San Francisco Gallery – Color Series III, The Mission

There are  number of fantastic murals in an alley just off Valencia.  These murals are in another alley, this one called  "Balmy," off 24th in the heart of The Mission.

San Francisco Gallery – Color, Part II, Transportation

Photographs — Shadows And Line

When the fog clears, San Francisco’s light is likely to have a silver cast in the morning that turns gold by afternoon.  And because of the changing arc of the sun and the city’s abundance of hills, shadows overlay existing manmade patterns. 

Random Shots — Clarion Alley, San Francisco

Observations — Travels in Color

Chinatown

Hayes Valley

Japantown

NOPA

Observations — Photographs Of The Interior

Hallway At Sunrise

Detail Of Window

Window Not Quite Shut

Workspace

Observations — Random San Francisco Street Art

Interior, Brenda's New Orleans Restaurant, Tenderloin

Mural, Clarion Alley, Mission

Restaurant Entrance, Mission

House, Near The Haight

Opinion — My Little Movie, A Very, Very Subtle Self Promotion

A couple of years ago I finally felt that I had enough San Francisco in my soul to use it as the setting, even a character, in a new private eye series.  So far, there have been two books and two novellas featuring Paladino & Lang Investigations. The office is inhabited by Carly Paladino, a fourth generation San Franciscan whose PI background comes from an executive position in a high-toned security firm; Noah Lang, a somewhat lazy, street-wise P.I. who just wants to get by; over the hill Harry Brinkman, an old-school kind of guy who just wants keep his hand in and have a place to go; and Thanh, a gender-bending, multi-talented, part-time operative who keeps everyone on their toes and in their places.

Over the last few years, in my meanderings throughout the city, I’ve taken photographs of the city, and its diverse neighborhoods. And I’ve recorded some of the incredible art that local muralists have given to the public to view.  So I thought I’d put a few of those photographs together to give you an idea of the San Francisco I see and the city where my fiction occurs.  This snippet is roughly three minutes long, including some sneaky shots of book covers from the series.  Let me know what you think.

P.S.  To read them in order, get Mascara, Death in the Tenderloin, Death in Pacific Heights, Death in North Beach and Death in the Haight.

Observations — San Francisco Street Art, Random Sampling In The Wild

Observations — A Different Kind Of San Francisco Street Art

The photographs were taken at a Chinese Market on San Francisco's Clement Street:

Observations — San Francisco Street Art, Detail

These close-up images (detail) are taken from the stripes in a large rainbow mural in the Haight.

Observations — San Francisco Art From A Haight Street Alley

Observations — Random San Francisco Street Art