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Rust TACOMA Watercolor City Blocks Map: PRINT
$26.00
Rust TACOMA, Washington Watercolor City Blocks Map.
An homage to Tacoma‘s industrial past and a celebration of the reclamation of the Ruston Way waterfront. Remembering that industrial past while removing piers and constructing memorials over the years, this is a transformation of an industrial waterfront into a recreational promenade and hopefully a return of species.
I’ve gathered some of the softer, water-worn bricks over the years while my kids climbed and played at the shoreline on the ruins of the mills, ground brick into a fine powder, added a binder to transform it into paint and painted the city blocks with this brick paint, as well as some complementing tones in watercolor.
The map-drawing includes the entire width of the "peninsula" between the Port and the Tacoma Narrows, from Point Defiance to S. 56th Street. In addition to most of the City of Tacoma, this map-drawing includes Fircrest, University Place, Ruston and Browns Point.
This is a PRINT of my original watercolor painting in variegated tones of rust, brick, yellow ochre and brown. The colors of nineteenth century industry. Each block watercolored by hand.
Epson archival coated paper / Epson Professional high-quality inkjet printer / Archival inks
Color may be slightly different on the print than in photos.
Please contact me for larger print sizes.
8" x 10", 11" x 14" and 16" x 20" are the best print sizes to purchase if you'd like to find a frame "off the shelf" instead of custom framing. Print have a border so no mat is required - just pop it in the frame of the same size and hang!
If you'd prefer a square print, just purchase the size that matches the width you'd like, leave a note at checkout to make it square and I will make it square! If my print widths available in menu do not match your preference, send me a note with an alternate size. I can print from 5" x 5" to 17" x 17" - Thanks!
Original work. Print is signed & dated by me, on back.
Unlimited quantities & bulk pricing available. Please ask!
Frame not included.
{copyright © Kirsten Sparenborg 2026}
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