Mural in downtown San Marcos, Texas.A block-long building that houses a couple of San Marcos businesses including a fried chicken restaurant and a pizza place is also the home of a very long mural.
The mural is the work of Andrey Kravtsov. It includes images that relate to the city, the state and to nearby Texas State University.
The building is on East Martin Luther King Drive between South LBJ Drive and S Guadalupe Street. The mural is on the back side.
Mural at historic Blackshear Elementary School on 11th Street on the east side of Austin, Texas.I spent part of a recent morning looking for some of the murals and other public art on the east side of Austin, Texas.
All of the art work here is on or south of 11th street and east of Interstate 35.
Blackshear Elementary School – Austin
Blackshear Elementary School – Austin
Blackshear Elementary School – Austin
Blackshear Elementary School – Austin
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Mural – Austin’s east side
Public art on the east side of Austin, Texas, celebrates the city’s musical heritage.
Brother Dave and the Barrio Blasters at Sancho’s Cantina in San Antonio on Saturday, June 14, 2025. – photo by Joe AlexanderBrother Dave and the Barrio Blasters brought their combination of rock, blues and Texas funk to Sancho’s Cantina near downtown San Antonio on Saturday.
Ruben V and Jimmy Spacek on Saturday night at Texas Pride Barbecue in Adkins, Texas. – photo by Joe AlexanderSan Antonio guitar legends Jimmy Spacek and Ruben V got together with some old friends on Saturday.
They played an evening show at Texas Pride Barbecue in Adkins, Texas. Shortly after they started, the setting sun beamed onto the stage for a few minutes.
Lead singer Kevin Geil of Two Tons of Steel at Devil’s Backbone Tavern near Fischer, Texas, on Sunday, May 4, 2025. – photo by Joe AlexanderLegendary Texas roadhouse band Two Tons of Steel played at Devil’s Backbone Tavern near Fischer, in the Texas Hill Country, on Sunday afternoon.
Jason Kane & The Jive at Fredstock ’25 at San Antonio College on Thursday, May 1, 2025. – photo by Joe AlexanderJason Kane & The Jive brought their boogie rock n roll to San Antonio College on Thursday night as part of Fredstock ’25, the annual music festival and block party.
The San Antonio band has an upcoming tour of Europe beginning on May 22.
A new mural by @soupLAWS in back of a building shaped like the Alamo at Essex Modern City with a train and the Tower of the Americas in the background. That’s a very San Antonio kind of scene.Paul Garson and Essex Modern City once again brought in some of the most talented mural artists from South Texas this weekend.
The result is a fresh collection of art on these outdoor walls on the East Side of San Antonio.
Essex Modern City is located by the intersection of South Cherry Street and Essex Street, just east of IH-37 and about a mile south of the Alamodome.
@_vivet_ – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@deletedtx – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@INX1 – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@the.dream.monster – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@deadbeathero – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@VAPOR_POET_RSA – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@OHNOHEDENT – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@optek_art – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@nc.shaw – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@SilvyArtStudio – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@mikeyasanchez3 – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@l.rhae – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@mfjonb – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@jlopez627_ – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@ost3nart – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@ibelieveinasone – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@deathfox – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@KILLAHCASKONE – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@ABSTRACT_AVILA – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@EASESIDER – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@traviscii – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@krewline – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@SoupLaw – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@gapsmack87 – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@ga.elizalde – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@_kingremer – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@SoupLaw – ESX ART Paint Jam 7
@itschristiekaye at work on BE KIND TO YOUR MIND on Sunday at ESX ART Paint Jam 7 at Essex Modern City.
Thanks to Paul at Essex Modern City for setting me straight on the IDs.
And, of course, all the artists are more than welcome to pull photos of their work from this page:
The beach just north of Las Olas Boulevard at Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida, in April 2025. – photo by Joe AlexanderYou can’t make a trip to South Florida without hitting at least one of the beaches.
Two of the most popular places for salt and sand are Miami Beach at Lummus Park and Fort Lauderdale Beach between Las Olas Boulevard and Sunrise Boulevard.
I was a Texas teenager driving my dad’s Ford F-100 pickup. It had an AM radio with one speaker that probably sounded awful compared to even the cheapest modern car stereo. And no AC.
I was driving along one night with my friend Steve Garza riding shotgun. It’s lost on me now where we were going to or coming from. Probably on some highway in or around San Antonio that’s a lot more congested now than it was then.
We had the windows rolled down and that cheap radio cranked up. Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” came on.
I know that scene is cliche as hell. I probably kind of knew it then. But for 8 minutes and 2 seconds, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page made us feel like we were cool and the world was right.