El Salvador is a wildly colorful place. A bright palette is in evidence everywhere. The following are some examples of the many murals, paintings and other art media I have been enjoying this week.
Mural-School Exterior
Mural Detail
Mural Detail
Next is a small section of the front driver’s side windshield of a chicken bus I was riding in today. I especially like the two hanging scarlet macaws…no fuzzy dice here!
Chicken Bus Kitsch
Here’s one from outside a coffee shop in Ataco, a nearby town I visited a few days ago.
Front of Coffee House, Ataco, El Salvador
This lady is about nine feet tall!
Mural, Ataco, El Salvador
Architectural Detail, Juayua, El Salvador
Mural, Ataco, El Salvador
In the Ruta de las Flores area, many of the street poles have flowers painted on them as well.
Cats
Ataco Shop Interior
Painting
Gallery Painting
Gallery Painting
And finally this tacky mural outside a gym.
Gym Exterior
Hasta Pronto Amigos!
The graffiti art is one of my favorite things Latin America. People are so talented and creative, and you can tell that this is a big outlet for their political and cultural statements.
I love the photo of you “sitting” on the girl’s lap 🙂
Me too Stephanie. I noticed that the indigenous highland women do not wear traditional clothing like they do in the highlands of Guatemala. I asked someone and was told that since the war they do not want to stand out. Perhaps that accounts for some of the explosively wonderful color seen in their street art and painting.
Wow! Great arts!
Thanks. Its one of the things I truly love about travel through Central America.