Selected Murals on the West Side (Culver City, Santa Monica, West Los Angeles and Venice)
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- Jacqueline Alexander-Sykes, Common Roots Common Symbols, 2008. Venice Boulevard.
- Daniel Alonzo, Whale of a Mural, 1983. Ocean park Blvd underpass at 4th St.
- Francois Bardol, Desi-Lucy, 2000. Pardo Plaza, Culver City.
- Francois Bardol, Our Best, 1998. 4040 Duquesne Avenue, Culver City.
- Branded Arts, various murals, 2012. Washington Boulevard, Culver City.
- Eva Cockcroft, Recycle, Renew, Restore & Repair, 1996. Michigan Ave off Olympic, near Bergamot Station.
- Rip Cronk, Venice Reconstituted, 1989. Detail. 25 Windward Ave at Speedway, exterior of Venice Beach Hotel. (SPARC).
- Rip Cronk, Morning Shot, 1991. Speedway and 18th Place. (David Dror)
- Rip Cronk, Homage to a Starry Knight, 1990. Ocean Front Walk at Wavecrest. (Werner Scharff)
- Rip Cronk, Ocean Swell and Riptide, 1990. Clubhouse Ave at Ocean Front Walk (Werner Scharff)
- Rip Cronk, Venice Beach, 1990. Boardwalk
- John Derevlany, Culverland, 2010, Culver Boulevard.
- Rip Cronk, Venice Beach Chorus Line, 2004.
- Duke, Nuke, Tempt, Flipt the Script, From Ancient Codices to Urban Blackbook...", 2003. 18th Street Arts Center, Olympic and 18th Street.
- Laddie John Dill, Light Wave, 2002. Washington Boulevard, Culver City.
- Earth Crew, A Call to Earth's Caretakers, 1991. Gold's Gym, 360 Hampton Drive.
- East Los Streetscapers, Moonscapes I-IV, 1979. 11400 West Washington Blvd.
- Fairburn Elementary School, painted mural and tile mural (the latter done by Fairburn Elementary students). Photos taken in 2003 and 2004.
- Adaniel Galvez, Para Los Ninos, 1993. Olympic and 14th Street.
- Jane Golden, Hester Street, 1981. Bay Cities Jewish Community Center, Santa Monica Blvd and 26th St.
- Jane Golden, detail of John Muir Woods, 1978. Ocean Park and Lincoln, John Muir School. (CETA and City of Santa Monica)
- Jane Golden, Ocean Park Pier, 1976. Ocean Park at Main. (SPARC)
- David S. Gordon, Unbridled, 1985. Ocean Park Blvd underpass at 4th. (Santa Monica Arts Commission and Frederick R. Weisman Foundation)
- Valerie Green, The Californians (Stackers), 2005. Urban Sprawl Project Part One. Construction fence. Westwood boulevard.
- Jason Hellmann, Mural (Cat), 1996. Main and Market.
- Dan Kuftel, Music Building mural, Venice High School.
- L. A. Fine Arts Squad, Isle of California, 1972. Butler, south of Santa Monica.
- Laurence Linkus (?), Untitled, 1980. 2827 Main St., First Federal Bank.
- Nick Lopez, Mural, 2010. Speedway between 19th Street and Venice Boulevard.
- Ed Massey, Syncopation, 2004. Culver Plaza, 9000 block of Washington Boulevard, Culver City.
- Mike McNeilly, Lady Liberty mural, 6/2000. Wilshire, west of Westwood.
- Mike McNeilly, God Bless American mural, 9/2001. Wilshire, west of Westwood.
- Art Mortimer, Helms Bakery mural, Venice boulevard, 2004.
- Art Mortimer and Andrea Cohen Gehring, Helms Coach Gone A Rye, Washington boulevard, 2002.
- Art Mortimer, detail of Ocean Park Historical Postcards, 1980. Kensington St. at 7th, Joslyn Park.
