Meghan Taylor: Illustration & Graphic Design

Mural Scouting, & Hello from NYC!

First off, please excuse my absence. I’ve been through a tumult of changes, including moving up to New York and enrolling in a graphic design program, starting a full-time job, and developing a rock/ice climbing habit. Murals are still a part of my artsy soul, so I vow to restablish my posting habits. In the future, I’ll likely post about design, oil paints, and other areas i love - widening the net, but hopefully providing interesting artsy fun for anyone out there who happens to be reading this. 

With that, here’s my first Mural Scouting entry in my new New York home. Sunday night a friend and I drove into the city to see some amazing musicians performing Ives and Mozart at the Poisson Rouge on Bleeker Street in downtown. The music was gorgeously arresting, and the drinks fabulous (try The Garfunkel there! Hendriks gin with rosemary, sage, and parlsey, … but strangely no thyme). The happy bonus was stumbling upon two murals on the way over. First, this lively colorful array of bubbly faces and expressions on the corner of Bleeker and Houston.

Then, outside The Red Lion (a place I’ve never been inside, but is just a few doors down from Poisson Rouge) is this mural: