Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Murals: Urban Art

Definition of MURAL (noun)

: a work of art applied to and made integral with a wall or ceiling surface.

One of the things that's really cool about urban living are the murals. They are like works of art scattered throughout the city. I don't know how it is in other cities within the US, or around the world, but in Philadelphia and New York, you see murals everywhere. It's as if murals are a part of the fabric that shape the tapestry of the cities.

While walking around the city yesterday and today, I focused my camera lens on the murals. And I began to notice that over the past several months, the city has unveiled a few new ones.

And beautiful ones, at that!

Please enjoy...

I took two photographs of this mural because I wanted to capture pedestrians walking past it. Notice how the pedestrians appear as though they are part of the people within the mural. For a brief second, you can't tell which is which.

Aren't the colors in this mural amazing? This mural is outside a Target store, not far from where I live.

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this one! Isn't it faaaaaaaabulous???

This mural is painted on the side of an old brownstone that sits next to a garden.

A parking lot mural.

I know this isn't technically a mural because it's not painted on a wall or a ceiling. However, I think it's gorgeous! It is painted on an electrical box, right next to an apartment building.

This one is perhaps my favorite. I see it every single day as I walk down this street. 

Isn't it exquisite?

Hope you enjoyed some urban art!

Have a grrrrrrrrreat weekend, everyone!

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