Wall Art

[saavedra77]

I'm all about the pic-posts, today. The latest is a tribute to dlasky and everyone else who contributed to a certain neighborhood art project:






































Nice work, guys.

06/26/08 EDIT: The post has been updated today, including a more complete representation of the mural.

Comments

[aztecson23.livejournal.com]

'Las Locas,' Hopie and Maggie, no, as your icon? Prett-ee cool, my friend.

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

Have you read The Education of Hopey Glass, yet? I think it's the most recent collection of Jaime's Locas stories. There's some great Hopey and Ray stories.

[aztecson23.livejournal.com]

no, I haven't. I should though. Will put on my summer reading list . . . how recent is it? I did read the collated volume, and there was a Hopey and Ray storyline. I forget the title of the book but it had all of the series, the recent stuff not withstanding.

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

The Education of Hopey Glass was first collected in one volume earlier this year. It wouldn't have been in any previous set.

The book consists of two distinct story cycles, one about Hopey and one about Ray. They're both in about their early 40s by this point.

Hopey breaks some good women's hearts, flirts with the idea of actually growing up. The title refers to her decision to take a job as a teacher's assistant. Her interactions with the kids are pretty priceless--she relates to people in elementary school really well.

Ray has developed into a kind of chicano Philip Marlowe, an older, kind of cynical bachelor. He's never really gotten where he wanted to with his art, and he's still kind of stuck on Maggie. But then he runs into this incredibly obnoxious woman, who he's strangely smitten with ...

As I think I've said before, I'm just amazed at how far Jaime's come with this characters, very believably taking them from their late teens to early middle age, in more or less real time.

[aztecson23.livejournal.com]

Wow, it sounds great. Will definitely look into it as soon as I get some dough 'cause I'm pretty sure my school's library won't have it, just yet.

I know this book is about Hopey and Ray but any cameos by the rest of the Hoppers gang?

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

Maggie's definitely there on the periphery, not just in Ray's regrets but watching Hopey's misadventures with a certain amusement.

Terry Downe also makes an amusing little cameo.

[delerium69.livejournal.com]

Wow, those are amazing. I think there aren't enough murals in this country, period. I remember, it was one the things I loved about San Francisco when I first visited out there, especially the Mission District. I wish I could spend more time on the West Coast.

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the SF's Mission DIstrict was definitely one of the examples I was thinking of. Those're really beautiful.

[dlasky.livejournal.com]

I was really excited when, as a young man, I was wandering the Mission District and came across the Carlos Santana mural.

my posse's on broadway

[dlasky.livejournal.com]

Thanks for documenting these! We were happy for the opportunity to beautify Broadway. My contribution to the project was small and doesn't appear here. Jim Woodring, who is pretty much the best artist of the bunch, also worked tirelessly to gather the images and get the mural constructed on his computer.

Re: my posse's on broadway

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

I was wondering about how you all went about all this:

How were the images selected, gathered?

And I guess that you had the finished images professionally printed on those big sheets?

Re: my posse's on broadway

[dlasky.livejournal.com]

Jim gathered the scans and set up their placement so as to fill the space alotted to us. The light rail people (who are going to build a station there in the next few years) did the printing and mounting of the sheets. I first submitted a full coimcs page, which he didn't think was right for this project, so I then gave him the girl's face, which made it onto the mural -- but is hidden behind a shrubbery in most photos.

Re: my posse's on broadway

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

but is hidden behind a shrubbery in most photos.

Now I have to go back and try to get a shot of that one! :)

[mr-sadhead.livejournal.com]

Good times, good times. Do you mind if I send folks over here to see these? That first piece is the greatest photo of Kaija's "Wild Card" collage.

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

Go right ahead. :)

[whipitgirl666.livejournal.com]

This is amazing work and cleverly thought out. Yes, I would be interested in knowing where it is and taking a gander in person!! How cool are you eh? LOL.
cheers!

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

I can't take credit for anything but the photos, actually. dlasky can tell you more about that.

The mural itself is up on the northeast corner of Broadway and Denny in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.

[whipitgirl666.livejournal.com]

Perfect..Thank you. I didn't realize that I'd migrated over to your LJ from mr_sadhead LOL. The first piece is yours with the cards?

Oh..the old Jack in the Box building area?

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

The first piece is yours with the cards?

No, alas, I'm just an appreciative neighbor who snapped some photos. And I know dlasky.

Oh..the old Jack in the Box building area?

That's the one.

[mr-sadhead.livejournal.com]

The piece with the cards is the contrib by my lovely and skillful SO Kaija, it's a collage called "Wild Card".
My own contrib. is the last one, a drawing of some animals watching a horrible lumpy clown on TV, inspired by a vintage TV tray design.

[whipitgirl666.livejournal.com]

It's all very incredible! I will be sure to take the time and go up and see it indefinitely! Thank you all for sharing!

[oilyrags.livejournal.com]

Great stuff, y'all! I wish I was a couple thousand miles closer to take a better look. On the plus side, I know an abandoned Jackinnabox real nearby...

art work on the old jack in the box on broadway

[(Anonymous)]

Oh my, fantastic. so proud to say that i know two of the artists. kudos to all the artists, can't wait to see it in person.

Re: art work on the old jack in the box on broadway

[mr-sadhead.livejournal.com]

Better hurry .. three of the panels were stolen recently.

Re: art work on the old jack in the box on broadway

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's kind of got me down. I'm glad that we at least got and posted these photographs while it was still intact.

Re: art work on the old jack in the box on broadway

[dlasky.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the thorough documentation, Tony! Most of the mural is gone -- most of it apparently taken on July 4th.

There is a news story on KOMO:
http://www.komonews.com/news/23965359.html

Re: art work on the old jack in the box on broadway

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

Oh, Dave, I'm so sorry. It was upsetting enough when I saw the jazz panel disappear, a few days back. But then coming home the other day I saw that so much more had been taken, and I just hung my head. I guess that snapping photos just isn't enough for someone ...