- Art Mortimer, John Forrester, 1972 (repainted in 1983 and 1991). Hart St. at Nielson Way.
- Arthur Mortimer, Brandelli's Brig, 1973. Abbot Kinney Boulevard.
- Art Mortimer, Santa Monica Beach, 1998. Parking Structure on 4th Street
- Brian Mylius, El Bordello Alexandra, exterior murals. 20 Westminster Avenue, Venice Beach.
- G. Byron Peck, Palma, 2002. 11803 W. Pico Blvd.
- Rassouli(?) and Seven Seas Art, Angel of Unity, 2000. Washington Boulevard at the beach.
- Al Quinn, murals on a pizza restaurant, 2001. Santa Monica pier.
- Christina Schlesinger, Chagall Returns to Venice Beach, 1996. Israel Levin Senior Citizen Center murals, sponsored by SPARC and the Jewish Federation.
- Terry Schoonhoven, St. Charles Painting, 1979. Venice Beach Hotel, Windward at Speedway. (CAC)
- Millard Sheets, Untitled, 1970. 2600 Wilshire at 26th Street.
- Aliseo Art Silva, A shenere un besere velt (A Better and More Beautiful World), 1998. 1525 South Robertson Boulevard, at Horner Street.
- John Smith, mosaic, 1000 Santa Monica blvd, near Beverly Hills. No longer there as of 4/2005.
- SPARC, Tour of Venice Murals, Venice Beach Boardwalk.
- Peter Stewart, You are not Forgotten, 1992. RTD bus yard, Pacific Ave at Sunset Court. (Private)
- Ann Elizabeth Thiermann, Nurturance, 1978. 905 Venice Blvd.
- Kent Twitchell, Don Bachardy, early 1990s. Private residence.
- Frederico M. Vigil, El Quinto Sol, 1992. 685 Venice Blvd.
- Tracy Lee and Arnold West, Mural, 1991. Tim's at the Beach, Brooks and Speedway.
- Emily Winters, details from Endangered Species, 1990. 801 Ocean Front Walk and Park Ave. (SPARC)
- Wyland, Whale mural, Santa Monica pier.
- Surf shop mural, Main Street at Bay, 2004.
- Stanton MacDonald Wright, Technical and Imaginative Pursuits of Early Man, 1935. Remounted at the Santa Monica Public Library, 2006.
- Bullet Train to Vegas sidewalk stencil, Westwood boulevard.
- Construction Fence Mural, Olympic at 20th. [photographed 5/2004]
- Peace Not War mural, Highways Arts Center, Olympic and 18th, 2005.
- Murals, Santa Monica Aquarium.
- Tile Murals, SMURRF (Santa Monica Urban Runoff Recycling Facility).
- Mural of lovers, alley behind a private residence, Venice Beach.
- Werner Loves Simone, appartment house, Pacific and 17th, Venice Beach.
- Cafe mural, Pacific and 17th.
- Mural, 2004. Private residence, Rialto Ave., Venice Beach
- Cafe Collage, Cafe Collage coffee house, Pacific and Windward, Venice Beach
- Suzanna, View of Venice, Italy, 1997. Paesano Pizza, Pacific and Windward.
- Murals, Culver Plaza Theaters, 9919 Washington Boulevard, Culver City.
- Various artists, Seed by the Sea, 1995. Parking lot, Speedway at Market.
- Mural, Windward, opposite Venice Hotel.
- Venice pavilion and the Pit (pre-2000).
- The former Venice Pavilion and the Pit (post-2000):
- Venice West Cafe, exterior mosaic mural. Dudley Avenue and Speedway, Venice Beach.
- Ocean Blue, Ocean Front Walk storefront.
- You Don't Know Dick sidewalk stencil, residential alley.
- Additional public art works and murals are available on the Venice Beach public art works and sculptures page.
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Photos taken by Ruth Wallach
Page maintained by Ruth Wallach, USC Libraries
1/2011