Murals in Mexico

 I always enjoy the murals and street art when I am down in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Happy Earth Day

Got a little fresh air today on a beautiful spring day and took a thirty-minute walk around the Lower Haight.  In San Francisco we are required to masks now when we are in any store, on transit, in line or anywhere maintaining social distancing is difficult.  Even just walking it seemed nearly everyone was wearing a mask.

I got to see this cool mural by Cleng Sumagaysay and Maria Carmela brightening up an otherwise boarded up storefront.  And, in honor of Earth Day, the sky was an amazing, car exhaust-free blue over Duboce Park.

No place like home….

So many people travel all over the world and yet never visit places near their homes.  And I have to confess that I am guilty as well.  The San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park is awesome.   But its proximity to the ticky tackiness of Fisherman’s Wharf keeps most of us locals away.  Yesterday was a quiet and sunny day in San Francisco and a good day to sneak over there and play tourist-at-home.  This was my first time in the Aquatic Park Bathhouse – an art deco landmark that is now part of the museum.  It features interesting exhibits, Sargent Johnson sculpture and beautiful WPA era murals by Hilaire Hiler.  Hiler had a fascinating biography that begs to be a movie.  As well as an artist he was a color theorist.  The ceiling of one of the large rooms in the bathhouse has his Prismatarium mural – a giant color wheel on the ceiling!

So there you have it, waiting for me to discover after a MUNI ride across town, a really nice museum with one of the most unique murals I have ever seen.  And, it is even free admission.

New Mural in the Lower Haight

A new mural is being installed by San Francisco artist Marina Perez-Wong on Fell and Scott (updates to follow).