The Bay Area’s Alysa Liu fever is reaching new heights — 15 feet, to be exact.
The Illuminaries, a local graffiti artist group, designed and painted a mural in Oakland’s Temescal neighborhood on Friday and Saturday to celebrate the Olympic Gold Medalist. Liu, born in Richmond and raised in Oakland, became the first American woman to win a gold medal in figure skating since 2002. She’s also quickly become one of the most beloved athletes in the country between her accomplishments, the lovable personality she’s shown on and off the ice and, of course, her iconic halo-dyed hair.
The mural takes the love that Liu showed Oakland and the Bay Area in the Olympics and gives it right back to her. Sitting on the corner of 43rd St. and Temescal Ave., the focal point is the already classic image of Liu doing the thizz face — the expression popularized by Bay Area rap legend Mac Dre — while holding up her gold medal. Surrounding her are green and gold accents in an homage to the departed Oakland A’s, and the phrase “Shout out Oakland” next to her…