The following pictures of Generation X in 1970s Chicago were part of the Documerica series sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Series. Creative Commons License applies. Which picture do you like the best? I love the one of the boy coming out of the walk-up...
Across trains and bridges, rooftops and billboards, the graff writer purges his pent-up emotions. His tragic losses unravel in streams and clouds of colorful paint. The nozzle becomes a vehicle for his catharsis, and he might as well be cutting for the paint is a...
Oklahoma City Rush Hour: Trucks, Cars, Buses, Trains | Near the Oklahoma State Capitol
I was stopped at a train and saw this awful thing go by. I was just sitting there and decided to take pictures of the graffiti whizzing by. Meanwhile, two Black teenagers walked up. I liked the boy's hot pink backpack and clicked a few pictures of him and the girl...
Graffiti Wednesday There's a beautiful new wheat paste installation on the side of Raylyn Taylor Salon in Oklahoma City's Automobile Alley. It's by the artist Sam Douglas who I wrote about in May. He's the guy who did the wheat paste on the Waste Management dumpster...
In the aftermath of the May 20, 2013, F5 tornado that killed 25 Oklahomans including seven children, a graffiti artist painted a tornado mural. It is located on an abandoned building on the outskirts of downtown Oklahoma City, SW 5th Street just west of Broadway. The...
OKLA HOME LAND is the latest graffiti to grace an Oklahoma City wall made famous by a recent marriage proposal. It's located in the Plaza District, and a guy asked his girlfriend to marry him, it was just the ugly cinder block side of the Coin Op Laundry. OKLA HOME...
This cellophane graffiti (also called saran graffiti) is one of the coolest things I've ever seen in a while. Happy St. Patrick's Day! Happy Saint Bernard! Irish Food I love St. Patrick's Day. This year we threw a tiny party for the kids. They each invited a friend...
"We are clowns because what else can one be in such a stupid world." --The Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army or CIRCA I visited Graffiti Alley in Automobile Alley the other day and was surprised to see all the colorful graffiti painted over rather haphazardly. I...
"I wanted friends so bad in this world that I stole other people’s art to get them," he wrote. "I don’t have any friends. I’m sick of being alone. The first piece I stole...People loved that... and I got many followers from it. I had people talking to me now. I just...
I spotted this green graffiti train near the train tracks about four or five blocks from the train tracks. The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad wakes me up every morning as it barrels through the Heartland. These days, I actually hear it coming before I hear...