Headlining today’s post … mural by Mateu Velasco
After painting a stunning 100+ foot long mural in the Annapolis Design District, Mateu Velasco fashioned an eye-catching graphic mural for Section 1 Project. Roberta Pardo of Urban Walls Brazil collaborated with Richard Best of Section 1 Project to curate this latest mural at the Section 1 Project Creative Labs in Clipper Mill.
Using only black and white paint, Velasco created a fanciful dreamscape. A coyote floats upside down, past a bright full moon, toward a lush bed of wetland fronds, mushrooms, and underwater plants while a sea nettle drifts serenely along. The café au lait color of the building makes the black and white mural pop out from the wall. Charm City Streets was fortunate to capture Mateu Velasco in action over a two day period.
Toward the end of Day 1
Getting started on Day Two
Painting the plant life
Defining space by refining the outline
Fun guy … wait, that fungi (crazy autocorrect!)
Working on detail
Painter’s tape – a muralist’s best friend
Adding highlights
Eyeing the final steps
Sea nettle – mural detail
Wetland fronds – mural detail
Capturing a documenting photo
One final check
Artist Mateu Velasco and Roberta Pardo, Urban Walls Brazil
Dreamscape – mural by Mateu Velasco
You can see Velasco’s mural and those by Mateus Bailon, Nether, Richard Best, John Gingrich, and Stefan Ways at the Section 1 Project Creative Labs on Union Avenue in Clipper Mill.
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