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WEEDS series

FireweedMendrisioPlantago Lanceolata
SwinecressDandelion 1
Minhocão
EquatorRapunzel
Sonchus Asper
Aster in Asheville
Stinging Nettle
AhmedabadAthens

Narrative Murals

Outgrowing
OverviewPedal Revolution
TenderloinTaking Root
CorreoOverview
Market St.
OverviewOverview
DimitriBrisbane
Water War muralRainforest and City MuralBotanical
Duboce

Collaborations

EMER-GENTES : a collaboration by Mona Caron + LiqenMission ConditionMona+Apex at Trail HeadFMB4-zateliteSofT

Artivism

Mujeres Custodias QuitoArt at COP21 Climate Summit in Paris 2015mona at peoples climate march NYSalvando el Rio Mailanku
Bike Flower in Curitiba
POA bike-dandelionBurma
Art for CIW 2011CIW Mistica 2013
10th Anniversary of the Water War in Cochabamba, Bolivia

Sonchus Asper

Waiting to take over.. . .

This is a weed I found growing in a parking lot near this building.

Sonchus asper, or spiny sowthistle, is rudely named but actually edible when not covered in nasty city grime. It's a tough and prickly one, won't be beaten down, and might be among the beings who will own this City one day. I tried to paint it looking as if it were contemplating this fact.

This was on the roof of the "Furniture and Carpets" building, one of my favorites in San Francisco (before it got renovated and stripped of its patina of history.) It's a building I've painted repeatedly in other murals, including (twice) in my mural in the Tenderloin, which is partially visible in the upper left of the photos above.

Thanks Apex and Robert for access to this spot.

Location

San Francisco , CA
United States
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California US

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