Arcadia Mural

This is one of the few murals in clintonville.  It is located on Arcadia next to North Adult High School.  It was painted by Mike Walker.  In the mural you see many, many different things including, hippies, hippie vans, motorcycle police (CHIPS), road ragers with shotguns, dead bodies, and many signs of the apocalypse.  Higher on the mural there is a biker chick on an easy rider, American flag painted motorcycle.  Next to her is a pig-like creature on a vespa, with a sidecar with a very small Michael Jackson waving from the inside of a glass container.  A horse with wings is on a bicycle next to the pig creature.  On the far right is a skeleton with a mickey mouse hat on an Indian moped.  This mural covers two-stories. We saw this mural on one of our first mural walks.

Leen O' Caffe Mural

This Mural is located on the side of the Leen O' Caffe which is located on Hudson and Summit.  It was painted by Ben Arnold and D'lyn Stinziano and was funded by the Greater Columbus Arts Council.  This mural shows the community of Columbus. As you can see there are many parts of this mural that you could probably recognize if you live in or around the area, such as the Olentangy river, the Danube restaurant, the city scape, the fair, and many more. I think that this mural is a great visual example Clintonville's community.

George Bellows Mural in the Short North

On January 22nd, we walked throughout the Short North looking at murals.  This mural is a recreation of a George Bellows painting entitled, "Cliff Dwellers".  This mural was painted by Curtis Goldstein and his wife Michelle Attias.  We looked at it from a distance and discussed the painting's composition: the city and the scene that was taking place.  We also got up close and looked at some of the brush strokes and the details.  We compared the neighborhood in the painting to the neighborhood in the Short North.  Later we met with Curtis at Cup O' Joe where he discussed this mural with us.  We also interviewed him about what kind of materials we should use and how we should begin planning our mural.  Curtis told us, "part of my mission as an artist is to get people to be proud of where they're from" and that "art should serve a social purpose".  

Our Wall

This is the wall where we hope we will paint our mural, but first we have to find out who owns it!  It is located at the corner of Hudson St. and Indianola Ave.  It already has quite a few layers of paint on it and they are all cracking and peeling off.  We are going to have to power wash the wall first, and then prime it before we start painting.  There are a couple obstacles that we’re going to have to work through while painting, like the electrical boxes, the slanted top and the traffic on Hudson St.  Over all, this wall is in an excellent location and will be great once everything is primed and ready to be painted.