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Isn’t watercolor, it’s a mural

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A.  This city block but maybe its two  or three blocks of canvas creating a story of it’s own. Stories that might be easy to read and others might need some cliff notes or just subtitles to understand the artists thoughts. I’m just going to post the pictures and you can create your own story for them. B. C. D.  E.  F.  G.  H. I.  J.  A. Yoga studio 200 Westcott St, Houston, Tx.  B. Artist Donkeeboy , Caroline Street and Walker Street C. Anniversary rodeo mural - 9 stories tall, 1 market squares garage (Prairie Street at Travis Street) Artist GONZO247 D & J. Mars mural -  artist Sebastian “MrD1987” Boileau*   and Eyeful Art , Leland St and Caroline Street. Each side has a variation on the Mars theme. E.  Zero Hunger mural is the largest in the city, artist: Dragon76 F & I. Houston’s Graffiti Building   Chartres Street. Various Artists and the murals seem to change.  G. El Taco Rico Aracely food truc...

Houston we have a problem (Part I)

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  * mural by Gonzo247 Well the only problem we have is the heat! But the AC in the house and car have been great to counter attack the heat! First stop on the Houston tour is the Beer House  thats what it is…… a house made of flattened beer cans. The owner John Milkovisch started this house project in 1968. He began in laying of marbles, rocks, and metal pieces forming into unique landscaping, finishing the backyard before he started inside. He added aluminum siding aka beer cans. It took 18 years for the house to be completely covered in flattened beer cans. He created garland using cut beer cans that hung from the roof edges.  It is open on Saturday and Sunday for tours. Moving on to the Cloud Column. It is smaller but similar to the Chicago Bean. Ok it stands upright and not on its side. This was put up in March 2018 but was built in 2006 in England then transport here.  Next came on a mistake in my navigation, aka a detour. The Monument Au Fantome  is in th...