Art and Architecture

  • MondayMural | Found in Portland

    I found this Old Town mural in Portland Oregon in the year 2013.  This impressive mural seems to portray nightlife and it looks like it is four-stories tall. Do you happen to know more about this mural? Or the artist (s) of this work of art? Linking to Monday...
  • Monday Mural| Found near the Cascade Range

    Ronald McDonald in a mural is not something you might not have seen. However, I had to take a picture of this one, because I caught what I thought might be Mt. Hood in the background. So maybe I could call this the Ronald McDonald- Mt. Hood mural. Today we...
  • Monday Mural| Found in Fort Bragg

    A Fort Bragg mural for Monday Mural — A drive-by shot of a mural in Fort Bragg, Ca. Fort Bragg is a coastal town in Northern California and is known for its sea glass beaches.   Linking to Monday Mural You may also like — Murals from California:  ...
  • Monday Mural | Found in Napa

    Today, we leave the (SF)Bay Area, behind and go into California’s wine country. This is a mural from Napa — a picture of the Napa River. I found Napa river mural in Downtown Napa, on a walk to the waterfront, some time back. This artwork in is — I...
  • Chennakesava Temple

    A sculptural banquet in Belur; Hoysala style

    Not far from Halebidu — the capital city of the Hoysalas — is a symbol of the dynasty’s victory over the Cholas in the battle of Talakkad in 1116AD. This mark of victory seems to have turned out to be quite a sculptural extravaganza called the Chennakesava temple and...
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    Monday Mural | Found in San Jose

    One day — a couple of years ago — on a stroll through the ‘Capital of Silicon Valley,’ I came across this mural beside one of the ‘light rail’ stations in the downtown area.  I’d like to call it the Diablo mural because this mural from San Jose, CA looks...
  • Monday Mural | Found in Berkeley

    For Monday Mural: Telegraph Avenue Murals This week I take you a little north of Oakland to the university town of Berkeley. After a walk through ‘Telegraph Avenue’ the year before last, I chanced upon these murals. Mural 1 — Mural design by Osha Neumann, painted with O’Brien Thiele Janet...
  • Monday Mural – Found in Oakland

    The Oaksterdam Mural, Oakland, California. Last week, I showed you some murals I found in San Francisco. This week, we go across the bay to Oakland, California to see the Oaksterdam mural. This is a drive by shot of a big bright mural from Oakland, from a few years...
  • Street art: San Francisco murals

    Monday Mural(s): Found in San Francisco

    Tipsy from the TRIP is going to be linking to the meme Monday Mural from this week onwards. It looks like there are several pictures of paintings-on-the-walls in the travel albums. To  start with, here are some San Francisco murals: Artist: Bill Weber PS. I do not know whose...
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