Creative Adventures in Portland

I just got back from a 2-1/2 week adventure in Europe with my wife Kim.  I captured as much street art as possible; I do have some standards about what I got and everything I’m posting captured my eye for one reason or another.  Our trip consisted of just under a week in each of three countries; Spain, France and Italy.  Hands down the best work I saw was from the window of trains and went uncaptured.

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I spent about a week between Barcelona and Costa Brava.  The work was much more sporadic and less refined among the smaller coastal towns, but Barcelona was very cool.  All of the businesses had metal roll up doors, and every single one was full of graffiti ranging from pretty refined burns to scrappy scrawls.  Strolling through the city at various times of the day provided different views of the work as businesses would open or close their doors with their businesses.  On sunday, nearly everything was closed and the city was an incredible graffiti gallery.  On the last day in Barcelona we stumbled into a park of extremely well executed work that I captured every single piece of.  Kim got frustrated as I walked like a zombie through a park mesmerized by this spectacular show; the park was home to the homeless and she’ll never let me forget the human feces on the sidewalk.  I told her to focus on the positives.