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The Best New Murals We Saw in Metro Phoenix in 2017

By Lynn Trimble

Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 8:19 a.m.

Hugo Medina/Photo by Lynn Trimble Detail of Hugo Medina's Sign of the Times at Modified Arts. 1/30

Hugo Medina/Photo by Lynn Trimble Medina's mural was inspired by rampant development in Roosevelt Row. 2/30

Hugo Medina/Photo by Lynn Trimble Medina's mural depicts an artist reacting to changes in the Roosevelt Row arts district. 3/30

Lauren Lee/Photo by Lynn Trimble Detail of Lauren Lee's work at SOHO Scottsdale, while it was a work in progress. 4/30

Lauren Lee/Photo by Lynn Trimble Lauren's Lee SOHO mural explores connections between man, nature, and technology. 5/30

Lauren Lee/Photo by Lynn Trimble Lauren Lee's SOHO mural (shown here while a work in progress) measures 153' x 24'. 6/30

Graham Carew/Photo by Lynn Trimble Part of a Graham Carew and Tato Caraveo collaboration at 16th Street and Highland Avenue. 7/30

Graham Carew/Photo by Lynn Trimble Detail of Graham Carew's work for a collaboration with Tato Caraveo. 8/30

Lynn Trimble Part of the Tato Caraveo and Graham Carew collaboration at Crescent Highland Apartments. 9/30

Lynn Trimble Jake Early mural located at Mill Avenue and 14th Street in Tempe. 10/30

Jake Early/Photo by Lynn Trimble Detail of Jake Early's diversity-themed mural in Tempe. 11/30

Jake Early/Photo by Lynn Trimble One of several figures Jake Early painted for a Tempe mural. 12/30

Jake Early/Photo by Lynn Trimble Part of Jake Early's 2017 mural in Tempe. 13/30

Lynn Trimble Mural by Ashley Macias and Yai Cecream (with Volar) in Roosevelt Row. 14/30

Ashley Macias and Yai Cecream/Photo by Lynn Trimble Detail of Ashley Macias and Yai Cecream mural at Sutra Roosevelt. 15/30

Ashley Macias and Yai Cecream/Photo by Lynn Trimble Find this mural on First Street north of Roosevelt Street. 16/30

Laura Spalding Best/Photo by Lynn Trimble Part of Laura Spalding Best's Convergence mural on historic Grand Avenue. 17/30

Laura Spalding Best/Photo by Lynn Trimble Marisol Credit Union commissioned this mural for a new location at Grand Avenue and Roosevelt Street. 18/30

Laura Spalding Best/Photo by Lynn Trimble Best's Grand Avenue mural mirrors her larger body of work. 19/30

Timothy Chapman/Photo by Lynn Trimble Timothy Chapman's Recently Discovered Jackalope Species mural. 20/30

Timothy Chapman/Photo by Lynn Trimble Detail of Timothy Chapman's mural on Camelback Road west of Central Avenue. 21/30

Timothy Chapman/Photo by Lynn Trimble Look for this Timothy Chapman mural near Dutch Bros Coffee at Central and Camelback. 22/30

Kyllan Maney/Photo by Lynn Trimble Part of Kyllan Maney's Radiant Convergence in Roosevelt Row. 23/30

Kyllan Maney/Photo by Lynn Trimble Another glimpse of Kyllan Maney's work at monOrchid. 24/30

Kyllan Maney/Photo by Lynn Trimble More Kyllan Maney work at monOrchid. 25/30

Tyson Krank/Photo by Lynn Trimble Detail of Tyson Krank mural in Roosevelt Row. 26/30

Tyson Krank/Photo by Lynn Trimble Detail of Tyson Krank's mural in Roosevelt Row. 27/30

Lynn Trimble One of several mural panels painted by J.B. Snyder at Linear apartments. 28/30

J.B. Snyder/Photo by Lynn Trimble One of several mural panels J.B. Snyder painted for Linear apartments. 29/30

J.B. Snyder/Photo by Lynn Trimble A final look at J.B. Snyder's work on Third Street south of Roosevelt Street. 30/30

The Best New Murals We Saw in Metro Phoenix in 2017

Roosevelt Row continued to dominate the metro Phoenix mural scene in 2017, thanks to new works by some of the Valley's most popular muralists — including Tyson Krank, Ashley Macias, Kyllan Maney, and J.B. Snyder, to name a few. The year's best murals also include works painted in other parts of Phoenix, as well as Tempe and Scottsdale. Here's a look at our favorite new murals of 2017

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