Last week I happened to be in downtown Burbank and needed to mail my mom's Mother's Day card. So I stopped in the Post Office at 125 Olive Ave.  Besides being a beautiful mission style building, there are wonderful historical murals inside.  The first one you see to the right as you walk in commemorates the impact that the flight industry has played in Burbank. The second one to the left depicts the entertainment industry. 

I wasn't able to find out any artist's names but I did find out that the post office, which is now called the Bob Hope Branch, is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The building was built in 1939 in the Mission Revival Style and includes original Spanish tiles and beautiful wooden beams. 

Yesterday afternoon was spent enjoying and officiating the Burbank Art Association's 2012 Spring Member Show. Sixty two incredible pieces of artwork fill the lobby of the Geo Systems Building. The space has been dubbed the Geo Gallery as it hosts alternating exhibits about every six weeks of work by artists in the Burbank Art Association and select others.

The Geo Gallery is "around" Burbank, meaning it is actually just outside of Burbank by a few blocks in Glendale. The address is 1545 Victory Blvd. between Western and Sonora. Artwork is available for public view Monday-Friday from 9-5. Park and enter at the rear of the building. The Spring Member Show is on display through June 15th.

The Spring Member Show features one or two pieces of artwork by 40 artist members of the Burbank Art Association.  A variety of styles and mediums and skill levels are represented. There is something for everyone! Below is just a taste, there is even more artwork on display. I hope that you will be able to go and see the exhibit for yourself as each and every piece is deserving of attention!  

Take a visual trip to the mediterranean with your patio dining at 164 E. Palm Ave. #3. The sign says Greek and Mediterranean Cuisine but according to the menu it is named Golden Chicken. There are many more decorative paintings inside the restaurant that were all painted by a Greek artist who has since returned to Greece. 

This quaint little place is located in the Burbank Entertainment Village beside Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream and behind Sweety's Candies.

Razzle Dazzle Floral Boutique boasts bountiful blossoms at 809 1/2 Victory Blvd. My little flower child heart is greatly pleased with it's colorful floral designs on bright pink! It also makes me think of a gingerbread house decorated with flowery sprinkles. It certainly attracts attention. It is Burbank's own art bouquet!

There is an encircled logo near the flowers, 
and on the upper edge of the building it says Face Design by Kobi Amar.

 Lady Peter's Whimsy is a quirky little antique and vintage shop at 727 S. Victory Blvd. It is easy to spot since the building is completely covered by a dreamily colored fantasy landscape mural by Ricky Alvarez, owner of The Art Castle. It seems the mural has been around longer than the current occupants. 

The art on the building at 804 S. Victory is certainly eye-catching! It is perfectly suited for bringing attention to the business inside. Eye Care Optometry was approached by an artist who needed work and thankfully they hired him. Although the artist's name is a mystery, his work is attractive and brings the building to life.

Above are works by Bruce and Connie, and below is a quick little spin around the gallery which is so light and bright. On view are outstanding works by Athena Mantle, Bruce Trentham, Bruce Burr, Jackie Stempke, Karen Hansen, Connie Towns Burr, David Friend, Katina Desmond, Linda Ternoir, and Mims Ellis. The gallery is open Tues.-Friday 11am-5pm and Saturday 10am-5pm.

For the first time I've gone out of my way to look for an artwork.  I had a local police officer tell me about a cow on top of a building near Lake and Verdugo, so I went in search of it today. I found it at 156 W. Verdugo Ave. on the business offices of Market City Caffe. 

The cow has been around for quite some time, first on display at the Pasadena restaurant then several years ago mooved to this location. At this time I don't know the name of the artist. 

The design on the cow is ornate and astronomical, and there are scientific math equations on the udder!

A saintly bronze character is found in front of the Roy and Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center at 181 Buena Vista. She is the Blessed Emilie Tavernier Gamelin, the Foundress of the Sisters of Providence. 

Raoul Hunter is the artist whose original cast piece is located in a metro station in Montreal where the shelter she founded once stood. 

This replica and seven others, which are found in Providence institutions around the country, have loaves of bread added to the basket and in her extended hand as seen in the pictures. This represent her tireless efforts to feed and comfort the hungry and misfortunate. 

Blessed Emilie is portrayed with a kind face and as a woman of obvious action. She looks as though she is ready to come right off the pedestal!