below: Dance the Dance My Girl,” is located in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Vancouver. It is a collaboration between Ari de la Mora and Irving Cano and it was painted as part of the 2017 Vancouver Mural Festival.
below: A woman in traditional clothing and jewelry, holding a very realistic looking heart and a pineapple. The latter symbolizes hospitality and abundance.
Photos taken April 2025
below: The Mississippi Mudds is an amateur theatre group based in Carleton Place (Ontario). Why Mississippi? Because the town of Carleton Place is on the Mississippi RIver, the one in Ontario, not the more famous one to the south.
below: mmm
below: Ode to Stompin’ Tom Connors (1936-2013), country and folk singer and songwriter. “Everyone’ll tell ya around Carleton Place – Mississippi dripped off of big Joe’s face…” This quote is a line from Connors’ song ‘ Big Joe Mufferaw’. In the song, a very large Joe was a logger and when he worked, the sweat dripping from Joe’s face was so massive that it formed both Mississippi Lake and the Mississippi River.
below: A mural in memory of Captain Roy Brown (1893-1944), a WW1 flying ace and the pilot who was officially credited with shooting down Manfred von Richthofen, otherwise known as the “Red Baron”. Brown was born in Carleton Place where his father owned a power company.
below: This picture is one of several that illustrate some of the events in the town’s history. They are mounted on the walls of a small building next to the city hall. Ballygiblin refers to Ballygiblin House, North Cork, Ireland where many Irish immigrants came from in the very early 1800s. They settled in Lanark County around the Mississippi River back when Carleton Place was known as Morphy’s Falls. At the time, men had to register with the local militia (mustering). During one of these mustering events in 1824, fights broke out between the Irish of Carleton Place and the Scots of nearby Almonte. There were also religious differences. The fighting lasted for a couple of days with one dead, several wounded and some buildings damaged. Picture by Shaun McInnis.
below: In a couple of places, old style signs have been painted on old buildings. Taylor’s Hardware did exist in downtown Carleton Place and in fact, it was in this building. William Taylor built the store in 1888 and his sons Jack and Frank continued the legacy until the Depression in 1929. At one point it was Taylor’s Department Store and Garage.
below: Just up the street from Taylor’s is the Canadian Tire wall. Here you can find four images from old Canadian Tire ads along with an older version of their logo – probably from 1957.
below: She quietly sits, absorbed in her book
below: “Last Train to Carleton Place #1226 – January 8, 1960,” was painted in 2013 by artist Shaun McInnis on the side of Edwards Grocery building, another old building in Carleton Place. Back in the 1920s trains on the CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway) stopped here on their run between Montreal and Vancouver. There were also many trains to Ottawa, Brockville, and Pembroke.
below: Memorial to Wayne Richards, also known as Wandering Wayne. It too was painted by Shaun McInnis.
below: Fireworks from the bridge over the river.
Photos taken July 2026
There is not a lot of graffiti in Seoul of the sticker and paste up variety. I think that there is a connection between graffiti and tattoo artists in many places. There may be a few places to get a tattoo in Seoul but it is not common. You can find graffiti but you have to be looking for it.
below: Korean poet, Kim Soo-Young, The bottom text is a line from his poem Grass (풀), asking “Why do I get enraged over such small things?”
below: The Korean text written in the top left translates to “Come to your senses” or “Get a grip”. Seen in the Insadong neighbourhood of Seoul.
below: “WDF” stands for the Welcome Daehakro Festival. Daehak-ro is a famous performing arts and theater district in Seoul, South Korea. Not really graffiti?
below: The wall mural of a vintage red locomotive is a signature feature of Cheolgil Wang Galbisal, a popular restaurant in the Sinchon area. The restaurant is located near the Gyeongui Line Forest Park, a linear park built along an old railway line. You can argue that the engine isn’t really graffiti – but the cat probably is?
below: Another cat, but this time its looking up to the cherry blossoms that are always in bloom.
below: A black stenciled woman in a red skirt with the text “Scattering of Sprites”.
below: Nancy (Nancy Ritz) is a comic strip character created by Ernie Bushmiller in the 1930s. Here she is smoking a cigarette, something that she probably never did in Bushmiller’s day especially since she was drawn as an 8 year old girl.
below: Lucky fox banana virus – choose 4 random words to describe your group! What words would you choose?!
below: A sticker bombed electrical utility box with “Keep Going” in the center where the letters appear to be painted on tin cans wrapped with black paper or tape.
below: Chimps and Burgers – this is actually the name of a burger restaurant in Seoul and the mural, obviously, is associated with it. Not really street art?
below: Bananas!
below: “Live a Great Story” and “Push it a Stop”.
below: A tiger smoking a very long pipe in the presence of two white rabbits – this is a common Korean folk tale image. Tigers are powerful but are often gullible and, therefore, targets of rabbits who are clever tricksters.
below: One small wall with tags – a rare sight in Seoul.
below: Stickers on a pole. Paper tiger jumping through a flaming hoop.
