Elliot Smith Resurrected

The wall between Solutions Music and Malo Restaurant in Silver Lake has become a memorial for the late Elliot Smith. This wall was the site for his album cover "Figure 8". Over the years many people have scrawled their memories and notes to Elliot. The wall then became layered with tags and graffiti.

I believe the people at Malo Restaurant repainted the wall and included a stencil of Elliot (just like the album cover) on August 6 in celebration of his birthday.

Bold Attempt to End All Street Art Forever

"Don't Paint Again" scrawled on switch box in Echo Park. I'm not sure how effective this will be. I took this out the dirty window of an LA Metro bus.

WHERE:
Sunset & Alvarado
Echo Park

Sand One Lashes Out

Sand One lashes out behind Echo Park tattoo shop, El Clasico. As a former make-up artist, I love the way she makes her lashes. I often give my characters 3-5 lashes that are quick upstrokes, but Sand One gets down on those lashes like a MAC make-up artist. And look at those lucious lips! Love her.

I also saw this mini blue graphic piece on a electrical box. I ran into the shop owner while taking this shop, he was a super nice guy and spoke very highly of Sand One. Check out El Clasico when you're in Echo Park and get some fresh ink.

WHERE:
Behind EL CLASICO TATTOO SHOP 
1610 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Medium: Aerosol Mural
Artist: Sand One

Hollywood Famous on streets of Silver Lake

I often run into celebrities in my neighborhood of Sunset Junction. I ran into this beautiful poster this morning when I went to photograph Koffinz new piece next to it. Sophia Coppola on the streets of Silver Lake. Her photo, the pale pink against the ble sky, the palm tree and the Santa Monica Blvd street sign combine to make this an LA moment for me.

WHERE:
Santa Monica Blvd @ Sunset Blvd
Sunset Junction, Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Medium: Wheat Paste Photography Poster
Artist: Unknown

Koffinz at Sunset Junction

Colorful and fierce Koffinz piece up at Sunset Junction

WHERE:
Santa Monica Blvd @ Sunset Blvd.
Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Medium: Aerosol on Plywood
Artist: Koffinz

Buff Monster Ice Cream on Sunset

These Buff Monster wheat pastes just went up in Silver Lake kitty-corner from Akbar. He celebrates summer and his 10th anniversary with ooey-gooey pink neon ice-cream cones.

WHERE:

Sunset Blvd @ Fountain on Light Switch box. Kitty corner from Akbar.

Silver Lake, Los Angeles

Medium: Wheat Paste Poster

Artist: Buff Monster

Coffee Table in Koreatown

Architect and designer, Julie Kim, brings her furniture design to the streets of Los Angeles. She set up her coffee table design outdoors at t bus stop in Koreatown. This sweet video is a result of her installation.

Hammock Coffee Table in the City from Danny Kim on Vimeo.

Beary Good Morning

This little bear lit up my morning on my walk to the gym.

WHERE:
Hyperion @ Lyric - streetlight
Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Medium: Hand drawn sticker
Artist: Unknown

Carmageddon Imagined

Carmageddon was all hype, but what would LA look like without any cars. Check out director Ross Ching's time lapse video of Los Angeles without any cars. It's quite a beautiful site. Good LA is hosting a project imagining LA streets without cars. You can submit and image and enter here. All the submissions will be projected in the gallery at the A+D Museum on Thursday, August 11 during the Moving Beyond Cars party, which will challenge all attendees to get to the event without using a car. One winner will be announced at the event, who will receive a subscription to GOOD, a GOOD t-shirt, and a GreenAid seedbomb kit, among other prizes.

Take Note

I've seen these little notes with ramblings about migration, Saab, Norway, mystery religion and new surf wave music (whatever that might be) on them taped around the hood lately.

WHERE:
Sunset Junction area in Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Medium: Pen on Paper

Stencil Mix Up

Random Stencil action in the Silver Lake area.

Behind Akbar

Sunset Blvd.

Sunset Blvd.

Sunset Blvd.

Sunset Blvd. near Intelligentsia

On street on Manzanita by the stairs

Prospect Ave, Los Feliz

On CicLAvia mural in Echo Park

Seraph & Yem at Work

I had the pleasure of running into Seraph and Yem at work on another mural in the Le Barcito parking lot in Silver Lake. Seraph is an incredible soul that shines through his intricate work that emerges from an organic world and provides insights to futuristic infastructures. Yem is working on some of his characters - one an aggressive cat creature and the other a peaceful gaia-like figure of a woman who has a killer blue buddag ear. I'll be posting pics when the wall is complete.

Seraph at work

Seraph's supplies

Yem's traveling

Yem at work

Yem channeling the spirit of mother nature 

WHERE:

Sunset Blvd. at Hyperion in Le Barcito parking lot

Medium: Aersol Mural

Artists: Seraph and Yem

Other artists on this wall are: Butcher and Space Invader