Slowmo!

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Bill Chance

Trinity River Bottoms
Dallas, Texas

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Sharks on S10

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Bill Chance

We’re gonna need a bigger boat.

Trinity River Bottoms
Dallas, Texas

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Art at the Deep Ellum Dog Park

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Bill Chance

Artwork in Bark Park Central
Deep Ellum
Dallas, Texas

Her Name in the Wind

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Bill Chance

Trinity River Bottoms
Dallas, Texas

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Pillar 8N

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Bill Chance

Trinity River Bottoms
Dallas, Texas

Hawk

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Bill Chance

Deep Ellum Art Park
Dallas, Texas

Mural in Deep Ellum Art Park, Dallas, Texas

Water Tower

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Bill Chance

Deep Ellum
Dallas, Texas

Water Tower Mural
Deep Ellum
Dallas, Texas

You could see the real water tower from the mural. It’s the little thing in the bottom right of the photo. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get the light – or the space to use a telephoto – so you can’t see both very well.

No matter, here’s the real thing, from a blog entry almost three years old.

An old water tower rises above Deep Ellum.

Spray Paint

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Bill Chance

Deep Ellum
Dallas, Texas

“Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don’t come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they’re having a piss.”
― Banksy, Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall

Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas

“If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.”
― Vincent van Gogh

Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas

When I was a twelve year old schoolboy I would sit at my little desk and press my fists into my eyes until the most wild and strange patterns would appear against the back of the closed lids. Then I would snap open my eyes. The drab world of the classroom was suddenly bright and life was worth living and the ghosts of the abstract shapes and designs would still be superimposed, for a brief second, over this shimmering simulacrum of reality. It is that moment that I have struggled to paint – every day for the rest of my life. At least.
—-Nestor Fudant, The Ninth Mad Impostor That Understands the Rogue

More Murals

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Bill Chance

Artists at work
More entries in the Tunnelvisions mural contest
Deep Ellum Arts Festival
Dallas, Texas

Deep Ellum Arts Festival, Dallas, Texas
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Deep Ellum Arts Festival, Dallas, Texas

TunnelVisions

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Bill Chance

Friday I packed my bike onto the DART train after work and headed downtown – riding over from the station through the heavy Friday/Rushhour/FinalFour/NASCAR/Concert traffic to Deep Ellum. It was the annual Deep Ellum Arts Festival – running all weekend, but I wanted to get in at the beginning.

One of the things (more to come) that I wanted to see was TunnelVisions Mural Tournament.

From the Facebook Page:

The Deep Ellum Community Association is proud to debut the inaugural TunnelVisions 2014 Mural Tournament at the Deep Ellum Village section of the Deep Ellum Arts Festival.

Throughout the weekend, 30 mural artists from across the city will paint 4×8 panels to be attached to a pop-up, walk-through tunnel structure, invoking memories of the TunnelVisions project on Good Latimer. Each artist has exactly 4 hours to paint. 6-8 artists will paint at a time. And it will be pressure-packed, high drama.

Confirmed artists include:
Sour Grapes, Joe Skilz, Hatziel Flores, Judith Lea Perkins, David Rodriguez, Jeff Thornton, Cathey Miller, Isaac Davies, Richard Ross, Tony Slomo, Ben Camillo, Brian Crawford, Michael Lagocki, Patricia Rodriguez, Jerod Davies, Jeff Sheely, Brad Albright, Roxanne Mather, Randy Guthmiller, Dan Colcer, Justin Clumpner, Clint Scism, Jashua Davies, Ixchel Aguilar, and more.

Finished boards are added to the tunnel and over the course of the weekend, the tunnel frame will be transformed into a huge, 12’ wide by 8 foot tall, 32’ deep Mural Tunnel. Artists paint every hour of the Festival until 3pm Sunday, when the last artists finish and judging begins.

Prizes include $1500 for 1st, $750 for second, $250 for third, and a People’s Choice Award. Winners will also receive a package including a night at the Omni Hotel, and Deep Ellum gift certificates.

I especially wanted to get there first thing on Friday because among the first wave of artists were three that I was familiar with. Justin Clumpner had taught the cool Art History class I attended at Kettle Art the other day – Sour Grapes painted a couple of murals we toured on the Dallas Contemporary Street Art Bike Tour – and Richard Ross has a number of Deep Ellum Murals that I’ve admired.