Too bad they don't paint murals on the walls anymore

[penwash]

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.

[Hawk]

Cool!
Can we see more?

[Monkey]

Well they don't paint ads, but murals are painted on a great many walls here.

[Lady Onogaro]

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/)

[Brilliant Bill]

Philadelphia has a vibrant mural arts program. Come and take a tour sometime..

https://www.muralarts.org/

[Monkey]

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.

[Jon Szanto]

Ok, this definitely needs a look (murals in Glasgow, Scotland). Here's one taste:

[kevmid]

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]

Cool!
Can we see more?

This one is in Hico, Texas.

[penwash]

Well they don't paint ads, but murals are painted on a great many walls here.

Sure.

In this case I am focusing on murals that are done for advertisement purposes. After decades, they look cool, just like vintage pens

[Jon Szanto]

Well they don't paint ads, but murals are painted on a great many walls here.

Sure.

In this case I am focusing on murals that are done for advertisement purposes. After decades, they look cool, just like vintage pens

We call these advertisements or advertising murals. To keep them separate from artistic (primarily) endeavors.

[grainweevil]

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.

[FredRydr]

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

[penwash]

Well they don't paint ads, but murals are painted on a great many walls here.

Sure.

In this case I am focusing on murals that are done for advertisement purposes. After decades, they look cool, just like vintage pens

We call these advertisements or advertising murals. To keep them separate from artistic (primarily) endeavors.

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?

[Jon Szanto]

Will, here's a nice local story. I used to look at this image all the time, because it is directly across the street from the stage entrance to our Civic Theater. The symphony moved to it's own home about 20 years ago, but the mural is still up! The race track was/is south of the border, in Tijuana, B.C.

https://www.change.org/p/mayor-of-sa...caliente-mural

[penwash]

Will, here's a nice local story. I used to look at this image all the time, because it is directly across the street from the stage entrance to our Civic Theater. The symphony moved to it's own home about 20 years ago, but the mural is still up! The race track was/is south of the border, in Tijuana, B.C.

https://www.change.org/p/mayor-of-sa...caliente-mural

That's cool! And that is one big ad mural!

For some reason the song "Por Una Cabeza" played in my head as I read the story

[farmdogfan]

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

I can allmost see the zombies forming a line.

[southpaw52]

Fort Smith, Arkansas, has brought in artists from around the world to paint artistic murals on the buildings downtown.

[usk15]

Nice murals up there!
I'm joining this thread:

[FredRydr]

And this:

I can almost see the zombies forming a line.

They can't drive.

Fred