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Genres of Urban Art
There’s the professional, colorful, and complex one.
And the orange-and-black version.
And the spray-painted, hastily-done one.
And the peeling, tan paint, if you are pretty liberal in your interpretation of “art.”
San Antonio, Texas
photographed 9.7.2015
by the gifts of the citizens
About five or six times a year, I head over to Crosbyton, Texas, for a meeting. About four or five times a year, I somehow overlook grabbing my camera before I leave. This time, though, not only did I have my camera, but I got to town a little early and had time to circle the block to get this shot.
I’d say it’s been a while since the citizens of Crosbyton donated “gifts” that resulted in this mural.
It’s also been a while since there was passenger train service in Crosbyton, so the depot depicted here (I guess) represents the artist’s nostalgia over bygone days when one could catch a train to…somewhere. The Texas Historical Society has this to say about trains, “On April 10, 1911, the first train left on the Crosbyton-South Plains Railroad.” No word on where it was going, if it ever came back, if there were any subsequent departures.
Crosbyton, Texas
photographed 10.21.2013
One Day | One Image 