Category: Art

brush of seattle public street art

Explore Brush of Seattle’s Public Street Art

Explore public street art at Brush

/ October 1, 2020
Portland Wild in Willamette Week

Portland Wild Featured in Willamette Week’s “Best of Portland”

PortlandWild, my google maps mash up of the city’s extensive network of beautiful murals, special “Heritage Trees” and Little Free Libraries made it into Willamette Week’s Best of Portland 2019 as a Best of Internet! Portland streets are filled with...

/ August 1, 2019
tree library

Librarian Builds Little Free Library Inside a Tree Stump

When I launched Portland Wild last fall as a map driven guide to Portland’s urban wilderness, a number of people asked me why I included public street art, the city’s heritage trees and Little Free Libraries. I don’t think I’d...

/ January 22, 2019
portland wild murals

You Can, In Portland Hunt for Street Art Murals

I do like this advertising campaign by the W+K agency, “You Can, In Portland.” It’s super cute and very much like the city, just needed some white people and homeless people* in the background to make it real. And, I...

/ December 4, 2018
emma forever ago

Emma, Forever Ago on Soundbreaking

“Emma, Forever ago” holds a few of my favorite tracks. I like this short clip of Justin Vernon interviewed on the the late Beatles’ producer George Martin’s Soundbreaker. It highlights his use of the Mac’s ProTools to build an environment for him...

/ December 1, 2018

Girls Riding Wolf Underwater Dreamscape – Portland Murals

Since I began collecting photos of Portland’s street art for PortlandWild, I’ve found a large number of beautiful murals I didn’t know existed. However, one from my neighborhood remains a favorite. It appears to show two young girls, riding a...

/ November 13, 2018

Google Protecting Privacy of Inhabitants of Street Murals

In development of Portland Wild, I discovered Google blurring the faces depicted in public art murals.

/ October 23, 2018