I was search for a photo on my flickr account, and I saw this one, which I took a few years ago at a small town called Pilot Point in Texas.
I think commercial wall murals are cool.
I was search for a photo on my flickr account, and I saw this one, which I took a few years ago at a small town called Pilot Point in Texas.
I think commercial wall murals are cool.
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Cool!
Can we see more?
We have met the enemy and he is us.
-Pogo
Last edited by penwash; January 16th, 2017 at 08:57 PM.
Detman101 (January 25th, 2021), farmdogfan (January 17th, 2017), Sailor Kenshin (June 20th, 2023)
Well they don't paint ads, but murals are painted on a great many walls here.
Brilliant Bill (January 16th, 2017)
"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick;
and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
~ Benjamin Franklin
Right, should have clarified in the title, though I don't mind looking at artistic ones too.
What fascinate me about the advertisement murals is that the level of commitment from the owner of the buildings. How much did it cost to have a 3-story brick wall painted like that? What if the business (who paid for the ad) went out of business? Or no longer willing to pay?
How did they clean the brick wall?
We have lots of murals on the walls in downtown Lafayette (in fact, there's a couple that are going up on our city government offices now, and we have tons of others around town). Many of ours are by Robert Dafford. You can see his work on his Facebook page (Dafford Murals) or you can Google him for images.
Here's a page of Lafayette's downtown art (I love the Kellie Smith iris mural and this one by Robert Dafford: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/217932069440308029/)
Lady Onogaro
"Be yourself--everybody else is already taken." --Oscar Wilde
Philadelphia has a vibrant mural arts program. Come and take a tour sometime..
https://www.muralarts.org/
fountainpenkid (January 25th, 2017), guyy (June 1st, 2021)
I checked, unfortunately I don't appear to have almost any of the shots of the murals uploaded. But they are literally all over the city. Hell, they even wrap most of the electricity box things in these funky art scenes.
Ok, this definitely needs a look (murals in Glasgow, Scotland). Here's one taste:
"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick;
and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
~ Benjamin Franklin
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Lady Onogaro (March 27th, 2017), myu (February 23rd, 2018)
Depends where you are.
In some countries like India commercial murals are still a main form of advertising; cement, phone and drinks brands all use it heavily especially in rural areas.
Creatively not a patch on the old ones of course
Pilot Point is a great name for a town, and to live if you're into pens!
penwash (January 16th, 2017), R.A. Stewart (June 19th, 2023)
There's a fellow over here that has a whole site on what he calls "Ghost Signs". I have a vague recollection that the one that got him interested concerned fountain pens, funnily enough.
And this:
In western Pennsylvania, there was a painter who maintained many Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco signs on barns, years after the tobacco was no longer sold.
Fred
Last edited by FredRydr; January 17th, 2017 at 04:55 AM.
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