It actually used to be a totally different mural (story linked at the end) from 2006 up to 2012...
but it was vandalized and repainted the mural the following year. This past weekend, Bert and I had some time to kill so we stopped by to snap some photos before going to La Concha, one of my favorite panaderias which is just down the street. As I took this photo from the street, it looked glorious in the early morning light, with the sun behind me.
The end of the mural remained dark due to the shadows of the neighboring building.
Another angle:
The right half of the mural. As I got closer to the image of the reclining woman, I noticed a familiar signature...
I was delighted (but not surprised) to see that this beautiful mural was painted by local muralist, Daniel Hopkins, also known as Maxx Moses.
I had to lighten the photo so that the detail in the waves of hair could be seen.
I'm so glad that we stopped to see this mural up close. I remember seeing the old version of this mural and some fools defaced it. It was painted over for awhile and I recall feeling a bit sad that the wall had been vandalized. The artwork before was quite striking. It's been replaced and it's cool that the previous and new artwork is by an artist whose work I admire.
Articles/links:
"Mr. Maxx Moses wants you to wake up" SD City Beat, Jan 28, 2014
"Maxx Moses street art FatCap
plus this cool video interview with Angelika Film Center (2015)
My other posts with Maxx Moses murals/artwork:
My most recent one, "Revamped pentych in North Park" Dec. 4, 2016
"Pentych in North Park" August 2015 - This mural has been replaced with another one his works as of this year
"Plan B - Subterranean plus Caffe Calabria + mural by Maxx Moses & Glow" Sept. 2015 (this mural is now GONE)
"S3 Coffee fail so Plan B was take the long way to Subterranean Coffee Lounge" Aug. 2016
From his website, the story of this particular mural:
"Yoga Power" PoseTwo, April 2016
This link has the OLD mural (this is what it used to look like before someone defaced it and he repainted it differently)
(photo from Maxx Mose's site, "Yoga Power", April 29, 2016)
Maxx Moses Website:
posetwo.com/ fb page
Plus a cool Twitter shout out from the Yoga Center about his recent book, click here to see the beautiful cover.
Looking forward to seeing more of his artwork pop up in San Diego and beyond...
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