Street Art in Warehouse District

Street Art in Denver's RINO neighborhood - a walk down the street looks nearly like any other reclaimed warehouse district in any metropolitan area, but this one features alleys that are jam packed with graffiti, murals and well street art which I suppose is a combination of all of the above an then some.

The main drag finds a few commissioned pieces while the actual back alleys are usually up-and-comers, though I've seen some possibly commissioned pieces by Mike Graves in the alley as well. What will be interesting to see is how how the 'alley real estate' will be valued/prized by the artists on adjacent alleyways. On any given day you can find models and photographers using these as backdrops for photo-shoots and photographers like myself just out to capture whatever there is to be found.

The interesting thing about it all is that different areas have different styles both culturally and stylistic representations.

I enjoy seeing the textures below and the building materials framing some of these works (Mike Graves)

I can see a style developing here - notice the single layer of paint resulting in a more washed out appearance - could be a work in progress or just in a growth/experimental phase, but would look stronger with more solid color / opaqueness (imho)

A crop from a really amazing piece (Mike Graves) - I'll share the entire image in another post b/c it deserves to stand alone. Here he's used the gas meter as the musicians watch - 'gilded' and encrusted with diamonds.

be well, Conrad ( @timelapse )

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