Category: Murals
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2020 Muraling in Thailand
I created a mural midst the full moon madness! Is the Koh Phangan hype all that they say it is? I created a mural in the jungle, well sort of. The entire time it took 6 days total to complete, including the purchasing of paints and the creation of the design which I have included…
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My Largest Mural Yet, ‘Portland Perspective’
It is with pleasure I present to you, “A Piece of Portland,” a playful interpretation of the Portland cityscape through iconic buildings and locations throughout the city. Here, imagination is boundless through the whimsical style, while the viewer can also identify all of their favorite places unique to Portland in one painting. The mural…
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Keen + Seattle Lyft Collaboration
In June I teamed up with Urban Artworks and Lyft in Seattle to create a team-building mural at the new Lyft driver location off Industrial and Airport road in Seattle. The style of the collaborative work was that similar to paint by numbers. I created an outline and the team filled in the shapes with…
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Bicycle Touring Murals
This past summer I set off for the second time for the Pacific Northwest on a bicycle tour with the incredible, Biketopia Music Collective. We rode our bicycles from Olympia, Washington back to our home in Oakland, CA over the span of 2.5 months. Our goal? Use our bodies upon our large bicycles to pedal ourselves…
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A Keen Mural in Ericeira, Portugal
The third mural stop on my 3.5-month journey of creating murals throughout Europe landed me in Ericeira, Portugal: a special village beach town located just 45 minutes outside of Lisbon. Here, I spent a couple of days walking through cobblestone alleyways with old white buildings with blue and yellow painted accents. I found myself walking every…
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“Into the Ocean” Portugal Mural
10 days of painting, bicycle rides, rainy afternoons, noisy construction days, sunset visits to the ocean and views across the canal of the iconic city of Porto, Portugal. The Mural Title: “Into the Ocean” Dimensions: 40′ x 10′ x 0′ Medium: Acrylic Paint Location: Oporto Hostel, Porto, Portugal. Length: 7 days, 4-6 hours a day.…
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MLK Day Community Mural
January 13th, 2018 I spent MLK day with 15 incredible 5th-grade artists with organization Upward Roots, from Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy, in Oakland, CA. I ride my bicycle to every mural that I create. Here is a picture of me on the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) with all of my paints and brushes!…
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Summer and Art’s Community Mural
I love creating communal work where youth and adults get to create alongside me! This one was over the span of two days and we really enjoyed some live music, entertainment all around, great food and good people. I cannot wait to come back next year. Thank you for having me! This summer, I helped…
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Joshua Tree Mural May 2017
Back at it again, at the Joshua Tree Music Festival in Joshua Tree outside of the Mojave desert in the incredible land of cactus, singing birds, hot heat, strong winds, dust storms, and glorious mountains. The difficulty with this particular project is that the heat is so strong and wind gusts can get up to…
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Rotten City Mural – Emeryville, CA
My latest mural you can see at Rotten City Pizza in Emeryville, California. The wall is a stucco, concrete 45 foot by 4-16 feet in some places. The mural wraps around the building, taking over parts of two walls. The entire process has taken me about 1 month and over 100 hours. An element I wanted…
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Earth Day Mural 2017
This Earth Day I rode my bicycle with the Biketopia Music Collective from Oakland to Bayview to help pedal the stage at the Bayview Opera House earth day celebration in San Francisco, CA. We pedaled the stage for musical acts with using just four bicycles and friends to pedal them. What a beautiful day! The aim…
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Painting in Joshua Tree
Twice a year, the Joshua Tree Music Festival happens in the desert of Southern California making up the Mojave and Colorado desert. Its stunning, the size of Rhode Island and one of my places to gather to meet other artists, listen to international music and get to know more about Joshua Tree. This is my…
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Mural in the Desert
Where: Joshua Tree, California – Joshua Tree National Park at the Joshua Tree Music Festival; 8ft x 10 ft; Acrylic paint; 2016 Hot sticky dry heat; the type of heat that makes you want to shower with your clothes on. Gusts of wind make the sun bearable as live melodic music floats through the air…
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Mural in Oakland
Where: Oakland, California at the Oakland Music Compex (OMC) in West Oakland with acrylic paint; January 2016 Happy New Year Mural! This piece is located inside the music studio of musicians. The building is amazing and is home to many working artists who practice and record. While painting I could hear multiple bands at one…
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A Mural in Burlington, Vermont
Vermont is a beautiful and magnificent place! It is the leading producer of maple syrup in the United States, it has forests that cover over 75% of the state! The green mountains are located within the state and the state is bordered by Massachusetts, New York, Quebec Canada and New Hampshire. I ran into old…
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Cookie Factory Mural
Sweet smell of baking goodness fills my air as flour rises to my face and the sound of cookies dancing along the conveyor belt fill my existence. I climb high to the last step of the ladder, almost balanced and gaze at the factory high above all else. Spanish music is playing and I am…
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The Final Mural – Yucutan, Mexico
Yucutan of Mexico! You can really feel the transition from the coast into the north and yucutan of Mexico. Incredible energy filled with ruins and the nicest people who smile and look you in the eyes and invite you over for dinner. Really made me feel special and many of the people if not all…
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A Mural at The Gottardinis Finca en Tupungato, Mendoza Region
The Weeping Willow Mural, Tupungato, Argentina. Welcome to the Gottardini’s, the farm of love and care! What: A large mural of a “arbol saucey” which means willow tree in English. Inspired by the energy the actual tree they had on their property it was reminded me of my childhood on vashon island because we had…
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Mural Making in Punta Arenas, Chile
Where: Punta Arenas, a buzzing city that is just four hours south of Puerto Natales on the Magellan Straight in Patagonia, Chile. Filled with cruises, sailboats, murals, sculpture, wildlife and high pitch windy shores. I found a homey Chilean restaurant called ¨La Marmita¨ which means the cooking pits owned by Lorena and Alfredo.They immediately took…
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