Mother Murphy's Mural 1993-95
This is a mural I did in the most kick ass head shop / record store ever. Mother Murphy’s is located downtown Normal, Illinois. If you want rare, cheap, clean, vinyl this is the place. I owe my extensive punk rock vinyl collection to Mother Murphy’s. I tried to find a website but it seems none exists. There are some pics and other info out there with a web search.
The mural was first painted in 1993 and then I added more to it each of the next two years. I would go in after the shop closed and stay until the first customer came in the morning. I had to avoid customers because the mural is in the only entrance which is a narrow stairway. The idea for the mural is that there are characters going up and down the stairs on each side. The owner and I liked the existing graffiti well enough to leave it and make it look like the characters were in front of graffiti walls. It was very hard to photograph because of the tight space.
The Elvis has two heads and three legs for those keeping
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Mother Murphy's Mural 1993-95 belongs to the following groups:
Art from the Workplace, Creative, Talented, and Unknown, DaDa Land, LMAO ART - Your funniest work, Parody, Put Out! or Get Out!!!, Shameless Self-Promotion, The Urban Environment, Unconventional Artistry - 3 per day and Underground USA
F.A. Moore
Wow, how fun. I do love the graffiti element; it’s so perfect behind your characters.
theyellowfury
That multi-head Elvis is a great idea, like Cerberus
gerrardt
~WOW!!! this is awesome…to think Michael Jackson outsold Elvis? hmmm confusing…
montdragon
yeah man…thats like…ahhh…so….last century…yeah last century man…hey dude how old are you man…last century and all…if you smoke it you got to be able to hold it…burrrp…good shit man…fast forward to this totally ultra new century “apps culture” of instant nirvana vector digital shit streaming twenty-four seven of crapola upload download hell just looooads…ha ha…excellent Sam…to use some ancient lingo “cool” and “this rocks” and “its bitch’n man”...great share pure San Dantone.
Karen Hazelwood
Another cool one husband.
Larry Butterworth
really like the mural Sam, you got some real talent there
Tama Blough
What a lot of fun! There could be traffic jams on the stairs with everyone stopping to look.
TAHill
LOVE SEEING THIS AGAIN…made many trip up those stairs..great place..Still have a Bob Dylan tribute vinyl that blows me away everytime I listen to it..Thanks for the share..
Just a hunka hunka burnin love…tobe