Art - Scape

My absolute favorite part of Austin, and one of the things I was most looking forward to were the murals dotted around town.  They are one of the major things that keeps Austin weird.  They're also beautiful pieces of art and probably took a lot of time and energy.  I've read loads of articles on the most popular ones, but what I noticed is that there are others that aren't really listed anywhere.  

They sort of just pop up out of nowhere. You'll be driving down first street and our of nowhere, you'll see Rodney Dangerfield on the side of a building.  Or strolling down Congress, when you notice Mr. Rogers on the side of a Pizza joint. What I wonder is how exactly one chooses to put Rodney Dangerfield or Mr. Rogers on the side of your property.  I'm sure there's a complicated train of thought...

Anyway, I had planned on just sort of finding them along the way.  But I learned that while most are sprinkled around in the open, some of the other really cool ones are nestled back into little neighborhoods which would have never been found, had it not been for a great post about them. Thanks to this post, GPS and a free morning, we were able to find the cool ones. 

What a cool way to decorate an already too cool for school city!