Rectangle in blue

 

Just the rectangle

 

A tribute to Mark Rothko concentrates on a blue rectangle with other colorata covering the wide brick canvas.  

 

Looks like a square

 

Not a square

The precise edges of this work foretells an exploration of Mark Rothko; the background re-assures the viewer that the painter's path has not strayed from too far.

 

Grey on gray

 

Subtley Rothko

This "Gray on Grey" work takes the idea of Mark Rothko to another dimension with its strong and bold verticals and subtle horizontal repeating patterns.

 

 

 

 

Water and gas

 

Circles in a rectangle

 

This GFI WATER utility cover and a GAS utility cover are highlighted for easy location of where work will most likely be done.  The blue indicates a potable water line and the yellow is for a gas.  

White on beige

 

 

 

The afternoon sun illuminates a wall painting "in the style of" Mark Rothko.  Located on the back side of a bridge pier, it is well hidden from the public view. 

Hidden grafitti

 

What's that say?

 

Written on the steel basement doors of a discount store, and hidden by the store's outdoor merchandise stand, years later this graffiti remains pristine, and, still as undecipherable as when it was first written.

 

 

Peanut in cement

 

Sidewalk signature

 

The recent rainfall reveals the signature of a sidewalk signatory in the street beneath our feet: "PEANUt", with graffito below it.

 

Blue vee

It goes that-a-way

While the blue directional arrow marking the underground utility infrastructure is fading, the paint on the "V" of the water cover remains, brightly pointing the way.

 

Sandy and pink

Double canvas

A Mark Rothko-ish exploration of sand and pink on grey.  This work, covering up some previous graffito, stretches across two wall sections.

Recent cave painting

Cave painting in tunnel

The colors and shapes of this multilayered and multi-covered graffito seen on the wall of an overpass resemble the primitive cave paintings made many thousands of years ago.

Hidden by paint

Covered up security gate graffiti 

Passers-by seeing this security gate with its painted over graffiti wonder what was the original graffito.

Hidden graffito

Covered up wall writing

This covered up graffiti makes passersby wonder what the original graffito looked like.

Tan and white

Rothko construction

The two works on this brick wall by Mark Rothko complete the complex pattern presented by the air conditioner, the two grated windows, a row of mailboxes, a bag of garbage, and the sidewalk.   

  

 

Bright and blue

 

 

Mark Rothko like graffiti cover up

 

A swipe of light yellow brightens up this study of sky blue on grey.

 

 

Shades of blue grey

 

Covered up

 

The cover up paint used to cover up grafitti never seems to match the wall color.  This series of graffiti coverups conjures up a mural by Mark Rothko.  

 

Chalk on walk

 

 

Sidewalk surfeit

 

 

The artist used colored chalk and the sidewalk to vividly express the temporariness of all.

 

 

May be cover up

 

 

Freshly covered

 

 The recent graffiti cover up looks like graffiti.

 

 

 

A peeling pattern

 

Looks like?

 

Peeling paint 

on a security gate 

it's own pattern 

doth create.

Rectangles of grey

 

Homage to Rothko

 

Wall painters often unknowingly emulate the artwork of Mark Rothko.

Drippy penmanship

Lance?  Vance?  Birdfoot?

Using too much paint on  a vertical surface can result in unsightly drips.  A hurried stroke leads to the reader wondering what was written.  Maybe that is what this graphito meant to happen when they tagged the side of this trademan's van?