Dale Avenue Community Mural

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Dale Avenue . Southeast Roanoke

This neat mural was designed by North Carolina artist Brenda Councill and drawn by local artist Scott "Toobz" Noel and painted by volunteers! I snapped this quick photo while waiting in the drive-thru yesterday at Arby's ;)

I came home and Googled for more info and found THIS news story which tells a little more about it like the fact that Toobz modeled it after the tree that is in front of the fire station right across the street, which I didn't know till now...So, I need to go back and get a pic of the tree and see if I can fit more of the mural into a picture as it is quite long!

The name "Toobz" might sound familiar to some of you because he's quite a busy muralist having created many around the area which I've shown you some HERE

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Wingless Takes Flight

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Wilson Hughes Gallery. 117 Campbell Ave SW . Roanoke . 24011

This wall on the side of the gallery is pretty awesome...all different work from different artists. I knew this one had to be a Toobz Muir painting when I saw it. His work is so unique. You might remember some of his stuff I've shown you HERE

About this one, taken from his website:
"Wingless takes flight"

Concept: Children teaching little birds how to take flight before they realize that they already have the power to leave the nest. 2010

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I'll show you more of the wall next week!

The Phoenix

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The Phoenix . 813 5th St SW . Roanoke . 24016

This mural of a Phoenix is painted on the Phoenix building by Scott "Toobz" Noel...I've shown you more of his work HERE ...The Phoenix is a music venue.

In other news...who else is tired of being cold? This weather...it has been a COLD last few days. Spent a freezing day at a track meet on Saturday with such strong winds that made it so much worse...I thought we were just about done with the cold but now we have rain and low 60's for the whole week...fun :( Monday's are so much better when they aren't cold!

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Humanufacturing

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Greenway Storage . 1306 8th Street SW . Roanoke . 24015

I showed you the mural on the front of this storage space last week RIGHT HERE and I told you I would come back and show you the other side! This one was done by the same artist, Scott "Toobz" Noel. The title is "Humanufacturing" and the concept is "small and large business working together to build for a better future."

For more on his work, you can visit his website HERE

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The Great Heron

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Greenway Self Storage . 1306 8th Street SW . Roanoke (Wasena)

"The Great Heron" Concept: Remembering the delicate lives that build our ecosystem. 2013

This was created by Scott "Toobz" Noel...I have shown you some of his work HERE ...the other side was also painted by him but both were so different that I decided to split them up and show 1 this week and the other next week :)

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First day of spring break and it's going to be 80 out! Getting some things done around here then off to buy some flowers to plant!

Have a great day!

Monday Mural - In It For The Long Run

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Located under the Williamson Road overpass, next to the Taubman Museum
"In It For The Long Run" painted by artist Scott "Toobz" Noel using spray paint.
For more on this mural CLICK HERE and I've shown you another of his murals HERE

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Hope everyone had a great Father's Day!