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A utility box painted with murals on all sides. One side features a large lion mascot and a marching band member in a red uniform, while other sides show two people skateboarding through a hilly landscape and a hawk in flight.

Liberty High School Lions
Painting; Utility Box

One Corporate Centre (Front)
Outdoor Sculpture; Water Feature/Fountain
A piece of a large, colorful mural which features a fantastical scene with a gnome, robots, a Godzilla-like monster, UFOs with aliens, and dreamlike bridges. Bright colors, bold outlines, and symbolic imagery blend nature with urban elements. The mural includes interactive touch points and sound elements that invite viewers to engage with the scene.

Epic Struggle / Battle Royal
Digital; Interactive; Painting

And the Last Shall Be First
Mural

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  • A detailed, large-scale mural created from colored tiles. The composition is horizontally split: a bright yellow upper section shows a cheering crowd and a man running in white clothes, while the darker lower section features a massive black bull standing over a person lying on the ground. The bull's dark body contains a subtle, ghostly image of cattle grazing on a range.
    La Course Camarquaise
    Category: Mosaic/Relief; Mural; Painting
    Medium(s): Ceramic; Tile
    City of Orinda: “The Orinda Arts in Public Places Committee (APPC) is proud to announce the recent installation of the City’s latest ‘on-loan’ art piece, La Course Camarguaise or The Death of James Merry, by artist Jos Sances. The piece, a mural,...
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  • Lafayette War Memorial
    Lafayette War Memorial
    Date created: 2021
    Medium(s): Bronze; Stone
    The Lafayette War Memorial was created in 2021 as part of the Lafayette Veterans Memorial Center. The work is a stone monument with a bronze plaque that lists the names of fallen service members from Contra Costa County who died in defense of the...
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  • Land Reclaimed
    Land Reclaimed
    Category: Mural
    Medium(s): Spray Paint
    Giving reference to the local wildlife and plant fauna that’s endangered and rare to find in and around Mt. Diablo, the mural’s focus is the land offering rare flowers to father time as a way to balance the relationship between land and sky, the...
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  • Land View
    Land View
    Category: Mural
    Inspired by Northern California landscapes, Fernanda’s mural gives a glimpse of the unique views that Mt. Diablo offers throughout its trails. The design features prevalent elements from nature to immerse the viewer into a delightful experience...
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  • Latino Heritage Mural
    Latino Heritage Mural
    Category: Mural; Painting
    Medium(s): Paint
    The Latino Heritage Mural created by Fernanda González Latrecchiana is located at the Cardenas Market in Pittsburg. The artwork highlights the story of Mexican culture and community. Sources: Connecting Through Art: Four Murals That Helped Me Feel...
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  • Lead the Way
    Lead the Way
    Category: Mural
    Los Angeles based artist, Emily Ding is a muralist with highly regarded works around the world. She draws inspiration from flora, fauna, and human temperament. Her large-scale work is characterized by expressive animals and figures, which come to...
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  • A utility box painted with murals on all sides. One side features a large lion mascot and a marching band member in a red uniform, while other sides show two people skateboarding through a hilly landscape and a hawk in flight.
    Liberty High School Lions
    Category: Painting; Utility Box
    Medium(s): Paper
    In 2018, Ashley Walsh created the Liberty High School Lions utility box mural funded by the City of Brentwood’s Public Art Program. The artwork is a hand-painted mural of the Liberty High School mascot, a marching band member, students, and...
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  • a red seat. made of repurposed steel propane tank
    Lips Love Seat
    Category: Installation; Street Furniture
    Medium(s): Steel
    Colin Selig’s Lips Love Seat is a unique bench, manufactured in California from regionally sourced scrap propane tanks and is 99% post-consumer reused content. Colin’s sculpting practice is focused on creating climate conscious site elements for...
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  • Living Colors
    Living Colors
    Category: Utility Box
    Medium(s): Paint
    The Utility Box Public Art Program enables artists to create works of art that contribute to the vitality and attractiveness of the streetscape and community, foster civic pride and community identity, and bring art to unexpected places. Utility Box...
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  • Lost in the Mail
    Lost in the Mail
    Date created: 1985
    Category: Outdoor Sculpture
    Medium(s): Brick; Ceramic; Concrete
    The Lost in the Mail artwork was created by Jacques Overhoff. The freestanding brick mural (10 feet by 10 feet) is placed at an intersection across from City Hall in Walnut Creek. Brick material was chosen to complement the architectural...
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  • Love and Rage
    Love and Rage
    Category: Mural
    Medium(s): Spray Paint
    Love & Rage was inspired and envisioned by RYSE members, honoring queer Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) young people in Richmond, CA. The initial idea for the mural within RYSE Commons was born through RYSE’s Designing Belonging...
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  • Panoramic street art mural painted on a brick wall, featuring a highly colorful, abstract, and psychedelic depiction of multiple overlapping faces and eyes in Cubist and Expressionist styles, using bright blues, greens, yellows, reds, and purples.
    Love Conquers All
    The Love Conquers All mural is a colorful and vibrant artwork located in Antioch, California. Created by street artist Hermain Ambriz and his brother, Josh Ambry, the mural is 215 feet long and was painted in just five days using spray paint on a...
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  • picture of utility box with painting of flower and butterfly
    Love Conquers All (Utility Box)
    Category: Mural; Painting; Utility Box
    Medium(s): Metal; Paint
    The utility box artwork Love Conquers All was a public art project created by Antioch High School students. The project was part of a larger community beautification effort. Local artist Hermain Abriz guided the students in the creation of the...
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  • A white metal bench with curvy forms.
    Lowback Bubble Bench
    Category: Functional; Outdoor Sculpture; Street Furniture
    “Lowback Bubble Bench” by Colin Selig is a unique bench, manufactured in California from regionally sourced scrap propane tanks and is 99% post-consumer reused content. From artist’s website: “Colin’s sculpting practice is focused on creating...
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  • Lumbermen
    Lumbermen
    Category: Mural; Painting
    Medium(s): Paint
    The Lumbermen mural created by Rick Smith and Steve Pozo. The artwork is located at Dolan’s Lumber, Doors and Windows in Concord.
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