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2013 Village Calendar Sponsorship Opp.

For the past 5 years Snyder Art and Design and www.carlsbadcrawl.com have teamed up and produced a local calendar. Each year consists of 13 unique and creative photos highlighting the Carlsbad Village through an artistic eye. The goal of the calendar is to promote local business, encourage the development of an artistic culture and to […]

Random Acts of Kindness : Andrea LaHue

click to enlarge photos Whether a scribble on a wall or an elaborate composition of color, shapes and text, visual creativity put in public places without permission has been considered vandalism since the early inception of graffiti dating back decades. Today, artists of all ages have continued to use the urban environment, but the face-covering […]

Snyder Doodles the Hurley Pro: Trestles

The ASP World Championship Tour crashed onto the Southern California coast this week under a cloudless sky for the Hurley Pro at Lower’s Trestles. The world’s best professional surfers hacked into and flew above 3-4 ft. waves as the highly engaged crowd cheered, enjoyed Acai Bowls, listened to rambles by surf commentator Dave Stansfield, got […]

Original Doodle paintings by Snyder

Snyder continues his fascination with Doodle, a mischievous yet innocent character who Snyder first began drawing during his preteen years and has recently introduced into his professional art. Through Doodle, Snyder probes the long forgotten remembrances of your early forgotten years. Where Pop Art included imagery from popular culture, Snyder’s Reminiscence Pop Art includes popular […]

Paul Henry Open Studio Photos

click on photos to enlarge Congratulations Paul on 30 years of creating art in the Village! www.paulhenryfurniture.com

Snyder paints Skylar’s Furniture

Carlsbad Village local artist Bryan Snyder teamed up with another Village business and created a window mural of a couple of his signature Doodle’s advocating local shopping during last weekend’s Art in the Village Street Fair. Thanks Skylar’s Home and Patio for your support of local art!

Snyder’s Art Hunt and Show at Vinaka Cafe

Bryan Snyder, Carlsbad based artist, has been hiding his life-long drawn character Doodle in the Carlsbad Village streets for over 2 years. He has evolved the idea of placing this character in the streets into large scale art shows and art hunts including past community based projects out of Salon 580 in Carlsbad, E Street […]

Solo Doodle Art show and Art Hunt by Snyder

WHAT: Solo Doodle Art Show and Art hunt by Snyder WHEN: Sat. Aug. 4th all day WHERE: Vinaka Cafe in the Carlsbad Village (map) BONUS: Hello Trouble will be playing at Coyote Bar downstairs: 3pm-5:30 Clues leading to hidden art available at 9am!

Snyder preps for a new installation

Snyder’s 4th drip paint and paste installation in currently in production and will be implemented in the West Hollywood streets on or around Melrose Avenue on Sat. June 23rd. In addition to this new installation, Snyder will be giving away one original painting. Full details on how to enter the raffle will be disclosed shortly […]

The Barrio Blossoms with New Murals

Carlsbad may not have an overabundance of murals, but more have begun to pop up in the recent months including Snyder’s A Welcoming Fall, Baker’s piece painted on Pig Liquor and Carlsbad’s newest hand painted masterpiece located on the historic Lola’s Market and Deli by local artists Phyllis Swanson and Amy Burkman from Studio2Artists. Burkman […]

Snyder Art at The Compass in Carlsbad Village

Snyder Art continues to fill the empty spaces of the Carlsbad Village business with his signature drip technique paintings. Snyder’s newest hung painting is on the center wall at The Compass (website) located in the Village Faire. You can see more of Snyder’s paintings at the following establishments: • The Compass (map) • Paradise Pizza […]

Snyder Art surprises the Village Faire

As a kid growing up in the Carlsbad Village, local artist Bryan Snyder used the local streets and beaches as his canvas. His early passion for baseball was expressed year around on the Chase and Pine fields. When not on the diamond, Snyder could be found skateboarding all day in the Village. His passions were […]

New Carlsbad Village Mural

Carlsbad’s newest mural has been painted on the South facing wall of Royal Palms Spirits (Pig Liquor) by Encinitas artist Shawn David Baker. The mural depicts a gestural scene of silhouetted figures interacting with an animated beach atmosphere painted in vivid pink, orange and teal. Click HERE to see more of Baker’s art!

Bigfoot Sighting in the Carlsbad Village

Do you think you know every back alley and smooth wall of the village? Can you create art and can you get it up in the streets? Carlsbadcrawl is challenging anyone who answered ‘yes’ to prove it. Lets see your ability to use the streets as a canvas! Carlsbadcrawl is guaranteeing that any art put […]

An Eggless Village

The large amount of emails indicate that the local Carlsbad community misses carlsbadcrawl.com’s annual PROJECT: Plant an Egg community egg crafting night and Easter morning egg hunt. For the first time in 5 years, event organizer and local artist Bryan Snyder is sad to inform that the event has been called. “The streets are a […]

The Dark and Shady Shadow

For any given day, there is a dark hour. The smartest individual occasionally loses their keys and the fastest sprinter cramps. The loudest band blows a circuit and the funniest clown frowns. The tastiest beverage invites headache and your favorite dish offers gut wrenching indigestion. Your favorite musician occasionally strums the wrong cord and your […]

Snyder Art at Señor Grubby’s

A NFL football player recently stopped by Grubby’s in the Village and purchased an original drip painting by Bryan Snyder. Click HERE to see the recently purchased painting! Stop in for a beer and taco and check out the new painting…

Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Snyder Art

Wishing all you a happy St. Patrick’s Day: 2012! -Snyder Art Carlsbad Village St. Patrick’s Day t shirts still available. click HERE for purchasing info!

Carlsbad Village St. Patty’s Day Shirts

Snyder Art is releasing a limited Edition Carlsbad Village 2012 t shirt design in celebration of this year’s St. Patrick’s Day. They will be available starting Fri. March 16th. T shirts are available at mobile locations around the village only. To find a location at any point during the day, click the below links. Updates […]

An Urban Pop-Up Gallery by Snyder

The streets have always been my chosen canvas beginning over a decade ago with the pasting of artwork in the streets due my inability to throw away old pieces. When pieces became outdated, or my studio became cluttered, I would use the streets as a way to avoid the extinction of a single idea much […]


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