Potrero Hill – Cars and Birds

 Posted by on December 27, 2011
Dec 272011
 
16th and Bryant
Potrero Hill, San Francisco

This mural at 16th and Bryant is by Rigo and was done in 1997.  Rigo has been in this website many times. was born and raised on the Portuguese island of Madeira. He later established himself as an artist in San Francisco, earning a BFA from San Francisco Art Institute in 1991 and an MFA from Stanford University in 1997. From 1984-2002, Rigo used the last two digits of the current year as part of his name, finally settling upon “23″ in 2003

 

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  6 Responses to “Potrero Hill – Cars and Birds”

  1. RedPat says:
    December 27, 2011 at 3:42 pm

    I like his graphic sense of humour!

  2. Lowell says:
    December 27, 2011 at 8:26 pm

    This is great fun! A delightful way to liven up a neighborhood!

  3. Anonymous says:
    December 28, 2011 at 3:26 am

    Says something about the year I’ve had that the first thing I noticed in these pictures was that the building with the mural has had to replace almost all of their sewer pipes since the last time the building was painted.

    Ted

  4. Oakland Daily Photo says:
    December 28, 2011 at 3:36 am

    Gives many passersby a chuckle, I’m sure.

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