Photo Recap: Pow! Wow! Long Beach ~ Day Three

11:00 AM PDT on July 2, 2015

Our coverage of Pow! Wow! Long Beach continues with nighttime shots of Jeff Soto (above) & Low Bros (below) murals for Pow! Wow! Long Beach along with in-progress and completed murals from bumblebeelovesyou, Tristan Eaton, Fafi, Push, & James Jean. All photos by Erwin Recinos. Want more? Day One / Day Two / Fafi Discussion.

A progress shot at night of bumblebeelovesyou.

Late Sunday evening, Tristan Eaton still painting this huge wall at the Varden Hotel in Long Beach.

PUSH finished his mural in the Bixby Knolls area of Long Beach.

Lyon Art Supply on 4th Street is the location of Fafi's installation for Pow! Wow!.

"Dolly Varden" is the title of this monochromatic mural produced by artist James Jean.

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