my favorite of the downtown decatur living walls murals is by atlanta artist jason kofke. it’s above the old decatur village vets next to las brasas and looks like an airplane safety manual. it plays on the fact that airplanes are pretty much the only place you are supposed to look out for yourself before the safety of children.

being on top of a building makes the mural kind of hard to see, especially a clear view of the whole work. you have to walk away and check it out from various locations to see everything, which is a fun element of the piece.

here is another mural by jason we posted a couple of years ago, it’s the one at the bottom with fighter jets. the painting was part of the 2010 living walls conference. be sure to visit his jason’s website to see other projects he’s been a part of.

check out our previous coverage of living walls work by sam parker, freddy sam & ever, doodles, gaia & nanook, gaia & nanook, plf, ltrs, peeve & blief, gaia & nanook, jaz, bruno, niznik & tyndell, greg mike, marco sueño and trek matthews and this great google map of the 2011 living walls murals.

– ryan

living walls: jason kofke

308 e howard avenue
decatur, ga 30030

in the little alleyway next to dancer’s core on the decatur square, you can find this living walls piece. it’s by atlanta artist sam parker. be sure to read this sam flax article about his work from a few months ago.

check out our previous coverage of living walls work by freddy sam & ever, doodles, gaia & nanook, gaia & nanook, plf, ltrs, peeve & blief, gaia & nanook, jaz, bruno, niznik & tyndell, greg mike, marco sueño and trek matthews and this great google map of the 2011 living walls murals.

– ryan

living walls: sam parker

133 sycamore street
decatur, ga 30030

here is another living walls piece in downtown decatur. you can find this huge mural on the side of the old paste magazine building near the dairy queen. it’s by south african based street artist freddy sam & argentinian based ever. these guys have done some amazing work around the globe, so be sure to visit their websites. here is an interesting interview with ever from a buenos aires street art publication and an article on freddy sam’s street art in cape town.

check out our previous coverage of living walls work by doodles, gaia & nanook, gaia & nanook, plf, ltrs, peeve & blief, gaia & nanook, jaz, bruno, niznik & tyndell, greg mike, marco sueño and trek matthews and this great google map of the 2011 living walls murals.

– ryan

living walls atlanta – freddy sam & ever

302 e howard ave
decatur, ga 30030

here is another living walls mural in downtown decatur. it’s on the back side of twain’s brew pub by artists doodles, gaia & nanook. gaia & nanook have been well covered on our blog, so here is some other great street art from doodles.

check out our previous coverage of living walls work by gaia & nanook, plf, ltrs, peeve & blief, gaia & nanook, jaz, bruno, niznik & tyndell, greg mike, marco sueño and trek matthews and this great google map of the 2011 living walls murals.

– ryan

living walls atlanta – doodles, gaia & nanook

211 east trinity place
decatur, ga 30030

downtown decatur was covered with living walls murals in 2011. there were six pieces installed in all, which is quite impressive for such a small area. this first mural can be found on the side of squash blossom in the decatur square. it’s by gaia & nanook, the same duo who did the sunrise on edgewood piece we covered a few weeks ago.

check out our previous coverage of living walls work by plf, ltrs, peeve & blief, gaia & nanook, jaz, bruno, niznik & tyndell, greg mike, marco sueño and trek matthews and this great google map of the 2011 living walls murals.

– ryan

living walls atlanta – gaia & nanook

113 e court square
decatur, ga 30030

acclaimed children’s author and illustrator maurice sendak passed away today. he was best known for where the wild things are & in the night kitchen, classics that most children of our generation grew up with.

for an amazing remembrance of sendak, albeit super sad, head to npr’s fresh air. the program looks back at various interviews terry gross had with sendak over the years along with links to the original interviews.

maurice will be missed, but at least his stories live on.

– ryan & gub

here is another graffiti-style living walls piece. it’s by atlanta-based street artist plf and can be found in oakhurst village. it’s on the facade of the old mulligan’s building, which was home to the ultimate hamdog and luther burger. right now it houses the oakhurst church, which seems like a strange place for a hip living walls piece.

the work features intertwining tubes, which is common in plf’s work. here is a video of his graffiti work in progress!

check out our previous coverage of living walls work by ltrs, peeve & blief, gaia & nanook, jaz, bruno, niznik & tyndell, greg mike, marco sueño and trek matthews and this great google map of the 2011 living walls murals.

– ryan

living walls atlanta – plf

630 e lake dr
decatur, ga 30030

here is another kirkwood living walls piece; who would have thought our little neighborhood would have such hip street art? this one is a series of work by ltrs, peeve & blief at the corner of la france street & arizona ave ne near the arizona pub. it’s more old-school graffiti/tag style, which is cool to see. i couldn’t find much more information on the artists though or other works by them for that matter.

check out our previous coverage of living walls work by gaia & nanook, jaz, bruno, niznik & tyndell, greg mike, marco sueño and trek matthews and this great google map of the 2011 living walls murals.

– ryan

living walls atlanta – ltrs, peeve & blief

la france street & arizona ave ne
atlanta, ga 30307

you can find this really amazing/huge living walls piece on the side of the u*space gallery in the old fourth ward. it’s really close to the jaz painting we wrote about a couple of days ago.

the title of the mural is the sunrise of edgewood and it was created by new york-based street artist gaia & baltimore-based nanook. it’s part of the 2012 living walls campaign. here’s other great work by gaia and nanook and also an article on the production of this mural.

check out our previous coverage of living walls work by jaz, bruno, niznik & tyndell, greg mike, marco sueño and trek matthews and this great google map of the 2011 living walls murals.

– ryan

living walls atlanta – gaia & nanook

439 edgewood ave se
atlanta, ga 30312

i really like this piece at the corner of edgewood & krog. i drove by it on my way to work for two weeks straight and really grew to appreciate it.

– ryan