Sunday, March 12, 2017

Monday Mural: Polly want a cracker?

This large parrot (or possibly a parakeet) head adorns a neighborhood market wall on the corner of 14th Avenue and E. 18th Street.  It is by Doty who has been featured many times on this meme.  His birds are always wonderfully detailed, seem self-aware, and always have a whiff of danger.  The bird seems to be speaking;  I wonder what it is saying?  I think the tiles are original to the building.  Many Deco-era buildings in Oakland have tiled facades that I believe came from local manufacturers.

Welcome to Monday Mural:  if you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme's for you; just follow the Linky steps below.  You decide what constitutes a mural.  Once you start looking, you find them everywhere.  Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters.  Looking forward to your mural finds posted this week.  Google+ users, please configure your post so we all can leave a comment.  Thanks.

“ Be kind; everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”  Rev. John Watson

19 comments:

  1. ...he's say that diversity is a good thing!

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  2. I agree with Tom, and that is what I was about to write when I saw his comment. Fabulous and important message.

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  3. A very strong character depicted here, but the eye looks kind

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  4. Lovely and a little intimidating as well

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  5. What a great mural!
    Have a wonderful week!

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  6. From the color, it seems to be a macaw.

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  7. He's fabulous.. has to be something about gay rights don't you think ODP. Once again we were on the same wavelength, check out my pics for Tuesday :)

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  8. That's a nicely done bird. Lots of detail there. I'm curious about the rest of the mural. What do those colours lead to?

    Thank you for hosting this lovely meme.

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  9. He did a great job of linking the panels and matching the mural to the background.

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  10. Lovely and a little intimidating as well


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  11. I very much like your pattern it's beautiful,thank for sharing good i dea !

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