New Mural - More Blue Water

A new mural is going up on the side of the China Clipper.



I never cared for the one that was there before. It seemed too silly. When I mentioned it to the artist, he pointed to his painting buddy (sign painter Ira Coyne) and said "he painted that one. I hated it." Ooops. Me too...kind of. I didn't hate it, but it never made any sense and I found it irritating.

Ira was good-natured about my faux pas and said that he meant it as an ironic commentary on the kinds of murals that people like - whales and other cute animals. Hmmm. I, personally, don't like being mocked as an audience, but I can appreciate the rebelliousness.

Here is what the old one looked like.


The old China Clipper mural by Ira Coyne

The artist of the new mural (whose name I have yet to learn) painted another downtown Oly mural that I love. It's in the alley behind the Alanon club. I love the rusty colors of it.




I agree with Ira's sentiment that the cute animal theme is kind of meh because it tends to be overdone on murals, but it's more about the colors than content with some murals. It's the same reason that I loved the Orcas on the side of State Theater. The blue painting was so huge that it felt like a perpetual clear sky even on rainy Olympia days.



The old Orcas mural, now gone, on the side of the State Theater on Washington st.