Wednesday Walk Among The Street Art of Tulsa - The Cycles Gladiator on Quaker & 14th

One of the things I love about walking in new places is finding surprises. Not the shocking and scary kind of surprises, but the surprises that bless the soul such as this piece @scottf and I came across when we first moved to the Cherry Street area in Tulsa. We were looking for places to take photos of downtown Tulsa and came across this amazing bit of street art. I had never seen it before because of where it is located.

The mural in on the east side of a building along Fourteenth Street but no one driving along Fourteenth would ever see it because this is a one-way street heading eastward. However, if you are walking down the street you would see this amazing piece of art all while being able to view a wonderful view of the Tulsa Skyline. I often wonder if this had been done purposely. I find that possibility to be quiet amusing.

One of the things I really like about this piece is the act that the artist Chris Presely used a style of art that accented a very special thing about Tulsa. Tulsa is known worldwide for the art deco style that can been seen in the buildings throughout the downtown area such as the Boston Avenue Methodist Church and the Tulsa Fire Alarm Building. These buildings were all built in the early 1900s (between 1920-1935) and are now on the National Register of Historic Places.

The artist used many shades of blue to make the various elements to show up in this piece. Because of this color choice, you can see the flying nude and other elements clearly. The painting almost moves before your very eyes because of the flowing hair and winged pedals of the bicycle. Mr. Moon has a look of contentment while hanging out with the various stars.