2021 Mural WRap Up
2021 WRap Up The final moments of 2021 might seem an Omicron crash and burn Still, there were many good months of the year that we ought not spurn Remember when, for a little while, the bay area was mask-free…
Morgan Bricca
Morgan Bricca is an internationally-renowned mural artist with over 25 years of experience in public, residential and commercial art. Morgan's signature work transforms spaces into visually compelling environments, drawing inspiration from nature and human connection. Her work celebrates local communities and history, with murals spanning from her home state of California to the Dakotas and the Carolinas, as well as in Portugal, China, and beyond.
Everything I Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Ball Walls at Blossom Hill Elementary Los Gatos, CA I recently finished painting artwork on six ball walls at Blossom Hill Elementary that illustrate key concepts from the school’s social and emotional learning curriculum (Project Cornerstone). The school site is on Cherry Blossom…
El Sueño de la Mariposa – My Largest Public Mural to Date!
El Sueño de la Mariposa (The Dream of the Butterfly) in San Jose, California Last month, I put the finishing touches on a 140-foot-long public mural commissioned by the City of San Jose. This community mural can be tracked down…
“Dreams” – A Los Gatos Mural with Heart
You now have one more reason to visit downtown Los Gatos: to check out the new mural in town! Pick up your morning brew at Los Gatos Coffee Roasting and then wander across the street to brainstorm on a title…
Mural Roadtrip – Bears, Badlands, and North Dakota
The Heritage Museum Watford City, North Dakota I was commissioned by Le Roy and Sheryl Lillibridge to paint a landscape mural featuring the badlands of North Dakota for a museum in Watford City, North Dakota. I loved my time in…
Where Do You Get All Your Ideas From?
Montclaire Elementary School Cupertino, California The best response I have heard to the complaint, “I don’t have any good ideas!” is this: “Show me your bad ideas.” When we terrified of the possibility of trotting out a few bad ideas, we…
Farmworkers of Napa Valley Mural
As an artist, it is a great privilege to highlight less visible stories. When I first searched for images that would inspire a farmworkers mural (using keywords like Napa Valley harvest, grape pickers, etc.) most of the images Google returned were some version…
Painting Hope – The Wellness Center Mural @ Greene Middle School
Welcome to spring! The weather is warming up, and I am beginning to thaw out from what feels like a very long winter. The birds are chirping, the news is promising, I’m starting to imagine a world where I can…
Every Creative Impulse that is Followed Leads to…
More. Every creative impulse that is followed leads to more creative activity, and a more creative life. I have recently been working my way through the classic but perennially useful course on creativity, The Artist’s Way. I first did the course…
Now on Sale: The Mural Artist’s Handbook
Virtual Book Launch Party! Somewhere in March, I realized 2020 was going to be a different kind of year. I pondered how I might be of service as I followed stay-at-home orders. I calculated that since half of my work…