#baltimoremurals

A year after Randy Newman penned “Baltimore” it became the title song for Nina Simone’s critically acclaimed album and the anthem of a troubled city unsure how to recover from 1968 unrest that left six dead and 700 injured. Four decades later Brazilian artist Alex Senna remembered Newman’s lyrics with this work overlooking the railroad tracks and Union Ave in the Woodberry neighborhood. Reacting to the song Senna’s three children huddled against the backdrop of black smoke are his consideration of the impact drugs and racism have had on the children of Baltimore.  @alexsenna/  @baltimurals/

Now more than six years old—but still holding up well—this wall just off of North Ave at the Maryland Avenue Adult Day Care Center was created for Open Walls 2012: the first of two events convened to enliven the public spaces of Baltimore’s Station North Arts And Entertainment District. Organized by internationally recognized Baltimore artist @GaiaStreetArt, the events gave local artists a chance to create alongside major global names like Interesni Kazki, the Ukranian duo of Aleksei Bordusov, aka Aec, and Vladimir Manzhos, aka Waone. Around 2003 Waone and Aec began working together and developing ways of using their art for next-level visual storytelling, leading them to form Interesni Kazki—meaning “interesting fairy tales or stories”—a couple of years later. After more than a decade of spreading their tales around the world Aec and Waone have focused on their individual careers since 2016.  @waone_interesnikazki  @aec_interesnikazki  

Two of the vertical paintings that will be on display with the rest of my Baltimore series Urban Light @gallerybluedoor opening on March 25 and running through May 20. #baltimoremurals #baltimoreartist #mtvernonbaltimore #mtvernonartsdistrictofbaltimore #gallerybluedoor #urbanlandscape #urbanlandscapepainting #oiloncanvaspainting #maryland #federalhill (at Mt Vernon Arts District Of Baltimore) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp2XO7Eu_Jx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

N Charles St. Baltimore Oil on canvas 12x24 #baltimore #stphilipandstjameschurch #baltimoremurals #maryland #homeiswheretheartis #urbanlandscapepainting (at Baltimore, Maryland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmeOOsru3-7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Lortz Lane, Baltimore Oil on wood 8x8 #baltimoremurals #baltimorecity #oilonwood #urbanlandscapepainting #urbanlandscape #maryland #lightandshadow (at Baltimore, Maryland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmOtHO4uMU-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

2 Doors on Williams St. Federal Hill Oil on wood 8x8 #baltimoremurals #oilonwoodpainting #federalhill #federalhillbaltimore #maryland #urbanpainting #rowhouses #lightandshadow #frontsteps (at Federal Hill, Baltimore) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkIiuVCuxFe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Corner of W Read and Park, Baltimore Oil on wood #oilonwood #baltimoremurals #baltimoreart #mtvernonbaltimore #cornerstore #oilpainting #maryland (at Mt Vernon Arts District Of Baltimore) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj7vOaFu-g1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Favorite Baltimore murals from my visit in August.