Ian Beermann is here to paint the town — literally. Born in Walnut Creek but raised in Modesto, Beermann filled his home with canvas paintings growing up.
Ian Beermann poses in front of his mural at Star Market & Deli on Leavenworth and Geary. Photo by Anne Li.Born in Walnut Creek but raised in Modesto, Beermann filled his home with canvas paintings growing up. When his dad, a detective, replaced the backyard wood fence with cinder block, Beermann painted that too. But Modesto didn’t have many artistic opportunities or as Beermann put it, “There’s only so many walls.
His dream project is to fill a huge space several stories high; he points out the wall of the Hobart Building as we walk past. “A 50-foot banana — why not?” “I’ve done plenty of work, which is good,” he said. “Some paid, some unpaid, but that’s just the way it goes.” He could go to canvas more, but for him, canvas feels “too transactional.” To Beermann: he paints, someone pays, and people never see it again. He likes painting murals because people get to enjoy the art for free, he said: “It’s more for the people.”
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