Battery Bridge Between Bush and Market
This street mural is by Peruvian-born, San Francisco artist Claudio Talavera-Ballón.
Talavera-Ballón’s inspiration for his 1,900-square-foot mural is Point Reyes’ Drakes estuary. “I want to celebrate the nature that surrounds us here in the Bay Area, also in hopes the mural can serve as a reminder to protect the richness and fragility of nature.”
The mural depicts the Pacific Ocean as well as the surrounding forests, farmlands, marshes, and shrublands that make up the estuary. Talavera-Ballón calls his work “Estero en Movimiento” (Estuary in Motion).
At a cost of $26 thousand, the mural was funded by Downtown SF in partnership with Tishman Speyer, San Francisco Public Works, and the San Francisco Arts Commission.