Victoria's Chinatown continues to offer some splendid street scenes. This one, a mural by Victoria artist, Jeff Maltby, is on Fisgard Street very near the
Chinese Public School and the
Lee's Benevolent Society Building, both of which are pictured in earlier posts on this blog. I love the way this mural is so beautifully integrated into its environment. It's actually on two walls, at right angles to each other and I have included a wider angle shot below that shows the mural in context.
This mural is not only remarkable for its visual slight-of-hand but for its historical contribution to our appreciation of Chinatown and for its many charming details, one of which is below.
Victoria's Chinatown continues to offer some splendid street scenes. This one, a mural by Victoria artist, Jeff Maltby, is on Fisgard Street very near the Chinese Public School and the Lee's Benevolent Society Building, both of which are pictured in earlier posts on this blog. I love the way this mural is so beautifully integrated into its environment. It's actually on two walls, at right angles to each other and I have included a wider angle shot below that shows the mural in context.
This mural is not only remarkable for its visual slight-of-hand but for its historical contribution to our appreciation of Chinatown and for its many charming details, one of which is below.
That is truly amazing! I think Victoria finally trumped my little Willits koi pond. Just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI love tromp l'oeil art! This is a great example. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful murales, it's very like to the reality.
ReplyDeleteWow! That's a fantastic mural. I especially love your wide angle shot to show its context.
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful!!
ReplyDeletebeautiful mural
ReplyDeleteWow, I love the depth and perspective of this mural, not to mention the bright colors. I would have tried to walk down that street and ended up with my face smooshed on the brick wall.
ReplyDeleteQuite frankly, Benjamin, I find it breathtaking. Because the mural is so nicely blended into the actual structure, it is, as you say, even more impressive. Wonderful post!
ReplyDeleteI was grdually working my way toward your blog tonight, but while visiting Elaine's blog, was swooshed here even sooner.
Thanks all for your kind remarks. It really makes me realize how half-asleep I am most of the time when I think that I passed this mural probably 50 times before I noticed it. One of the best things about doing this City Daily Photo blog exercise is that it forces one to stop rushing about and just look around carefully at one's own environment.
ReplyDeleteJeff Maltby has done at least one other mural here in Victoria and I photographed it once, not very successfully because it is very large and it is difficult to find a good place to photograph it from. However, sooner or later I will feature it on these pages since it is even more impressive than this example.
Elaine, admittedly Maltby's work far surpasses the Willits Koi Pond but had it not been for that post I would probably never have noticed the Maltby murals so, thanks.
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