• About

northierthanthou

northierthanthou

Tag Archives: Painting

I Vandalized a Work of Art

11 Monday Nov 2019

Posted by danielwalldammit in Alaska

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Alaska, Art, Austin Parkhill, Graffiti, Ilisagvik College, Mural, Painting, Tribal College

ResizedTank

Close-Up of Tank

So I recently vandalized a piece of artwork. I totally tagged a painting by Austin Parkhill.

Cause that’s just how I roll!

…and because he invited me to.

Austin was in Utqiaġvik awhile back to complete a mural for Iḷisaġvik College. The man used to work here, before moving down to Homer. He is definitely missed.

Even so, we totally tagged his painting!

Yes, we did.

Snow Signatures
Snow Signatures
Butt and signatures
Butt and signatures
Tank
Tank
Corner Signatures
Corner Signatures
IMG_20190926_220936_679

Moni taking a picture of Austin at work.

Resized Closeup

Bear face

ResizedallPainting

All 3 Panels

 

BTW: You should definitely check out more of Austin’s work on his own website, right HERE.

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Print
  • Email

Like this:

Like Loading...

The End of Everything at the Anchorage Museum

31 Monday Dec 2018

Posted by danielwalldammit in Alaska, Politics

≈ 4 Comments

Tags

Alaska, Anchorage, Art, Bigotry, Museum, Painting, prejudice, Racism, Stereotypes

The End of Everything

I thought I’d share this little gem currently on display in the Anchorage Museum. It’s called “The End of Everything” by Thomas Chung. I’m sorry, the photo-quality is really crap. Just thought the content was worth sharing despite that. Anyway, here is what Chung has to say about it:

“The painting explores why we may, at times, dehumanize others. It reflects our current political times, which are brewing with hatred and conflict. The cowboy character riding the bomb represents the male American ideal, while the cherubs represent the many living forms of bigotry from the past and present. The graffiti on the polar bear comes from posters repeatedly disseminated around the University of Alakas Anchorage’s campus this year by white supremacists as part of a larger campaign.”

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Print
  • Email

Like this:

Like Loading...

Arts District, Los Angeles

03 Sunday Dec 2017

Posted by danielwalldammit in Street Art, Travel

≈ 14 Comments

Tags

Art, Arts District, California, Graffiti, Los Angeles, Murals, Painting, Street Art, Travel

20046668_10213715189019056_3737017398696896189_nLong before Moni and I took to the road to spend this last July in New Mexico, I spent a couple months with her and her family down in San Dimas, California.

I’m usually a little lost in big cities. Vegas would be an exception, because it was once home, but usually cities make me a little uncomfortable. You see more people in 5 minutes down there in L.A. than you will up here in months on the North Slope (and that’s just on a quick trip to Target). I find it all just a little bit disconcerting.

Still, the big cities do have their strong points…

Oh yes, they do!

(click to embiggen!)

Just gorgeous!
Just gorgeous!
Possibly my favorite
Possibly my favorite
Wolves of Los Angeles
Wolves of Los Angeles
You can see right though her!
You can see right though her!
Wild, and yet somehow peaceful (it's an odd combination)
Wild, and yet somehow peaceful (it’s an odd combination)
Sexy & Violency
Sexy & Violency
Looking Up
Looking Up
Not just a door, this is a porthole
Not just a door, this is a porthole
Okay, this is just plain cool
Okay, this is just plain cool
Cuteness fenced in
Cuteness fenced in
Mystical Garage Door
Mystical Garage Door
Gotta have skulls!
Gotta have skulls!
Colorful
Colorful
Lovely in blue
Lovely in blue
You are being watched
You are being watched
Creepy green Victorians (they hang out near the nice grandma, not sure why)
Creepy green Victorians (they hang out near the nice grandma, not sure why)
Almost missed this
Almost missed this
Oh yes!
Oh yes!
Stop staring at me!!!
Stop staring at me!!!
Close-p of a large and very busy mural. (The whole thing was cool. I just figured I'd better pick.)
Close-p of a large and very busy mural. (The whole thing was cool. I just figured I’d better pick.)
The interior design of a dragon
The interior design of a dragon
Adadarem Madmanart and Kwuemolly, Outer.Source
Adadarem Madmanart and Kwuemolly, Outer.Source

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Print
  • Email

Like this:

Like Loading...

The Murals of Española

24 Friday Nov 2017

Posted by danielwalldammit in Street Art, Travel

≈ 9 Comments

Tags

Art, Española, Murals, New Mexico, Painting, Photos, Southwest, Street Art, Travel

22426453_10214539482825886_622094195494757406_oRegular readers may have noticed already, but when I (and now Moni too) experience a bout of southiness, we frequently do this somewhere in the southwest. Santa Fe is a common destination. We mostly travel through nearby Española on our way up to Taos, Pueblo, but this last summer, we also traveled through on our way up to Ghost Ranch, and that meant going though more of the town. The murals were very cool!

Moni gets mad at me when she sees these, because she doesn’t remember many of them. I think she was on the phone while I ran loose with a camera.

So, brought to you with just a trade of schadenfreude, the murals of Española!

(Click to embiggen)

23755391_10214875211538894_2885424905697930426_n
23722260_10214848700716140_3059047124886080060_n
23231412_10214733590918467_2919082266434127737_n
22894346_10214674390118484_8060651272572993929_n
22886068_10214685527156903_3925941171685737704_n
22815367_10214646564862870_4221686008863674470_n
22550221_10214577597498729_2283863448066112664_o
DSC02216
22549473_10214568626754466_8527972908427510197_n
DSC02210
22426453_10214539482825886_622094195494757406_o
DSC01827
23844406_10214879080595618_5805648003620898266_n
DSC02219

 

 

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Print
  • Email

Like this:

Like Loading...

