Tucson is famous for its huge murals like the Goddess of the Agave, below, and the giant masked lady on the Hotel Lewis — both downtown.
Because, however, Tucson is a town filled with artists there are art works–like the chrome giants–on side streets and in artists’ front yards in ordinary neighborhoods. Not gigantic, but usually very interesting!
Yesterday on my way home from grocery shopping–prices!!!–I came across a couple of neighborhood murals. As I turned the corner onto a street I’d never driven on before I spotted glittering light reflected from a garden wall about a half block away. It was the mural shown at the top of this post. Most of the mural was created with pieces of broken tile, but running across the mural and within some of the circles are pieces of broken mirrors. As I began to take photos of it I realized I was taking fractured photos of myself, first image, and my car, second image.
I assume this glittering selfie mural was created by the homeowner. No signature on the mural that I could see.
Then 3 blocks away on the same residential street there is another mural, again unsigned, but it definitely looks like the work of Danny Martin in his now characteristic black and pink style. And about a block away are 2.5 murals on the wall of The Drawing Studio.
A collaborative pair of murals
The mural on the left reads: “In Memory of Walker Orr” and the one of the right reads “I Love you!” The sign over the door is a curiosity. It reads” Minor Mutiny”. The Drawing Studio is an art school founded by noted artist Andrew Rush, who currently lives in the art community of Rancho Linda Vista north of Tucson. These murals have the look of being collaborations by the school’s students.
Flying saucers from the old days
Okay. Here is one more. It is not in my neighborhood, but I took the photo ages ago and haven’t found a place to post it until today. It’s flying saucer time! It’s on the side of the FanGamer building, an online seller of stuff for people who are fans of old and new online games. I’d tell you the story about them–talk about failing upward!–but they tell it better than I could. You can read all about them here.
