9 November 2020 at 1:42 pm
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      It really does catch your eye. And I think they’ve got the whole wall covered with that background pattern, now.

      Thank you for coming this way, Magiceye. 🙂

  • tomthebackroadstraveller
    26 October 2020 at 9:16 am
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    …that splash of green is a wonderful addition!

    • dNambiar
      9 November 2020 at 1:43 pm
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      Isn’t it?!
      Thank you for your visit, Tom. 🙂

  • Antonia
    26 October 2020 at 11:51 am
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    Luce muy bien en el lateral del edificio. Hasta la sombra de la palmera, ha querido formar parte de él.

    • dNambiar
      9 November 2020 at 1:45 pm
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      True that!
      That shadow does look good there, doesn’t it?

      Welcome here, Antonia. 🙂

  • ashok
    29 October 2020 at 12:03 am
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    Lovely creativity…

    • dNambiar
      9 November 2020 at 1:46 pm
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      Have you done any mural art, Ashok?

      I love your artwork. 🙂

  • Tanza Erlambang
    3 November 2020 at 9:04 am
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    beautiful….

    Have a great day.

    • dNambiar
      9 November 2020 at 1:47 pm
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      🙂

      Hi Tanza,
      You too. 🙂

  • Niranjan R
    17 November 2020 at 6:47 am
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    That’s a lovely find, Divya.

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