Art Alley (Rapid City)

30 Thursday Mar 2017

Posted by danielwalldammit in Bad Photography, Street Art

≈ 17 Comments

Tags

Art, Murals, Painting, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Rapid City, South Dakota, Street Art

So, I was in Rapid City recently. I was there to attend a convention of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium. It’s a great conference and a great organization. So, I was enjoying myself a great deal, already, when a thought occurred to me. I wonder if there is any street art in Rapid City?

Surely, I thought, there must be a mural or two, maybe not even a great one, but I’ll bet there is something.

Turns out the answer is ‘yes’. There is definitely street art in Rapid City. In fact, the city has an entire alley devoted to it.

(Click to embiggen!)

This was on the wall of a non-participating business.
This was on the wall of a non-participating business.
She's cool
She’s cool
The Bun breaks the frame
The Bun breaks the frame
A violet Rose?
A violet Rose?
Blue CHild
Blue CHild
Brighting colored Hummer
Brighting colored Hummer
Downtown mural
Downtown mural
Green
Green
A budding friendship?
A budding friendship?
Creepy
Creepy
No DAPL!
No DAPL!
Lil' Guy
Lil’ Guy
CLose-up of a Utility Box
CLose-up of a Utility Box
Utility Box at a DIstance
Utility Box at a DIstance
Monster
Monster
Make a saving throw!
Make a saving throw!
Foremen
Foremen
Art Stares back at you
Art Stares back at you
Big Fireman
Big Fireman
Opening of the Alley
Opening of the Alley
Dragonish
Dragonish
Lotsa coolness
Lotsa coolness
UNdead Bison
UNdead Bison
White Lion
White Lion
Dumpster in the Eye
Dumpster in the Eye
Girl through some bars
Girl through some bars

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Print
  • Email

Like this:

Like Loading...

Moar Murals from Anchorage!

10 Saturday May 2014

Posted by danielwalldammit in Alaska, Street Art

≈ 6 Comments

Tags

Alaska, Anchorage, Art, Murals, Painting, Photos, Street Art, Travel

171Some of you may remember this post covering a host of murals in downtown Anchorage. I even had the privilege to meet Ziggy, the source for many of these toward the end of last summer. Over the last year or so, I’ve found a few more murals and picked up a few new pics of the old ones. Finally got a few pics of the last one i was after on my way out of the ice-box. I’m headed to Vegas and a summer with (fingers crossed) more time for bloggety things. So, I thought I’d show the additions now.

.

You may click to embiggen.

 

Sundry Alaskan Themes.
Russia.
I like how the North Slope is pretty much white-out.

Bears Fishing
Coppin a squat
Unfortunately, the trailer is covering most of this really cool mural.

Faces
face
Trixter Raven hiding behind the truck like that!

Marge has fans far and wide.
This was on the road out towards Wassila.
Took this one at night

Cop!
Food Vender
Random Bit

Note the face in the lower left.
Wildlife
It’s a secret mural.

This should drive the cultural conservatives batty-wonkers!
This is on a bar near Ziggy’s shop as I recall.
The Whales look a little more cool at night.

Tagged his own residence.

71.271549 -156.751450

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Print
  • Email

Like this:

Like Loading...

Top Posts & Pages

  • Once Upon a Charlie
    Once Upon a Charlie
  • An Uncommon Security Guard: Dave Eshelman, AKA 'John Wayne'
    An Uncommon Security Guard: Dave Eshelman, AKA 'John Wayne'
  • Master and Commander Kinda Queered
    Master and Commander Kinda Queered
  • Oh Come On!
    Oh Come On!
  • The Murals of Española
    The Murals of Española
  • Kivgiq!!!
    Kivgiq!!!
  • Southern Paiutes as Portrayed in Las Vegas Area Museums.
    Southern Paiutes as Portrayed in Las Vegas Area Museums.
  • It's the Disinformation Charlie Brown
    It's the Disinformation Charlie Brown
  • Damn the Science Exhibit; We're Looking at Dioramas!
    Damn the Science Exhibit; We're Looking at Dioramas!
  • When Sex Falls Out of the Performance
    When Sex Falls Out of the Performance

Topics

  • Alaska
  • Animals
  • Anthropology
  • atheism
  • Bad Photography
  • Books
  • Childhood
  • Education
  • Gaming
  • General
  • History
  • Irritation Meditation
  • Justice
  • Las Vegas
  • Minis
  • Movie Villainy
  • Movies
  • Museums
  • Music
  • Narrative VIolence
  • Native American Themes
  • Philosophy
  • Politics
  • Public History
  • Re-Creations
  • Religion
  • Street Art
  • The Bullet Point Mind
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized
  • Uncommonday
  • White Indians
  • Write Drunk, Edit Stoned

Blogroll

  • American Creation
  • An Historian Goes to the Movies
  • Aunt Phil's Trunk
  • Bob's Blog
  • Dr. Gerald Stein
  • Hinterlogics
  • Ignorance WIthout Arrogance
  • Im-North
  • Insta-North
  • Just a Girl from Homer
  • Multo (Ghost)
  • Native America
  • Norbert Haupt
  • Northwest History
  • Northy Pins
  • Northy-Tok
  • Nunawhaa
  • Religion in American History
  • The History Blog
  • The History Chicks
  • What Do I Know?

Archives

  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • April 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011

My Twitter Feed

Follow @Brimshack

RSS Feed

  • RSS - Posts
  • RSS - Comments

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 8,099 other subscribers

Blog at WordPress.com.

  • Follow Following
    • northierthanthou
    • Join 8,099 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • northierthanthou
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...
 

    %d bloggers like this: