I chose the theme for this blog to be sidewalk art. I chose this mostly because I am blown away at how realistic they look! The first three are for artist Julian Beever – he is an English artist but has sidewalk art all over the United States and Europe as well. Not much is known about his earlier life, or what kind of money he makes because when people ask him, he ignores the question. He would rather talk about his art. 
It is very hard to find the dates and often the place of his drawings, but this one is of Times Square IN Times Square, in fact, thats the name of it! It creates the illusion that there is an alternate times square under the pavement that you could look down into. I wish I could see one of these in real life, just to look at it from every angle, I doubt these photos can actually do it justice.
The second one, Taking the Plunge features the artist in it, I think that is some of the reason some of these pieces of pavement art are so fun, because anyone can jump in and be a part of it. I found this one on the artists’ website as well and it did not say where it was created, unfortunately.
This last piece of pavement art by Mr. Beever also doesn’t have a location attached. I like this one because it is so simple, but you can see the guy on the left obviously avoiding walking “into” it. Awesome!
The next pavement artist I chose is also very prominent. His name is Kurt Wenner, he has been a paid artist since 16 when he had his first mural commissioned and has been working as a graphic artist since. He is from Ann Arbor, Michigan.
This piece is called Iskandar and is at the National Museum of Singapore. Iskandar was the last king of Singapore in the 14th Century. This work of art is incredible, but not as fun as Julian Beevers.
This piece of sidewalk art is called The Giant, and is also by Kurt Wenner. I looked at a few different websites and could not find where it is located. This one reminds me of a mime, because it looks like the giant is almost trapped under some invisible piece of glass, trying to escape. An interesting thing about Kurt Wenner vs. Julian Beever is that Mr. Wenner’s art has a much more classical feel to it.
The last piece I chose by Mr Wenner was a piece commissioned by Dunkin Donuts. I find this one interesting because even though its a commissioned piece, it doesn’t have the whimsical feel that Julian Beever’s pieces had it still feels “stiff” I am curious if this piece was just on a sidewalk somewhere or in front of a Dunkin Donuts Store?
