Summer Catch up - Graffiti outside of Pike's Place Market in Seattle

There is one very long, very large wall in an alleyway just outside of Pike's Place Market (Post Alley).  And this wall is covered with some very interesting, very artistic graffiti.  I snapped a few shots of some of the graffiti, some pieces better than others, but overall pretty awesome!













The Gum Wall



The gum wall will soon be celebrating it's 20th birthday - which means there could be as much as twenty years worth of chewed gum hanging on to those bricks!  It's pretty gross when you are up close to it, but apparently quite an attraction - I was not the only one getting photographs!


Think of it like a disorganized Seurat - lots of tiny dots of color, only they don't make any complete picture when you step back!

And then there was this!




I swear it wasn't me!  but how funny to come across that on the wall!  Surely it must have been someone with the last name Silva, but none-the-less a bit of a gem among the other "pieces" of art :)

Beautiful Street Art

I wish I had time to walk all over the city and take a pictures of all the amazing "graffiti" which is better labeled as street art. Graffiti is a whole different strata in Rio - so many amazing murals and paintings, I just wish I could have captured more of them - although that gets difficult from a moving vehicle! Here are the only four I could capture while walking...




One of my favorites - St. George slaying a dragon! A sword in one hand, a can of spray paint in the other!


Look at the amazing detail! Do you see the Damask print behind her? Pretty classy right :D

Just google "Graffiti Rio de Janeiro" and you will see some of the most amazing street art. New York City has nothing on Rio!