Uhoh.....Christian graffiti?

King St., Charleston, S.C.

Uhoh. Looks like a religious themed graffiti artist has added "Jesus" to the directional traffic sign. Tsk, tsk.

Charleston Sweethearts

Charleston, S.C.

Short stories in the pavement.

Where are they now? Does Scraper still love Fish? Does Andrew bring Heidi back to their piece of pavement on anniversaries? Did Barko and Linko settle down and have little Binkos? Are Chan! & Mike! happy forever? Did "Love No One"? find the love of his life?

Luckily I can turn the corner for another episode of "As the Pavement Turns".

Sheepman Graffiti Panels

Sheepman Graffiti panels, Folly Rd., James Island, S.C.

When I was out at Folly Beach this weekend I grabbed the chance to check on the Sheepman graffiti panels behind the Buffalo South plaza.

It's been a while since I'd been out there and I worried that they might have been defaced. I was pleased to see that not only were they intact but there seemed to be new art work in progress. I had not seen the tiger image before. Coolness!

Joan's Favorite Painted Walls of Charleston, SC

Planet Follywood, 32 Center St., Folly Beach, S.C.
Everyone needs their picture taken with Elvis.


Hominy Grill, Rutledge Ave., Charleston, S.C.
Yum, yum! Eggplant sandwich. Mmmm. This one was painted by David Boatwright.


Home of the Hand Wash, Line St., Charleston, S.C. Some days we all need a hand wash.


1st Class Cuts Barber Shop, 55 Spring St., Charleston, S.C.



Sheepman Graffiti, Folly Rd., James Island, S.C.
These are so incredible and cover the back of an abandoned shopping plaza on Folly Rd.


Next time by Fire, Crosstown, Charleston, S.C.


Liberty St., Charleston, S.C.


Hanks Seafood, 10 Hayne St., Charleston, S.C.
Yum, yum. Bonus Black Cab! I should get a discount for the number of times I have helped tourists find it.


First Federal Parking Lot
This one is tucked away. It's my secret find in the parking lot behind the Broad St. First Federal.


Hatman, Broad & Church St., Charleston, S.C.


Jacob's Alley. This one is painted over already but lives on in my picture.


Billy Joe, 747 Meeting St., Charleston, S.C.

What have I missed? I may be back to add a few more. Notice the bonus British Taxi Cabs.

Top 10 Sidewalk Graffiti Art Images in Charleston, SC

Wow! Wet Cement
Someone else delighted in it as much as I do!


I Spoke Your Name For Many Days
I loved this one. I imagined an abandoned lover grieving. A reader recognized it as a fragment of a Phish song.

TWIST

I spoke your name for many days
Pronouncing it in several ways
And moving letters all around

And when you heard the end result
I told you it was not my fault

If you were here more of the day
It wouldn't twist around that way


Remember What You Saw, What You Heard
Message to the tourists?
Cumberland St., Charleston, SC


Don't Look Down On Me
If we hadn't, we wouldn't have seen it.
Vanderhorst St., Charleston, SC


Is This Legal?
They were probably talking about writing in cement but the cigarette in the picture added a new twist.
This one is across from the East Bay, Harris Teeter next to the liquor store.


I Love The Friends That We Have Gathered On This Thin Raft
This was an ambitious project on Pitt St. and has since been destroyed. Sob.
Pitt St., Charleston, SC

Some call it heavenly in its brilliance.
Others, mean and rueful of the Western dream.
I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft.
We have constructed pyramids in honor of our escaping.
This is the land where the Pharaoh died.
Jim Morrison, The Wasp


Thanks Uncle Willie
What did Uncle Willie do? Pay for the cement drive?
Elizabeth St., Charleston, SC



No Need to Stress If You Ship UPS
This is a cement graffiti masterpiece. Who loves a company enough to create this? Duncan St., Charleston, SC


Enjoy Being
Philosophy on Smith St.
Smith St., Charleston, SC


Love Is For All. You And Me
Wisdom found on Radcliffe
Radcliffe St., Charleston, SC

It was almost impossible to pick ten favorites. I keep finding new ones and odds are I've glanced down and found your name claiming a square of lowcountry sidewalk real estate.

What makes people write these things? Do they have something clever in mind ready to pounce when they spot wet cement? It isn't as easy as you would think. The cement must be at the right consistency and the artist quick and discreet. Not that I would know.

Charleston has clearly been home to a wealth of creative cement artists and philosophers. Thanks to all of you who have blogged the sidewalks in your cities, travels and sent me copies of pavement treasure finds.

It's not the end of course. I keep finding new ones to add to my collection. Meanwhile, walk on. Look down once and awhile!


The End.
East Bay St., Charleston, SC.

Walls

Charleston, S.C.

As much as I like clever graffiti I am whole heartedly against vandalism and have been a victim of it myself. I have painted the masonry on my house at 9 pm on a Sunday evening to cover up spray paint. So, here is a grand idea! Check out the Walls Notebook:

The Walls Notebook is exactly what it is called, it is a notebook filled with pictures of walls. Empty New York walls that is, just waiting for you to add some art. A sketch, a doodle, a note; or really work it and let your inner Banksy emerge and show off your artistic capabilities. Or maybe you are more into graffiti? That's fine too; there are clean subway cars, delivery trucks and post boxes, just waiting to be tagged.

Whoopsie! Just checked the link again and it seems everyone else liked the idea too. The Walls Notebook is sold out. I guess we can take pictures of our favorite walls and graffiti them ourselves.

Got my Eye on You

Sheepman Graffiti, Buffalo South Shopping Center, Folly Road, James Island, SC

I get regular hits looking for Sheepman graffiti so I am putting up another of these treasures. These are behind a pretty much abandoned shopping center on Folly Road. I haven't been out recently so don't know what shape they are in or if there are any new ones. It is an incredible show.

This is the first day in a long time that I haven't been scrambling to get from one major event to another. Wow. I didn't attend any meetings and didn't dash out of work to get somewhere. It was like a miracle. I attacked the stacks of paper piled in my desk just before they toppled over, tried to make sense out of old notes I've scribbled and went outside for a quick walk around the building at lunch.

And now, I've ordered pizza from D'Allesandros. With extra cheese, mushrooms and black olives. Mmmm. I already have the Corona.

In Living Color

Sheepman Graffiti, Buffalo South shopping center, Folly Road

It's worth repeating some of the pictures already posted in the smaller version on my previous blog. It's a pleasure to see them on a larger scale.

This is one panel of the Sheepman graffiti images on the back of the old and abandoned Buffalo South shopping center on Folly Road. I haven't been out there for some time and hope they are still intact. A few of the other panels can be found here. Tremendously cool.

While we are in an artsy mode, take a peak at these anatomy tattoos. Wow.

Remember what you saw....

Cumberland St., Charleston, SC

Remember what you saw and what you heard...

Advice for tourists or for life? Sooner or later I find everything in the pavement.

I spoke your name for many days....

I spoke your name for many days, Trapman St., Charleston, SC

I had a chance to be featured in a publication once and in the initial interview I was asked what I was passionate about. I think I said, "Uuuuumm, finding a real good piece of sidewalk graffiti?"

Needless to say the interviewer probably scribbled, "This one is nuts," and that was the last I heard from them. Heheh.

See what I mean? Who would write this in wet cement? This one is a short story.

Little Boxes, Painted Boxes.....

King St., Charleston, SC

It's wild and windy out there kids. Tighten your bonnets!

This is some crazy site.

Yesterday's article on the tragedy of graffiti by Robert Behre on our precious old buildings suggested that we might consider offering more authorized places for artists to express themselves like the boat on Folly Rd. Even I have painted it.

Snooping around these Daily Photo Blogs I found this grand idea for painted traffic signal boxes in Brisbane, Australia. I love it! Almost every intersection has one and they always have graffiti scrawled on them anyway. This would be a great idea. They have an application process and a book.

Naturally I will need to go to Australia to research the project.