Cole Valley Pet Mural
Cole Valley Garage, 930 Cole Street, San Francisco, CA, 2007.
Original 2007 mural of neighborhood pets was reconfigured and repainted in 2017 after remodel of the iconic Cole Valley Garage building. Mural Team working under the direction of Angela Tirrell: Carolyn Fee, Jorge Lavorerio, Marie Calhoun, and David McLeod, Rachel Dossey and other volunteers of all ages
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Image above: Michael Goldstein, SFGate.com
Speed demon Natasha driving, Seamus and Jessie —with lovely picnic on the car boot, in the original 2007 mural. The Alpine scenery continues the cartoon feeling and original colors of plywood murals over garage windows, done by an Irish artist.
‘That's my pal Jesse on the ladder, the one with the cockeyed look’. Jym Dyer on Cole Valley, a Not-So-Secret SF Neighborhood
Creating cartoon-ish paper sketch of a l940’s Crosley motorcar driven by freckled dog Natasha (model is resting on left).
Pets painted by Carolyn Fee, poppies by Marie Calhoun.
Angela painting commissioned portraits of neighborhood dogs Yoda (left) and Xochi (right) and Jake, the original pet gifted to mural by Dirk Spencer, mural sponsor (far right).
Press Links
Cole Valley Garage Dog Mural
SF Gate, Oct 29, 2014
Why I Love Living in Cole Valley
The Bold Italic, Jun 9, 2014
Pet Mural to be Recreated
Hoodline, October 11, 2016