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Great Outdoors: Mural lobbyist joins big billboard graphics fray
My name is Pam, and our team of artists are those which painted this spectacular mural - and are working to promptly complete it once our permit approvals are reinstated. San Diego enjoys a long love affair with murals - everywhere you look - walls, fences, even utility boxes - lavishly painted! Yet the cost to fund public art of this scale and caliber is huge! For example, the city itself last year spent a whopping $126,000 of taxpayer dollars commissioning a mural, located underneath the 1-5 underpass at Rosecrans. Unless you happen to drive under this particular underpass, you will never see it - which is a shame, as for that kind of money it should be seen! It's easy to say "hey, just let artists paint murals" - but just as with any profession: who will pay for it? Just like everyone else, as artists we have bills to pay and mouths to feed. Painting a canvas the size of this wall requires costly equipment, insurance, materials, labor, and frankly a ton of talent. Rather than tap scarce city resources for public art, how exceptional for San Diego that this Patron stepped up, and was willing to bring this colorful Still Life to Downtown. This wall was formerly a blank, boring brick facade doing nothing for the city. We have transformed it into amazing artwork which East Village has overwhelmingly embraced. In the time we have been painting our murals in San Diego, we have received not a single criticism, ever. The public has been in awe of our work and for many, it is the only "Museum" they will ever see. But don't take my word - just walk the street at Market & 8th and ask anyone you see - from Floyd's Barbershop to The District to Lotus Thai to J Wok and of course the Bootlegger Bar - East Village LOVES what we are doing for San Diego. Thank you for allowing this input, and thank you to Matt Potter for an even-handed reporting of this issue.— May 26, 2013 9:36 p.m.