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A bronze statue of a boy and girl sitting on a metal bench reading a book. The children have a blue-green finish on their clothes and the girl is pointing at a page.

Joseph A. Ovick Memorial Sculpture

Outdoor Sculpture

RICHMOND

Mural

Oak Tree

Installation ; Painting

Painted utility box at a street corner with large orange flowers on a light blue background. The artwork brightens a traffic signal cabinet beside Sagebrush Drive in Antioch.

Untitled Utility Box (California Poppies)

Painting ; Utility Box

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Toyota Sculpture

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Toyota Sculpture by Stan Pavlov. The City of San Ramon has the Art in Public Places Program to promote the acquisition, construction, installation, restoration, and maintenance of public art pieces in San Ramon that will foster creativity, freedom...

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Trail Birds

Category: Utility Box

Medium(s): Paint

Donna Brown created Trail Birds as part of the Artify Orinda Projects, an initiative by the Lamorinda Arts Council in Orinda, California. The work is a functional public art piece—an acrylic painting on a metal utility box—located on Orinda Way...

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Transition

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Bronze

A statue of two men standing facing each other. One, dressed in a business suit stands atop a building (representing the future), and holds a flame in his upraised proper right hand. The other man, wearing boots, jeans and a hat, stands atop a...

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Two Languages, Un Corazón

Category: Mural ; Painting

Medium(s): Paint

In 2026, Richard Muro Salazar created Two Languages, Un Corazón at Washington Elementary School. The work is a mural of a dolphin within the natural environment. Source: Mural

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U-Pick Cherries

Category: Painting ; Utility Box

Medium(s): Paint

In 2015, Stephanie Gomez created U-Pick Cherries funded by the City of Brentwood Utility Box Art Program. The work is an acrylic mural on a utility box of a person picking fruit in a cherry orchard. Sources:...

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Ukrainian National Flower

Category: Painting ; Trash Bin

Medium(s): Paper

Samantha McNally created Ukrainian National Flower located in Orinda, California. The work is a watercolor painting of a large sunflower with yellow petals and a dark center, set against a background of green foliage and blue sky. Sources:...

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Unity in Alliums

Category: Mosaic/Relief

At Liberty High School, the Public Art and Design Academy (PADA) promotes visual arts as a hobby, lifestyle, and/or career pathway for aspiring high school students. PADA’s goal is to help students study and practice ways to express their creativity...

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Untitled

Category: Utility Box

Artist Juliee Hanlon utility box art located in Brentwood is inspired by flowers. Her paintings are completed in a style of realism mixed with impressionism. Source: https://www.etsy.com/shop/smearedpaint

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Untitled

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Metal

Artist Dan Corson: “I strive for my work to both conceptually and phenomenologically engage the viewer on various levels. The physical space the artwork inhabits is almost always part of the equation….an added voice to the project that provides...

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Untitled

Category: Mosaic/Relief

Millard Sheets studied art in California and became one of the state’s foremost artists and architects during his lifetime. He worked hard to make a name for himself early in his career, and by 1935 he had already shown his work in twenty-seven...

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Untitled (Apple Tree mural) by David "Hyde" Cho

Category: Mural ; Painting

Medium(s): Spray Paint

In 2024, David “Hyde” Cho painted this mural at the FATAPPLE’S Restaurant & Bakery in El Cerrito. The spray-painted mural highlights an apple tree, large sunflowers, wild mushrooms, and a real neon light fixture embedded in the center of the...

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Untitled (Coats Barber Shop mural by Greg Galinsky)

Category: Mural ; Painting

Medium(s): Paint

The Untitled (Coats Barber Shop) mural by Greg Galinsky is located in downtown Pittsburg. Sources: https://www.instagram.com/gregpnutgalinsky/ https://www.pittsburgca.gov/our-city/art-about-town

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Untitled (Colorful Spheres)

Category: Outdoor Sculpture ; Painting

Medium(s): Concrete ; Paint

Painted concrete spheres and flagpole installations located in downtown Pittsburg. Source: https://www.pittsburgca.gov/our-city/art-about-town

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Untitled (Fish Sculpture)

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Bronze ; Concrete ; Metal ; Stone

The public artwork is a sculptural installation of fish forms and stone seating located in John Buckley Square in downtown Pittsburg. Source: https://www.pittsburgca.gov/our-city/art-about-town

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Untitled (mural by Arthur Maslard)

Category: Mural ; Painting

Medium(s): Latex ; Paint

Arthur Maslard (Ratur) created an Untitled mural in 2024 as part of the Creative Concord mural festival. The work is a mural that is one of six artworks completed that year in downtown Concord, California. Sources: Artwork Instagram Artist’s...

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Untitled (Pittsburg Pride Project) by Sophia Sign Art and Murals

Category: Painting ; Utility Box

Medium(s): Acrylic ; Paint

In 2024, Sophia Sign Art & Murals created the Untitled (Pittsburg Pride Project) utility box. Source: https://www.instagram.com/sophiassignartandmurals/

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Untitled (Utility box by Janice Stark Davis)

Category: Utility Box

Medium(s): Paint

Janice Stark Davis created this artwork. The work is a painted street utility box showing fruits and vegetables, including tomatoes in a blue crate, strawberries, grapes, bananas, and asparagus. The artwork is installed on a sidewalk at the...

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Untitled (Wood sculptures) by Ed Waraner

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Wood

Wood sculptures by artist Ed Waraner located in Clayton. Source: https://waranerbrotherstree.com/

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Untitled Mural (Blue Oak Square)

Category: Architectural Detailing ; Painting

Medium(s): Cement

The mural at Blue Oak Square is a multi-panel exterior mural of geometric and organic patterns.

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Untitled Mural (Soccer Post)

Category: Mural ; Painting

Medium(s): Paint

In 2024, Victor Sanchez created an untitled mural at the Soccer Post store in El Cerrito. The work is a spray paint and acrylic mural of NWSL players Croix Bethune, Melanie Barcenas, Ally Sentnor, and Onyeka...

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Untitled Mural (Twin Towers)

Category: Mural ; Painting

Medium(s): Paint

Untitled (Twin Towers) mural located at the Richmond Food Center. Source: https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/127/Public-Art-Sites

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Untitled mural Martinez Mural

Category: Mural ; Painting

Medium(s): Paint

Untitled (People and Animals) mural located in downtown Martinez. Source: cityofmartinez.org

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Untitled Utility Box (California Poppies)

Category: Painting ; Utility Box

Medium(s): Paint

The utility box located in Antioch highlights California Poppies. Source: antiochca.gov/1035/Public-Art

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Untitled Utility Box (Colorful Birds)

Category: Painting ; Utility Box

Medium(s): Paint

The artwork is a painted utility box showing birds, lizards and flowers. Source: https://brentwoodca.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/attachmentviewer/index.html?appid=80399d723f844740af1f157546607aac

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