Destroying what others create: Calgary street art defaced

20 Tuesday May 2014

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Of all the walls in Calgary to tag, why choose this one? (Not that I like this kind of nuisance graffiti anyway.)
I feel terribly for whoever installed the original art on this building and hope that it can somehow be recovered.

Shadow from light

19 Monday May 2014

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Spotted along 17 Ave. S.W. in Calgary.

Flowers for Jimi Hendrix

18 Sunday May 2014

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From my recent visit to Seattle.

Filling in the blanks

16 Friday May 2014

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Where most of us would have seen this as merely a patch of peeled paint on a drab concrete wall, one creative soul saw something more. Another image from my quick visit to Seattle last month.

Spikes and curves

13 Tuesday May 2014

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One of the many tantalizing pieces of art in Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle.

Towering flower

12 Monday May 2014

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A flower made of glass gets cosy with the Seattle Space Needle.

Art on caffeine

09 Friday May 2014

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Some of the baristas at this Calgary coffee shop have drizzle skillz.

Look and you will see

07 Wednesday May 2014

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A fortuitous capture outside Providence Park in Portland, Oregon. I shuffled around for a better view and found some faces staring back at me through the giant mask’s own eyes.