Jun 242025
 

When the Sun is Up, the Moon is Absent! was created by Bryan Beyung and James Lee Chiahan for the 2023 edition of SHINE Mural Festival in St. Pete, Florida.

From the artists about the mural-

In 1987, the Kien family stood on a red dirt road in a refugee camp called Site 2 somewhere along the border of Cambodia and Thailand. With their loved ones scattered, their home displaced, and their country suffused in violence, they place their hopes on a vague future. Absurd events become strangely, sadly common. Fate, or luck, or kindness brings them safe passage across the sea to Boston, MA; Montréal, QC; and finally, Bradenton, FL, a few minutes away from where this wall stands.

The youngest of the four depicted is our friend Anhdi. Today, he lives in Bradenton with his wife and three kids, who we invited to help paint and add to their family’s story directly. It’s a story with many secret turns and memories that shape their specific experience, but it’s also one that’s universal to so many who have had to flee their homes amidst conflict in the search of a new beginning. It’s a story of survival and the human spirit, and we feel so lucky to have been able to try and express it.

Mar 072025
 

This mural by Michael Fatutoa was created for the 2021 edition of SHINE Mural Festival in St. Pete, Florida.

From St.Petersburg Arts Alliance about the artist-

Originally from the island of Tutuila in eastern Samoa, Michael Fatutoa was raised in Hawaii and later relocated to Tampa Bay. His work consists of motifs from the ancient Art of the Samoan Tatau (tattooing) and other Polynesian crafts such as carvings and tapestries. Michael shares this integral part of Samoan culture through his full-time work as a tattoo artist at Sacred Tatau in Tampa.

Mar 062025
 

This mural by Portuguese artist António Correia (aka Pantónio) was created for the 2016 edition of SHINE Mural Festival in St. Pete, Florida. The mural wraps around two walls of the Imagine Museum building.

Feb 262025
 

This mural by Tracey Jones, aka Artist Jones, located on the PSTA ticket office building in St. Pete, was created for the 2023 edition of the SHINE Mural Festival.

The work includes an image of John Donaldson, a former slave from Alabama who became the first black man to settle on the lower Pinellas Peninsula. He purchased a forty acre farm there and was one of a small group of pioneers who, along with his family, created the foundation for the community that would later grow into today’s St. Petersburg.

 

Nov 082024
 

This mural was created by Florida artist Taylor Smith aka Dreamweaver for the 2022 edition of SHINE Mural Festival in St. Pete.

You can find more of her recent work on Instagram.

 

Nov 082024
 

This mural was created by San Francisco artist Ricky Watts for the 2021 edition of SHINE Mural Festival in St. Pete.

Check out his Instagram to see more of his recent work.

Sep 122024
 

Superpalm Mural, by Florida artist Elizabeth Barenis, was commissioned by the city of Dunedin in 2022 for their Parks and Recreation building.

Her solo exhibition, Tropical Splendor, is on view at Morean Arts Center in St. Pete until 9/24/24.

Feb 272024
 

This mural was created by Mwanel Pierre-Louis for the 2021 edition of the SHINE Mural Festival in St. Pete, Florida.

For his most recent work, also check out his Instagram.