On a recent trip through Chinatown, I was startled to see dragon murals everywhere.  They are distinctive due to their predominate colors ...

I'm assuming this is a shop for hair extensions.  But I was amused nonetheless.

At first all I saw was a swirl of color.  It took me a while to see the composition of two cocks fighting.  The delicacy of the colors and...

You can tell it was a warm day.  Most people were clustering under the shade trees.

Here's a new contribution to the mural scene by Bip, an anonymous street artist.  He's from the New Haven area but has done wall a...

Oakland is full of lovely old apartment buildings like this one.  Because housing has gotten so expensive, there is now a building boom go...

I found this mural on the side of an art gallery on the edge of Chinatown.  I couldn't find a signature, but I'd lay down money th...

As you can tell, the weather around here has been pretty nice.  Sunny and pleasantly warm but with evening fog to cool us down.  Linked to...

A community building in a Chinatown park.

This charming panda, by Crayone , was found on another Chinatown wall.  His website says he's a San Francisco artist, but his phone nu...

On Saturdays and Sundays Chinatown is really hopping.  You can find just about any vegetable known to man.

While walking in Chinatown the other day, I came upon a trove of new (at least to me) murals.  Here's one of Bruce Lee on the second s...

Here's another section of mural alley otherwise known as Solano Way.  Yoda sits on a lotus blossom just like the Buddha.  Are those li...

This enterprising fashion designer has her shop and dressing room on wheels and can be found at several summer fairs.  There's always ...

A great player and an even greater gentleman.  Rest in Peace, Nate the Great. 

Solano Way in East Oakland is chock full of street art, much of it changing over time.  I've previously shown you many compositions he...

This mural was a collaboration between the Montclair business district and the local high school.  It is painted on the side of a local ph...

A blooming agave is a sight to see.  When the blooming sprout first occurred it appeared to be a giant asparagus spear, at least 15 feet h...

Here's another mural by Doty that represents a new theme and style for him.  This is the third one I've found.  I showed you this ...

Frank Rowicki did these oil portraits of iconic Oakland scenes around Lake Merritt.  He donated them to what I assume is the Grand Avenue...

This alien tried to camouflage himself as a clown, but we won't be fooled.  The mural is done by Colombo and can be found on the Oakla...

I love this mural.  It's like she's channeling cosmic energy through her eyes.  She doesn't need that razor wire crown to make...

Facing the parking lot of this convenience store is this cartoon mural of Yosemite Sam and Wylie Coyote.  I can read Pow and Boom but not ...

Pretty much how Dub Nation is feeling about the Warriors losing the NBA Finals.  Nooooo!

It looks like lots of tattoos are a requirement for employment at the Avenue.  Spotted at the annual Temescal Street Fair.

This series of faces can be found in a driveway just off Grand Avenue.  I don't know the artist, but I've seen his work before.  V...

This is the other side of the Engineers and Scientist union mural I showed you a couple of weeks ago.  I really like the reference to the ...

This fantastic mural covers the side of the Steele Dive Shop.  It's a new addition to a long lived business. Welcome to Monday Mural...

Has fishing season started yet?

This is déjà vu all over again.  For the second year in a row the Golden State Warriors have battled their way to the NBA championship fin...

This month's theme is shadow and light.  Here is a late afternoon scene on the estuary near Jack London Square.  Linked to City Daily ...

This colorful mural is on the front of the building that houses Local 20 of the Engineers and Scientists of California.  It's found do...

This seems like a pretty gentle image of life, especially for a street artist.  Unless there's an irony here that I'm missing.  ...

She came all the way from Paris and now lays at rest in Oakland's Mt. View Cemetery.  Linked to ABC Wednesday .

This composition is next to the gargoyles shown you a few weeks ago which must have inspired another street artist.  It seems like it woul...

Found outside a metal recycling business.  Linked to ABC Wednesday .

Loved the image of the bear growling over this guy's shoulder.  He offered to move out of the picture, but without him you wouldn'...

Another small marina near Jack London Square with a small quay leading to the boats.  Linked to ABC Wednesday .

Another new mural by Doty, this time partnered with Sworne.  Stylistically it is very much like one I showed you a few months ago .  It fe...

  This month's City Daily Photo theme is Smell.  Saw these at a local farmer's market.  Not only did they smell g...

A quirky porch in the Piedmont Avenue neighborhood.  Linked to ABC Wednesday .

This mural is found on the Oakland-Emeryville border just off San Pablo Avenue.  I'm sure the grafitti font spells out the artist'...

Don't ask me who this is supposed to be.  I have no idea.  Maybe a slacker Homer Simpson with the munchies?  Found on a warehouse wall...

Found this in West Oakland on the front of a small market.  At first I didn't understand why some of the Cleveland Cavaliers were in...

I found this leaping tiger on a fence behind a West Oakland convenience store.  I thought it was well rendered and had a definite personal...

Found this massive mural while walking around downtown.  Zio Ziegler has been previously featured here .  He is an incredibly prolific ...

Our state flower, the California Poppy, is proudly displayed on a downtown building.  It's painted by Pancho Peskador who frequently p...

I totally get the idea of good vs. evil.  I'm just not sure what a flying VW bus has to do with it.  Spotted in Uptown.  The artist is...

These Ninja troops are an extension of last week's posted mural.  But they seem so different in tenor, that they feel like separate wo...

This mural is relatively new and replaces this one posted a year ago.  The tone in this one seems a little less tranquil than the previou...