Photos taken September 2024
Street art murals seen in downtown Lima, at the corner of Av. Tacna and Av. Emancipacion
below: Selling shoes, sitting on the sidewalk under the sleeping guy with many ears.
below: Ignoring the yells as she walks past
below: There are hands that point and open hands to hold
below: “Hoy soy libre, manana tambien” – today I am free, tomorrow as well
below: plug in to grow, green power, electricity for life….
below: He comes to life
below: Painting
below: All smiles, with orange peels, by Toxicomano
below: “Toxicomano”
below: hanging out on Tacna with the street art
below: The dog is watching. “Ya te sabe” – already you know
below: partially hidden behind his hand
below: Is she carrying a sweet and/or toxic load?
below: Pineapple hand grenade
Photos taken March 2014 (some files, once lost have now been found)
More street art in Drewery Lane. The more famous art in this lane are are the mosaics and images in the Legacy Mural (a street art project to celebrate the centenary of ANZAC) . But there is other art there, and this is some of what I saw. If you have been following this blog, or just reading some previous posts, you might recognize some of the artists and their styles.
below: A wonderfully blue emu by John Murray.
below: Temporary bird, angular, surrounded by hearts and music.
below: Looking down the lane at a very large mural by Jaz Mishap
below: The title of the mural is “Chopsticks” such as those stuck in their hair. If you can tell where woman ends and the other begins, you are doing better than me.
below: More people… but very different from those in the above mural. Dancers, ballet?, with Cupid and his arrow ready to strike. It was painted by Barry Drinan.
below: Luke Kasper’s version of a very abstract bird perched on a branch.
below: Also hanging out in Drewery Lane was a very large SQUARE head with a sad face. So sad, even though it is lying in a bed of pink, red, and purple hearts,
below: Up to U! No wait, it’s Up 2 You!
below: This poor chicken (riding on the back of a turtle) has met an unlucky fate. This is the surviving portion of a much larger mural painted by Putos, Siege, and tanea many years ago (pre-2013).
below: “Woman Life Freedom” by, presumably, Asal Nili. At the bottom of the orange poster is a hastag, Nowruz, which is the Persian New Year.
below: There were many of these little beaded diamonds, small and intricate. Here a cow stands on two framed pictures.
below: This photo provides a few clues as to the size of the beaded diamonds. I think that there is a ladybug in the center of this one.
below: A green mantra ray is the focus of this one.
below: And last, seaweed growing on the ocean floor.
Photos taken March 2025
A wall of hoardings in Honolulu’s Kaka’ako district that was painted with street art murals during POW! WOW! Honolulu in 2020….. It features a mural by East Three (or East3) at one end, and a painting of a long haired Medusa-like character by Jay Howell at the other.
In between there are contributions by a couple of other artists including farpys_arts
below: Ghetto blasters, robots and fish
below: Stop! In the name of love…. or something like that…..
below: She’s got a goofy grin as well as very long hair that seems to be home for quite a few snakes. Any ideas what she has in her hands?
Photos taken July 2025
A few little pieces seen around Windsor (Melbourne)….
below: A Marilyn Munroe look-alike; I doubt that she had a tattoo around her neck though.
below: Junky using an old beer can, a blond beer by the looks of it.
below: Another Junky crushed can with bottle tops, rusted with age.
below: What time is it? The time is now….
below: A little square head by Conrad Square and a maroon vulture wearing a baseball cap on his head and a padlock around his neck. I am sure that THEF has a meaning so if anyone knows what it is, please let me know too!
below: How many little critters were squished together to make this cluster?
below: The Pink Panther sporting some tattoos by mik3_tee, a Brisbane based artist.
below: “All colours are beautiful”
below: Simple. A statement.
below: A bunny rabbit and a giraffe among others
Photos taken March 2025
….. a small narrow lane filled with street art murals, many of them by female artists.
below: A stunning blue portrait by Juzpop
below: Mirka Lane is a ‘U’ shaped lane in St. Kilda, Melbourne.
below: Juzpop’s red woman with a hat on the left. On the right is a ‘colder’ coloured woman in purples and blues by Tayla Broekman.
