Mural Location: San Francisco, Ca (San Francisco, Bay Area)

Our mission working with UCSF Health, and the team's at Kiosk and Open Influence was to create a handpainted mural painting encapsulating the love people share for the City of San Francisco through a work of art featuring a figurative love letter to San Francisco. As a team we sought to celebrate the city's vibrant communities, cultural diversity, technological achievements and world renowned iconography while highlighting UCSF Health's commitment and dedication to the people of San Francisco. The mural's wall was custom built for this project and was painted in the iconic Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. Designed and painted exclusively by San Francisco based muralist and fine artist Maxfield Bala, the mural took ten days to complete from wall build to the final protective clear coats and offered a unique activation for the highly trafficked area. The Mural itself features a border painted International Orange to Match the Golden Gate Bridge's iconic color. The bottom half of the painting features a large envelope featuring the UCSF Health logo and handwritten text reading "To San Francisco, With Love". Blooming out of the envelope is a figurative collection of iconic images representative of a love letter to San Francisco. Included within the "letter" are the painted lady victorian homes, the California state flower- the Golden Poppy, and a surfer catching a wave just off the coast. Moving upwards a trolley car rolls downhill, while a bright blue lowrider- representative of the Mission District flares its hydraulics.  "Karl the Fog" flows his way across the mural and gives ways to the Iconic San Francisco Ferry Building and Coit Tower. Pelicans fly overhead while the sun shines brightly onto the Golden Gate Bridge. A trumpet player belts out a tune representing the Fillmore District while a Chinese dragon puppet and lantern pay homage to ChinaTown. The UCSF Health elements are found within the Surgeon tying her mask and the DNA strand.