Puro San Antone by San Antonio artist Matt Tumlinson @matt_tumlinson at @thelonesomerose, 2114 North St. Mary’s Street (and Grayson), San Antonio, Texas in January 2020. Photos taken March 2020 on a mural bike tour with https://sanantoniomuralride.com
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"I spent the last two months working on commissions and traveling a little, but I finally found a time paint a mural I’ve wanted to do for a while: the most San Antonio mural I could. I wanted people to put their ear up to the wall and hear San Antonio. I asked friends, family, random strangers and my 80 year old grand parents about the most uniquely San Antonio things they could think of. I packed as much as I could get into one mural and still had a lot left over. " @matt_tumlinson
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List of the 100+ details on the mural including "1.Fiesta Medal from the Dakota Icehouse- Just be nice, dammit 2.Red McCombs Indian- From that one angle does that kind look like a..? 3.Mama Margie’s- Hungry? Hungover? Mama Margie’s got you, mijo. 4.Robert Johnson- Delta Blues Legend recording in Room 414 at the Guenther Hotel" https://www.wescover.com/p/street-murals-by-matt-tumlinson-at-the-lonesome-rose--PB1PKw72dI
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“It’s the closest thing an artist gets to being on a stage,” he said. “It’s more communal.” https://www.texascooppower.com/texas-stories/life-arts/rankin-as-a-canvas by Pam LeBlanc @pamleblancadventures
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Artist website http://www.tumlinsonart.com