I live down the street from this house, and pass it almost every day. I’ve wanted to put it on the blog pretty much from day one (it first appeared around the time I started the blog in 2016), but I never knew who made it. And then I found it on a local artist’s website while researching another post. Problem solved – except, I forgot who the artist was. I searched every local artist’s site I could think of – and nothing. Tonight I was planning on posting about another of the Norf Wall murals, which turned out to be by Brandon Donahue, who, like me, is a TSU professor. So I checked out his website – and there was the mermaid. Well, Professor Donahue’s Norf Wall mural (which is education-themed) will have to wait. At present, the house appears to be unoccupied and is being renovated by Bootstrap Architecture and Construction. One would hope that they or a future owner would leave the mermaid in place, but now may be the time to get your picture made with it. I may be wrong about the house being unoccupied, so I can only recommend taking pictures from the sidewalk.
Located at 1205 Forrest Ave. Street parking is available. This is a private home, occupied or not, so be respectful.
August 1, 2018 at 1:43 pm
Hey Theron, thanks for posting a pic of my old house! I moved away November 2017. The people who currently own it are fantastic and I think they live there at least some of the time while it’s being renovated. I miss East Nashville and the creative folks who live there and would allow me to have this painted on the front of my house (not all neighborhoods would be so welcoming). Brandon also did a great mural in the alley behind my old house and there are some other murals down the alley as well. Go check it out!
August 1, 2018 at 1:44 pm
Will do! Thanks for the tip!