1.0 rich Street Art Cities https://streetartcities.com The mural "Bard" was inspired by Kazakh culture and music. Having grown up in Kazakhstan, I have been exposed to a lot of its traditions, and the memories of the clothing and ornament design really stuck with me. It felt great to revisit the familiar imagery and explore how I could draw upon a quickly recognizable aesthetic. Not many people are aware of Kazakhstan's history and traditions, so maybe this piece of art could be a small glance for someone to want to learn more. The building the mural is painted on is where my fine art studio is located, and I really liked the idea of having a guardian by the door to greet everyone visiting the studio. (Something similar to the guardians from the Sandman comic books by Neil Gaiman). I challenged the palette used for this mural, and forced myself to be more careful with highly saturated colors and highly contrasting values. - Ilya Viraychev Sonya Taylor https://streetartcities.com/users/b732cead-1658-40b6-8bdd-b3f50c0200a2 https://streetartcities.com/media/5/55adda17-fcc8-48ae-919a-7bdc0f932927/1024.jpg 1024 480 480 <iframe src="https://streetartcities.com/markers/3912/embed" width="480" height="480" style="border:none;border-radius:12px;max-width:100%;" loading="lazy" allow="fullscreen; storage-access" title="Bard by Ilya Viryachev"></iframe> 3600