Every time I post pictures of murals in my neighborhood, people comment that Minneapolis sure seems to have a lot of murals. Interestingly, I’m not sure I’ve posted pictures of many murals from outside my walking neighborhood… and not even all of those! Plus, they keep changing. Remember that Mountain Dew mural? This is what it looks like now:
Sure glad I got pictures of it before they changed it!
Intermedia Arts is always doing something interesting with its facade.
Penn Cycle has a mural in a narrow alley, which is hard capture due to the angle.
This is the Dunn Brothers Coffee offering:
It’s hard to tell if this is a mural or graffiti in the Planet Soccer parking lot, isn’t it?
“Hey, Mom, you wouldn’t mind if the big kitty and I painted a mural on that boring white wall in the living room, right?!” -Mayhem
Nice mural montage! Reminds me of my Mpls days — miss the walks.
Have Chaos and Mayhem read Cats who Paint, or whatever that book was from a few years back? Being the nurturing cat parent you are, I’m sure you are all about buying them paint and letting them express themselves on that blank wall!
Heh, that I’d like to see Mayhem! You guys would probably live up to your names.
Planet Soccer?
There really are some nice murals. The Dunn Bros is great.
And, kitties painting, I won’t even comment on that, I had one that did some painting before…
Could Sammy come over and help – she likes to paint with sponges!
Yet another reason I could never move away from Minneapolis….
Hi Kitties!
Paint is really hard to remove from fur, Mayhem. I’d be very cautious if I were you: Make Chaos do it first.
I love murals!
Chris- A kitty needs to express himself artistically.
Those are all so different from the murals in my neighborhood…
Those are cool, I have to say, I like the planet soccer one the best, even if it is just graffiti.
Hmmm, I’m thinking little kitty paw prints all over the walls, that would be cool. Go for it guys! Surprise mom while she’s away at work some day.
Whoo hoo! Kitty painting sounds delightful.
Your town is so much more interesting than my town. Baltimore has a couple of murals – they seemed to be big in the late 70s-early 80s, but that trend seems to have died out.
I think you should let May and Chaos have a go at a mural. It’s not like it would be taller than kitty height, and if they made a real mess, you could always hide it with a piece of furniture. Maybe another bookcase 😉
I, too, immediately thought of the book “Why Cats Paint”. I’ve never seen the book in person, but it sounds quite humorous. The website is quite amusing: http://www.monpa.com/ Be sure to check out the “Dancing with Cats” section, too.
I love murals, there are some great ones in Philly. I’m thinking about doing a run down around Kelley Drive, I’ll try to take some shots (and pictures too).
HEY, WOW! There sure do seem to be a lot of murals in that there town of yours!
Wait. Have I mentioned that before? 🙂
Maybe you could get the cats to finish painting the bathroom?
Not “finger” painting, but “paw” painting, right? Go for it kids!
(((hugs)))
Those are so cool! Hoop and I saw some wannabe graffiti art when we visited his college town on the way home yesterday. It wasn’t really appropriate to film though. 😉
You do live in a murally neighborhood; it’s no wonder the cats have ideas for that white wall.
I think I’ve been to that Planet Soccer Store.
JP has lots of murals too. It’s nice to see bright spots of creative color in an otherwise dull urban environment.
Neat murals/graffiti! There’s a lot of murals or graffiti (with some it’s hard to tell) in downtown OLympia. I should take some pictures of them next time I head down there. The glass shop has the best paint job in the city, I think.
Kitty painting in the living room? Neat! Chaos and Mayhem could paint multi-colored pawprints all over. Paw-painting.
Great murals. It must be so interesting to see how things change.
those murals are wonderful – we have lots of them here in Olympia as well.
The Twin Cities are pretty big on murals. Maybe it’s due to the long, rather colorless winters.
My parents’ kitty ran through a paint tray once, and he really didn’t like the feel of the paint on his paws. Nor was he very happy when I had to wash it off in the sink. Just something for your kitties to consider before embarking on a mural. I think Chaos would paint a giant tuna across the wall. Very aesthetic. 😉
I wonder what kind of mural the kitties would create?
The Intermedia mural is very cool.
Ohhhh a kitty mural would be awesome, you could dip their paws and tail in paint and then have them climb the wall. Wouldn’t that be fun!
As someone who spends most of her time in the presence of adolescents, I gotta tell you the first and last look like the work of taggers, not murals. That doesn’t mean they aren’t art, it just means they probably weren’t necessarily planned by the individuals who own the buildings.
You should give the kitties some finger paints and let them do the walls for you!
Murals are fun! May has a point. Kitties need to paint too. 😉
Yes, “Cats That Paint!” — I want to see how Mayhem and Chaos would dress up that wall.
I like the Dunn Brothers Coffee one too. She looks like I feel. Not enough coffee in the world today and having to rest my head on my hand.