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Millo’s Playful Murals Imagine Architecture as a Playground

In 2014, Italian artist Millo won a competition that enabled him paint 13 multi-story murals in Turin. His work now fills the walls of the small, northern Italian city, inviting playful scenarios into the mundane humdrum of urban life. Millo's murals center around vague, childlike characters, whom he renders in the form of line drawings without many distinguishing features. The lack of detail allows viewers to imagine themselves as these quirky figures, who tower over buildings and seem to use the city as their playground. It's as if the kids got a chance to run things while the adults were away.

In 2014, Italian artist Millo won a competition that enabled him paint 13 multi-story murals in Turin. His work now fills the walls of the small, northern Italian city, inviting playful scenarios into the mundane humdrum of urban life. Millo’s murals center around vague, childlike characters, whom he renders in the form of line drawings without many distinguishing features. The lack of detail allows viewers to imagine themselves as these quirky figures, who tower over buildings and seem to use the city as their playground. It’s as if the kids got a chance to run things while the adults were away.

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Millo, mural, street art

drawing, Liqen, mural

September 8, 2017

Spanish artist Liqen somehow moves between the paper and the public wall without compromising his intricate, absorbing linework. His wild creations often carry surreal sensibilities and a hidden treasure in every corner. The artist's work tends to be influenced by an early passion in nature, and in specific, the diversity of species and sights it provides.

Oakland Artist Cannon Dill Explores His Surroundings in Whimsical New Works

Cannon Dill, illustration, street art

November 30, 2015

Cannon Dill has been living in Oakland for over 14 years, and credits much of his time spent in the city to the development of his artistic style. He once said that the confinement of a daily routine left him daydreaming about nature. Featured on our blog, his illustration work and murals are painted in response to this push and pull between our uniquely human lifestyle and that of animals. With his upcoming exhibition "In My Own Time" at Spoke Art gallery in San Francisco, Dill takes a moment to further explore his immediate surroundings.

Eron’s Murals Offer History, Atypical ‘Texture’

Eron, mural, spraypaint

September 14, 2018

Muralist Eron crafts enormous works that bring both atypical textures and historical context to the structures. One recent piece by the artist (below) “is dedicated to the history of the village and to the destructive fire that was deliberately set in retaliation for italian partisan activities on 3 July, 1944,” the artist shared on Instagram. “The fire destroyed most of the houses.”

Berlin-Based Muralist James Bullough Paints Broken Beauties

Figurative Painting, hyperrealism, James Bulloughs, mural, oil painting

August 4, 2015

Berlin-based American artist James Bullough splinters and fractures hyper-realistic paintings of women to open spaces through which complex and unfinished stories are revealed. The vibrancy of skin tone and naturalistic musculature in Bullough's technique were learned through an intensive study of Old Master paintings. Bullough's interest in Old Masters is also evident in the way in which several of his nude subjects stare at the viewer, while taking care to keep their faces at least partially concealed.

Millo’s Playful Murals Imagine Architecture as a Playground

Liqen’s Wild Works on Paper and Murals

Oakland Artist Cannon Dill Explores His Surroundings in Whimsical New Works

Eron’s Murals Offer History, Atypical ‘Texture’

Berlin-Based Muralist James Bullough Paints Broken Beauties

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