Daily life is filled with “Oh, I See” Moments. You just have to look around. What you often stumble upon is spontaneous artistic expression—offered to make a day in the streets just a little bit more interesting.

Artists of the street make art for themselves, but they also hope that someone else will connect with what they do and be surprised or amused or moved by the unexpected.

$\"Painted$

It’s a tough job, but someone has to hold up those street signs.
Photo \u00a9 Jerry Fielder<\/p><\/div>\n

Artistic Expression Takes to the Streets<\/h2>\n
Daily life is filled with “Oh, I See”<\/strong> Moments. You just have to look around. \u00a0What you often stumble upon is spontaneous artistic expression\u2014offered to make a day in the streets just a little bit more interesting.<\/p>\n
Artists of the street make art for themselves, but they also hope that someone else will connect with what they do and be surprised or amused or moved by the unexpected.<\/p>\n
$\"Creature$
When you least expect it, a bearded man-sheep appears.
Photo \u00a9 Jerry Fielder<\/p><\/div>\n
Street artists add, augment, or interact with a set or scene, whether it’s a wall or a sign or a window. They mark the territory as their own with some piece of themselves, their own vision of what needs to be there\u2014to make a passerby smile or look at something in a completely different way. Their imagination takes hold of a space and fills in the rest of the story.<\/p>\n
$\"No$
The European No Entry sign\u2014just waiting for a flight of imagination<\/p><\/div>\n
Looking for Signs<\/h4>\n
How many different ways can you alter the straight white bar of the European “No Entry” sign? It begs for an artistic interaction. And so the stealthy sign stencilers take over.<\/p>\n
$\"Man$
A burden of dreams
\u00a9 Meredith Mullins<\/p><\/div>\n
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$\"Guillotine$
No Entry the French way
\u00a9 Sheila Clementson<\/p><\/div>\n
Other signs, too, bring out the desire to express, in urban or country settings (more time to work in those desolate stretches of road).<\/p>\n
$\"Eiffel$
An all-in-one tourist turn sign
\u00a9 Sheron Long<\/p><\/div>\n
$\"Floating$
Street artists become “open road” artists when space becomes vast
\u00a9 Sheila Clementson<\/p><\/div>\n
Some signs foretell a scary future, especially as gnarled trees begin to swallow up a neighborhood.<\/p>\n
$\"Street$
What will be eaten next by this hungry tree?
\u00a9 Sheila Clementson<\/p><\/div>\n
And for some artistic expression, it may be best to just keep on walking.<\/p>\n
$\"Stop$
Should we stop and wonder . . . or keep moving, eyes on the road?
\u00a9 Sheron Long<\/p><\/div>\n
The random street art in these photos is only a hint of the realm of spontaneous creativity. It makes us stop and smile or pause to admire.<\/p>\n
$\"Boxer$
Which layer is transforming into which?
Photo \u00a9 Jerry Fielder<\/p><\/div>\n
Most of all, it brightens up our day and gives us reason to really look more closely at the world around us. Carpe diem.<\/p>\n
$\"Life$
Life is wonderful.
Photo \u00a9 Jerry Fielder<\/p><\/div>\n
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