Tag: Street art

Keeping Portland Weird

On By bluestar2012In 2012, Art, city, colors, debris, Duck, mural, Nikon D7000, Oregom, Oregon, paint, Portland, street, street art, street photography, Streets, Travels, Uncategorized, wandering, wandering photographerLeave a comment

This was taken a few years ago when I was regularly visiting Portland, OR.

Just a quick note on the ads you are seeing. I’ve avoided allowing ads for ten years. WordPress nudged me a couple of weeks ago so I thought I would give it a try. If it turns out to be a bust or more of an annoyance than it is worth, I’ll figure out a way to turn off the ads. My guess is that only sites that generate a lot of traffic see any sort of monetary reward. My site, although having quite a few Followers, has very little traffic.

Thanks, Bluestar2012.

Along the Tracks (Con’t.)

On By bluestar2012In Art, colors, design, Environment, Georgetown, Seattle, Nikon D610, portrait, Puget Sound, Seattle, street art, Thoughts, trespassing, UncategorizedLeave a comment

One of the questions that comes to mind, when viewing and shooting street art is: what does this say about our society/culture? Some people view it as vandalism while others view it as a form of contemporary art. Because the palette is in or near a public space does that change the dynamics? Or. like the images I have been presenting, are mostly out of the view of the public, but on a BNSF railway right of way does that change things? To get this space both the artist and I have to trespass across those railroad tracks. The palette in these works is just a retaining wall, so maybe the work enhances the large, drab concrete space?

I guess it begs the age old question: What is art? 

We all have to answer that for ourselves, I guess.