An excellent use of spraypaint stencil to improve an otherwise boring garage-front on 21st near Union. Small enough to be unobtrusive, yet bright enough catch your eye. Nice color tones too against the garage grey, and well-framed.
You can spend an entire afternoon discovering all the tiny figures and colorful additions in this yard. One can only imagine what the inside of the house looks like if the outside is this wonderful. Would that we all had the time and inclination to create this much artwork everywhere. Sculpture Park be damned, THIS is public art!
Mixed media of stone, wood, brick, tile, concrete, sparkplugs, tools and more; Devil's bursting through windows, cats arched in horror, little workmen tromping through the snow, colored cogs rising like bubbles of thought along the walls... even the garage roof support (not pictured) is a detailed hand with Wonderful use of color and texture throughout, and hilarious faces wherever you look. Fantastic worthy art by any account.
There's something about being head of state that gets you recognized in crowds. Being head of the household, not so much, but you do get respect. Being just another big head on the street, however, probably causes car accidents. Regardless, this is one of the better bits of yard art around the city. It looks like Abraham Lincoln, although it could be someone's granddad, an early Seattle settler perhaps. He must have been a fellow of some stature to merit such an incarnation.
Devil on the rooftop, kicking up snow. Hammer in hand, and wings all aglow. Sparks from his head, leaping to flight. Stealing through souls in the perilous night.
The Tileman, waving to his compadres and greeting all guests. And.. is that cake in his hand? He fits right in to his surroundings, as if the space had been waiting for his presence. How wonderful to have all these little people populating your tiny square of the city forest.
Fresh this weekend, this gloriously detailed winged-insect (tsetse fly? fanged-wasp? martian devilbug?) on the window of the defunct "Premier Auto" storefront on the corner of Pine and 11th was found when the wheatpaste was still damp Friday evening. Clearly the new modus operandi of some street artists around here: pre-designed paper prints that are pasted up quickly. Very effective for high-traffic areas, and especially this one since it's a mere block from the local police station. More! Encore!
(see the flickrstream for exact map locations of most of the art here.)
