
Headlining today’s post … Water Is Life by Mas Paz and Miss Chelove
On Saturday, September 17th, the Annapolis Design District hosted its second annual Art In Action Street Festival. Craftspeople and their handicrafts, food vendors, live music, and hundreds upon hundreds of local residents filled the festival area.
The key attraction was the live mural painting curated by Urban Walls Brazil. On the corner of Edgewood Street and Virginia Avenue, DC-based artists Mas Paz and Miss Chelove created an imaginative mural entitled Water Is Life featuring an enchanting mermaid and a sea turtle.

Getting started on Day 2

Snapping on straight lines

Water Is Life coming to life

Miss Chelove laying down background color

Painting a fine line to separate colors

Mas rolling on the black layer

Progressing along at mid-morning

Painting on a background color

Next step – adding shading and fine lines

Friends and & well-wishers stopping by

Under Water reflection

Taking care of background color gaps

OK, do we next handle that there?

Or, do we continue on the left side?

Seeing art

Beginning to add the fretwork

Talking with Roberta Pardo, Urban Walls Brazil, curator of the mural project

Working on the last few details

Talking with the other artists – Mateu Velasco and Mateus Bailon

One of many passersby who stopped to capture an artful photo

One final detail – adding his signature

Water Is Life by Mas Paz and Miss Chelove

Mugging for the camera
Along George Avenue near Legion Avenue, Brazilian artist Mateu Velasco painted a fanciful mural featuring a young lady, a rooster, and a sea bass.

Mateu Velasco working on his mural

Clearing the paint nozzle while considering next steps

Working on the mural’s fine lines

Laying down color

Interim progress

Completed left-hand portion of the mural

Completed right-hand portion of the mural

Close-up detail
Plan to visit the Annapolis Design District to see these new two murals as well as the ones Arlin Graff, Ciro Schu, Gen Duarte, Jeff Huntington, Ju Violeta, Rodrigo Branco, and Vermelho crafted last year.
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