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Santa Cruz artist Caia Koopman works on her “Ocean Acidification” mural at 730 Soquel Ave.(Keivin Painchaud/ Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Keivin Painchaud/ Lookout Santa Cruz 
Santa Cruz artist Abi Mustapha is all smiles as she gets to work Monday.(Keivin Painchaud/ Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Keivin Painchaud/ Lookout Santa Cruz 
David Rice of Portland, Oregon, works on his “Shark Conservation” mural Monday off Front Street.(Keivin Painchaud/ Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Keivin Painchaud/ Lookout Santa Cruz 
North Carolina muralist Jeks One works on “Overfishing” on a wall of the Soquel/Front parking garage Monday.(Keivin Painchaud/ Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Keivin Painchaud/ Lookout Santa Cruz 
A building at 142 River St. was the canvas Monday for Santa Cruz’s Jimbo Phillips.(Keivin Painchaud/ Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Keivin Painchaud/ Lookout Santa Cruz 
The “Ocean Stewardship” mural rises Monday.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
A mural takes shape Tuesday on the wall of the Soquel/Front parking garage.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
Abi Mustapha is still all smiles Tuesday as her mural takes shape.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
The artists painting at the Soquel/Front garage had a multi-level challenge.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
A mural takes shape Tuesday four stories up on the Soquel/Front parking garage.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
Less than two days in, it was quite a transformation at the Soquel/Front garage.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
Oakland’s Griffin One works off Mission Street on the Westside on Wednesday.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
It was a different take on masks, too, for the Sea Walls muralists.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
In the shadow of Mission Street’s busy traffic, a mural takes shape Wednesday.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
Griffin One’s mural is a splash of color for folks heading toward Natural Bridges.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
The “Ocean Stewardship” mural by Austrian artist Nychos is closer to completion Thursday on the apartment complex at 1010 Pacific Ave.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
Things are looking up in the alley Thursday in the alley behind the Soquel/Front garage.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
A drone captures Thursday’s progress at the Soquel/Front garage.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
Abi Mustapha paints in details on her mural near Cathcart and Front streets.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
Jimbo Phillips’ mural off River Street takes on his signature style Thursday.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
Artists and activists gathered Thursday evening at the Tannery to talk about the Sea Walls project.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
Santa Cruz native and project director Taylor Reinhold during Thursday’s gathering at the Tannery.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
Santa Cruz activist and educator Rachel Kippen speaks during Thursday’s presentation at the Tannery.
(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz
Oakland artist Zoe Boston with her “Species at Risk” mural at 1827 Soquel Ave. on Friday.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
Alexandra Underwood and Joey Rose of Emeryville put the finishing touches on “Endangered Local Marine Life” on Friday at the Santa Cruz Wharf.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
Hanna Eddy’s “Ocean Stewardship” is one of two new murals at 1827 Soquel Ave.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
Hanna Eddy, from Reno, Nevada, puts the finishing touches on her “Ocean Stewardship” mural Friday.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
Los Angeles artist Shane Jessup’s “Oceans in Crisis” project near the corner of Soquel and Branciforte avenues.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
“Ocean Acidification” by San Francisco’s Max Ehrman adds to the murals in the shopping center at 41st Avenue and Capitola Road; Ehrman’s is just off 38th Avenue.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
Max Ehrman works on “Ocean Acidification” on Friday in Capitola.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
Griffin One’s “Endangered Local Marine Life” at 2335 Mission St. on Friday.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
Santa Cruz’s Caia Koopman’s “Ocean Acidification” on Friday at 730 Soquel Ave.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
Caia Koopman takes care of the details on her mural at Soquel Avenue and Caledonia Street in Midtown.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
“Plastic Pollution” was the project for Oakland’s Madeleine Tonzi at 619 Soquel Ave.(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)

