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Sunday #10 at Elm and Crowdus

Rod H

08 Nov 2022 • 4 min read

A section of one of my favorites in this part of Deep Ellum.

(11/6/2022)

We (my intrepid companion and I) started our Month of Sundays project to learn about Deep Ellum murals, and so far it's been a trip. You know the saying "All who wander are not lost"? We started at the beginning by wandering around, which I think is always best when you want to size up an ellumphant.

To document our progress, though, we needed to be a bit more systematic. I thought going along the streets block by block would work. I've since realized it's not only about the streets and blocks, it's also about the intersections. The intersection of Elm and Crowdus is a good example.

If you were to stand in the middle of this intersection (NOT RECOMMENDED if there's traffic! and always use a spotter!) and look to the southeast, you'd see this geometric mural from Sunday #8.

If you were to turn clockwise to look south toward Main, you'd glimpse "Stevie Ray Ellum" by Steve Hunter (@huntercreates).

Keep turning to see a series of older works that have been tagged over the years (I don't get that - get your own canvasses, people). Many of these are by Isaac "IZK" Davies (@izkart) and Jerod "DTOX" Davies (@dtoxart) dating to 2014 and ending with the entrance to Wit's End around the corner, which closed this summer.

These have been here for awhile. The tags and overpaints are evidence of that. A toad, a memorial, flowers

Nolan Ryan mixing it up with Robin Ventura, a goddess image, a burlesque advert, and "Power to the Patients".

Wit's End lost their lease to redevelopment.

Now take a walk north up Crowdus and you'll see several delights. First there's a mishmash of Minions decorating utility boxes next to a hidden All-American man by Juan Castillo (link) on the wall of the closed Deep Ellum Hostel.

The blue man is "Deep Rawlins", another by artist Steve Hunter (#deeprawlins).

"Stay on the Bright Side" is by artist gonzo247 (@gonzo247).

Just around the corner in July Alley is this delightful dragon by Kuter Ec (@kuterec).

Just across the alley you'll see the entrance to Reno's - the bar is decorated all the way down the alley. Kuter Ec created the Day of the Dead themed "La Rebeldia Es Vida" at the end.

Keep walking down the alley and turn left around the building to see these.

You're on Indiana Street now. Walk back west to Crowdus to see this door of fish at the defunct Club NV.

See what we would have missed if we didn't wander around the intersections?

It's time to start moving west on Elm again. Walk back to the intersection of Elm and Crowdus, and then west on Elm. You'll get a view of "Rush Hour" by Dan Kitchener at the Green Room.

Yes, I like this mural a lot. You can almost imagine standing in Tokyo in the rain...

We're not quite a quarter of the way down Elm to Good-Latimer, and will pick up with more in the next post.

Thanks for sticking with us in our wanderings! Join us and share your thoughts in the comments below.