Photos By JORGE M VARGAS JR
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By Michael Aushenker When people around the world think of Venice, Calif.three descriptors immediately jump to mind including “funky,” “eclectic,” and “artsy.” Driving through Venice and
Santa Monica, one can not help but notice the constant conversation via art churning all around us daily. So this week, we decided to ride out with our photographer Jorge M. Vargas, Jr., and capture a sliver of that diversity
of color, style and subject matter. As if to make our point, we concentrated only along Lincoln Boulevard, which had more than enough for us to feast our eyes on. § Michael@ArgonautNews.com
Word on the street is that local artist Jules Muck won’t confirm that she modeled this painting at Love Shack at 2121 Lincoln Blvd. after actress Lindsay Lohan.
Back of Printing Palace at Lincoln and Strand.
This stylized gardenscape is located on Strand right across the street from Printing Palace.
A graffiti mural near the cartoony, spray-painted mural at Flower Court.
Just off Lincoln Boulevard on Machado Drive, there is an oasis of fauna and foliage, replete with barn owls and mountain peaks, in the courtyard of an apartment complex. PAGE 34 THE ARGONAUT August 29, 2013
Another side of Printing Palace at Strand.
The eyes have it at Victoria Avenue, courtesy of graffiti artist Chase.
Nelson Mandela offers a dove of peace near Garfield Avenue.
The “Life of Knowledge� Buddha near Flower Court.
A beauty basks in the California sun near Pier Avenue in Santa Monica.
Service with a psychedelic smile graces a service station at Dillon Court.
Venice artist Hans Haveron completed this mural at Pico Boulevard and Lincoln in Santa Monica just last month.
We close with a giant rebus puzzle around the corner from (you guessed it!) Lincoln and Rose. August 29, 2013 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 35