Mural at Golden Hill Liquor & other works of art by Mario "Torero" Acevedo

This weekend while I was out and about, I took the long way from Golden Hill to North Park...

I was already on 25th, so I hung a right on 28th and as I approached B St, I made an illegal u-turn when I saw THIS...

Yes, I have been known to do that, or at least as Bert to turn around and park so I could get in some good photos of murals we find around town.  This happened to be on the wall of Golden Hill Liquor. I felt like a dumbass because when I made the u-turn and drove into the parking lot, it had a construction sign blocking the driveway (I managed to squeeze through) PLUS it was a one way entrance and I of course, was going the wrong way.





There were no cars there at least so I quickly made a 10 point turn so I could leave more easily after I did my guerrilla photo shoot.

The colors were so vibrant. I loved seeing the multicultural and multigenerational faces...

See the tents? There was some sort of farmer's market going on. That street was blocked.

Details:


It turns out that this particular mural was done by well known San Diego artists, Mario "Torero" Acevedo.  This mural was recently restored four years ago; it was original painted by Mario and a group of youth from Logan Heights in 1978.

Other works by Mario Acevedo that I didn't realize were by him until I read the article linked at the end of this post

Einstein Academy is one.  For the life of me, I can't believe I don't have a photo of it. It is very remisicent of the style of Keith Haring.  The article at the end does feature a photo so make sure to check it out

When I took this photo of the Sherman Heights mural on Market Street last year, it was one of those quick stops. TC and I were out and about and we were looking for a sadly now defunct, coffee shop.

(photo from my "Hello there Ladies & Gentlemen Coffee Roasters" April 2015)

Along with the timely murals from my recent post on Diego & Sons Printing in Barrio Logan:

(photo from my "Que Viva Barrio Logan" Mural at Diego & Son Printing", Dec 6, 2016)

Articles:
"Desde la Logan: Artist Mario Acevedo reflects on Golden Hill" San Diego Free Press, May 2013

"Bold colorful street art in Sherman Heights" Cool San Diego Sgihts, Feb. 2015

Mario Torero's fb page

Mural located @ Golden Hill Liquor
2795 B St. (corner of B St. & 28th Ave)
San Diego, CA 92102

Fb page but hasn't been updated since 2012. There is a short post dated Jan 12, 2012 about having the mural restored) + reviews (of the store itself) on you know where (out of the measly 4 photos posted, there is one photo featuring the mural with a rainbow in the sky!)