COCOA BEACH, FLORIDA STREET ART: TRIBAL SHARK by Phil Coupet

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4jun2020. cocoa beach florida usa

COCOA BEACH, FLORIDA: WHAT’S THE POINT OF IT ALL?

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“-𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐? 𝙸 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍.
-𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛.” 
― 𝙿𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚒 𝚂𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚑, 𝙼 𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗
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“𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙤 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙮? 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡? 𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙛𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢, 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨. 𝙒𝙝𝙮? 𝙒𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨?” 
― 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙪𝙠𝙞 𝙈𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙠𝙖𝙢𝙞, 𝙎𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙣𝙞𝙠 𝙎𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩
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Artist: Phil Coupet 

17april 2020. Cocoa Beach, Florida

COCOA BEACH, FLORIDA STREET ART: ALOHA KE AKUA by DAVID ROTHMAN

Aloha ke Akua: To recognize ke Akua (God) as the supreme being, to acknowledge His hand in all things, and to be appreciative of His many blessings. Aloha: To love others as one’s self and to do so unconditionally, living a life of charity, compassion, and forgiveness towards others.                                                                                                            Artist David Rothman: https://www.drothmanart.com                                                       Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidrothmanart/

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Cocoa Beach-based artist David Rothman sitting down in front of his most recent mural. It can be found wrapping around the side and back walls of Jazzy’s: http://jazzysmainelylobster.com
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He can usually get a mural of this size done in about two days, but as you can see, he had serious storm weather to contend with on and off for a couple of weeks. It’s summer in Florida.

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He painted the whole back wall with brushes.

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DR used Hawaiian professional surfer Sunny Garcia as his inspiration. Though SG’s not what the mural’s ultimately about, it seems fitting that someone with this reputation “Garcia has been a controversial figure, depicted as both volatile and easygoing by those who have met him. He has served prison time for tax evasion and been arrested for fighting. According to ESPN, his nickname Sunny was given to him by his mother, due to his cheerful disposition as an infant. He is known as a tough competitor but also someone who owes success to the anger he feels when surfing, which he often takes out physically on his competitors,” ~ is seemingly seeking redemption in the “God is Love” theme.IMG_3412DCIM100GOPROG0015844.IMG_3639IMG_3666IMG_3663IMG_3661IMG_3652IMG_3648DCIM100GOPROG0015886.IMG_3668IMG_3667IMG_3679

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DR used spray paint on the side wall.
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Swirling ocean. Life. Movement. Energy. The artist lives and breathes what he creates…
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Completed back wall
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The black and white really adds a layer of ‘tempestuousness’ to the water.

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This shark in black and white just looks a bit more fierce.

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A cool depiction of one of the most intelligent animals on the planet: The Soul of an Octopus.

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june2017. Cocoa Beach, FL

A special shout out to Jazzy’s for supporting local art and helping to bring Cocoa Beach to its rightful place of being a Florida town worthy of featuring international artistic talent. And here’s to hoping that more Cocoa Beach businesses will “Catch the wave!” 

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA STREET ART: LESIVO SHARK ON CALLE 19

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4NOV12. Calle 19, Bogota, Colombia. iPOD Touch, Instagram Lo-Fi Aspect.