At Mission Creek Coffee. The framed painting is a copy of Coffee by Richard Diebenkorn, 1959.

It appears that Coffee, the Richard Diebenkorn hanging up at Mission Creek Cafe is providing some inspiration for the new mural going up.  The original is  in the de Young show on the artist’s Berkeley years that runs until the end of the month.  Diebenkorn, born in 1922 in Portland Oregon, grew up at 245 Moncada Way in Ingleside Terraces, according to the catalogue.

The painting below is part of the same mural Mission Creek Cafe at 968 Valencia St.  When I walked in on Saturday, no one there knew the name of the artist producing the mural, but if you do, let us know.

The first part of the Mural at Mission Creek Coffee House
The first part of the Mural at Mission Creek Coffee House

The painting below was one of my favorites from the Diebenkorn show.

Girl with Flowered Background, Richard Diebenkorn, 1962. Photo by Lydia Chavez
Girl with Flowered Background, Richard Diebenkorn, 1962. Photo by Lydia Chavez

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