Graffiti Walls in EaDo Houston

One night during Quilt Market, we stumbled upon a beautiful graffiti wall being touched up while walking back from dinner. We decided we would swing by on our way out of town and snap some photos of our mini quilts in front of the wall. We later discovered this wall was part of an entire series of walls in the neighborhood covered in striking art by artists from around the world!

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

When we got out of our van to snap some photos, we noticed a man there checking on the walls. His pants were covered in paint, so we asked if he was one of the artists. Turns out he was! Even more impressive, he is the man who organized this whole area! 

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

Meet Gonzo! He is the founder and director of Aerosol Warfare, a street/urban art gallery and artist resource center that shows, sells, and assists street, urban, and graffiti artists from Houston and beyond. The first photo featuring "Houston" is one of his artworks. 

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

This section of the wall had a beautiful speckled texture. We took some photos of our Mini Piccadilly Circle, Mini Euclid Avenue and Mini Lantern Lane quilts on this section. 

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

I matched this Mini Piccadilly Circle quilt in my Sassy when Caffeinated shirt! We had a few shirts made to wear at Quilt Market. It was kind of nice having a uniform so we didn't have to think about what to wear each morning!

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

This is what the wall looks like when you stepped back. Isn't it amazing? I absolutely love the zippers going up the sides! Kristy is in there for scale. This wasn't a small building!

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

I love how striking this One Way quilt looks against this colorful section of the wall! This artist repeated his name over and over in different colors and chunky letters to fill in his space on the wall. It makes a great backdrop!

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

We snapped a photo of our Mini Lantern Lane quilt in front of a section of the wall that had a Wonder Bread color scheme that is challenging it's viewers to wonder about the world we live in.  

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

Kristy's shirt and our Mini Prism Parkway quilt looked great on this magenta and periwinkle section of the wall. I love photographing at graffiti walls because you get an abstract chunk of color close up and beautiful artwork further away.

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

Here is our rainbow Mini Churndash Court in front of three different sections of the wall. I loved the yellow chunk of wall with the bone popping through and of course, I am a sucker for black and white! We weren't prepared for a photoshoot at all, so Kristy is holding the quilt in each photo! 

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

All the above photos were take in that parking lot! It is fun to step back and match the closeup photos to the section of wall they were taken in. This wall has pieces by 5 different artists from all over the world including Mexico City and New York. 

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

Across the street was another parking lot and an alleyway full of more graffiti art. Kristy found a set of wings and is rocking our "I'm all about that Sass, 'bout that sass" shirt!

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

This vertical piece featuring loads of little colorful mischievous creatures made me smile. We snapped some photos of our Mini Lombard Street quilt in front of it. 

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

We paired our color-wheel Mini Piccadilly Circle quilt with a beautifully painted black and white wall. You know I can't resist pairing rainbows with black and white! 

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

Our Mini Churndash Court quilt featuring a red churndash fit in perfectly on this colorful chunk of wall.

Graffiti Wall Photo Shoot in Houston

We had an absolute blast taking these quick photos in EaDo Houston last October and plan to do another little shoot next Quilt Market! We also just had a fun photoshoot in RiNo Denver, so there will be a few more graffiti walls coming soon to this blog! Thank you for stopping by!

Comments

Rochelle

Rochelle said:

Thank you for such a lovely photoshoot. Your quilts looked wonderful against the wall. It was interesting to get the back story about the wall. We never get to see the artists and it is great to know that they are getting recognition.

calvin

calvin said:

I’m in houston right now, where can I find this wall?

Scud

Scud said:

I love how much Houston is embracing it’s artists and adding some dang color! Let’s keep the typeface name game out of the movement. We can destroy the misconceptions, the residence did not create the ghettos. They were built to look like a war zone we let them have their picture up in our world long enough and I don’t think it was working for us. Your name in bubble letters is not making children look deeper in. It is not showing art is not vandalism. That if they cover art they have destroyed a priceless work of art to give us back the ghetto that they say we created. Let’s be very clear no more ghettos paint bright paint all night. If an area makes you feel anything but positive or good in some way trust that you’re not alone and it is causing serious harm to the community it is perpetuating there ghettos misrepresenting its residents and change it and keep changing it until Art is ruled in favor of ghetto

Juda Hammons

Juda Hammons said:

Would love to see it. Where is this located

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