Week Three - Around Town

This week my goal was to focus my attention around town. We have a wide variety of different styles of graffiti art. I've always noticed graffiti most prominently on trains passing by. 

Graffiti assumed to be inspired by The Great Wave off Kanagawa - October 10

A seemingly infinite stationary train, the orange hue of the box car compliments the bright blue within the sky in the back.
Albany OR


Graffiti reading, "eat more mushrooms" The decriminalization of mushrooms in Oregon has been impactful for some residents and they've chosen to express their joy through art-  October 17


This is the same stationary train from multiple different perspectives. The trains are located on the tracks just off Lochner Rd SE, through Marion St SE in Albany, Oregon.

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