below: One of the walls in Mirka Lane.
below: Misshapen characters, lumpy and pink, that seem to float around, by Jaz Mishap (aka Jaz Miu)
below: Manda Lane is an artist that specializes in very realistic flowers (and other plant life).
below: Niqui Toldi has painted a woman with short pink hair that matches both the pink stripe in her top and her fingernails
below: More blue people – these pink-haired women are the work Bronik.
below: A green and purple chair by Giovanna Da Silva.
below: Another look at the wall… From the other end this time.
below: All in blue, “I’ll be back”
below: Circular calligraphy, also in blue.
below: One Love with happy flowers
below: Bright red mushrooms in the grass
below: Caroline Lejeune painted this wild looking over-sized eye atop a skinny naked body that even has a long tail. Naked except for the high heel shoes.
below: Fox, by Tayla Broekman
below: Girl with a red bandana or kerchief around her neck, by Stephman, aka Stephanie Mannerheim
Photos taken March 2025
…. at St. Kilda (a seaside suburb of Melbourne)
below: Five Star Convenience
below: Mural by Bronik – two naked women, one purple and one blue.
below: ‘The Tiger Mural’ by Bailer and Conrad Bizjak… with a spotlight on the ship being tossed by the wave.
below: A wispy painting by Tom Gerrard
below: Diamonds and diagonals on brick
below: Reaching skyward
below: Calligraphy type street art on the corner, as well as all around the bottom, of the St. Kilda Exchange (telephone).
below: A small portion of the mural seen on the side of Neighbours Cafe. It was a collaboration between Bailer and CTO (Pete). The actual mural includes a long horizontal section of “flowing” black and blue hair… see the next two images!
below: Smokin’ red heart!
below: High on a wall, a large white head (Moon Man) beside a banana peel.
below: DJ Carl Cox is the subject of this mural. Unfortunately his portrait seems to be distorted because of the angle needed to get this photo. As you can probably tell, it was painted by Lynch (aka Rory Lynch-Wells)
below: Contrasts – the white building with the ornate facade vs the simpler, more modern, building covered in graffiti.
below: Someone write “why so lifeless” on this Bronik mural. The colours are vibrant but I will have to say that the facial expressions are dull and strange, and perhaps “lifeless” is appropriate.
below: Stickers
below: Hello Harry
The last image – it’s not street art, but if you walk along the beach at St. Kilda, you may encounter this couple as they enjoy a leisurely drink by the water. These are Rabbitwoman and Dogman, creations of Gillie and Marc.
Photos taken March 2025
All of the pictures in this post were taken on Dundas East, just west of Jones Avenue. Along this stretch of Dundas, garages and backyard fences line the street. Most of them have been painted with bright and cheerful images of flowers, birds, animals, and other living things.
below: There is only one person who would paint a mural with these cute but mischievous raccoons, Emily May Rose
below: Sadly, unsigned and unknown. Two snakes slithering through pink flowers and green grass.
below: La Pupila (aka Valentina) has painted rosy red apples with faces, and even a bite taken out of one of them.
below: Two dog portraits by Jeff Blackburn
below: Red hearts and laughter in a mural by Phillip Saunders
below: A young child with bond curly hair holds a very large pink flower in a painting by Wade Benedict.
below: Picking oranges and watering flowers, working together in the garden in a mural by Golden Butter Murals
below: Making hearts. Long necked ducks or geese beak to beak.
below: White flowers by timmifuk
below: More garage door flowers – this time pink peonies in a vase.
below: Orange lilies by hotsnackz (aka Chrissy Kuiack)
below: Black on colour.
below: Ryan Dineen painted this little bird
below: A young looking loon swims as the sun sets in a mural by Julia Prajka
below: Two red cardinals in flight by Adrian Hayles.
below: A ruby throated hummingbird flies among the fireflies, by Blazeworks.
below: Close up of an abstract mural by Bareket (bkez)
below: Que Rock, butterfly
below: “I’ll be here until you arrive”, a portrait of an older man with a beard, in shades of red, by Jarus
below: Nick Sweetman – a pelican and a flamingo splashing in the water
below: On the right, covering two garage doors, is an aquatic scene by Jarus.
below: This spider painting is signed “Vudu” (Christine Mazzulla?)
below: Another bird flying over a garden full of flowers on a fence painted by Julia Louise Pereira (aka ohlordyitsjulia)
below: A very Toronto sight, by Skamoney
This was a StreetARToronto project
Photos taken June 2026
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