One of the large murals brought to Lynn Massachusetts by Beyond Walls is one on Munroe Street by Caleb Neelon (with help from Lena McCarthy). It is on the side wall of a building adjacent to a parking lot so it is easy to see but difficult to get a good picture of the whole mural without a wide angle lens. It was painted in 2017.
The mural is full of details! Polka dots, stars, and other little shapes. Also miniature drawings of animals, people, buildings, and much more.
It is a patchwork of shapes in many colours, all stitched carefully together with black thread. It is an artful arrangement of shape, colour, and texture. A series of circles around little fuzzy blue creatures (called Sonik) forms the central core of the mural.
Kiefernstrasse translates to Pine tree street… it is a street in Dusseldorf that has history. It is lined with apartment blocks that started life as homes for workers in the local factories steel works in the late 1800s. Some were damaged during the war. In the mid 1900s they became home to squatters and other “left wing” groups. Now many of them have been fixed up and/or covered with large colourful murals.
below: He’s hiding behind a tree now – a mural that M05K and Johanna OLGA painted in 2013
below: Bare feet on long skinny legs stick out of pink pants.
below: At street level, groups of strange characters in black outfits are standing around. Except for the little one, they are all wearing hats shaped like pyramids.
below: There are quite a few signs that help tell the story of Kiefernstrasse. The headline on the poster below is ” 1992 Wandbilder sind lebendige Kunstwerke” (= Murals are living works of art) and the article talks about 1992 and how it was the year that Klaus Klinger, Daniel Pulido, and a group of youths painted “Everything’s Bananas” at number 37. This was the first mural on the street; it no longer exists.
below: Daniel MacLloyd painted this large blue bird.
below: This gable is covered by a marine scene – including turtles swimming in the water – was painted by Ami One
below: Bright orange faces!
below: The Dusseldorf monkey is also here.
below: And again!
below: A bright red door, surrounded by….
below: … a long red dragon winding its way through golden clouds.
below: Käferhouse, or Beetle House, by Till Martin Köster and Christian Bolte, 2008. Insects galore! beetles, ants, roaches, bedbugs…. including some with human faces on their backs.
below: One of the many interesting smaller artworks found among the larger murals is this pair of kids in the playground riding their elephants and playing at war, or protest, or being social justice warriors… your choice. Google wants me to believe that it is a Banksy but I am not falling for it.
below: Another social commentary artwork. This time a girl has plenty to eat (and takes a picture of it) while the person beside her goes without.
below: A white unicorn with laser vision – the little white sign painted into the mural says “Laser Rainbow Unicorn & Robocat Rider”. Apparently cats riding unicorns in space is not an unusual theme. The other little sign says “Kevin Gucci” – is that the artist?
below: Strange things are happening on the balcony! There’s even a sheep…. but wait, that’s not a real balcony, instead the artist has employed what is known as “trompe-l’œil style” – it’s painted to look like a wooden balcony structure.
below: At street level, under the balcony seen above, is an alcove for a garage entrance – but it seems like a green police van is parked there already! I wonder what the gnome mechanics are up to!
below: 2007’s addition to the street was a (mostly) monochrome mural that is part puzzle pieces and part little figures. Ben Mathis was responsible for creating the ‘grid’, while MaJo Brothers painted the figures such as this robot holding a cracked egg. Was it dropped? Or is it hatching? 2007.
below: Splotches of blue
below: The characters (animals) in this mural are Marsupilami. They first appeared in the Belgian comic book “Spirou” in 1952 in a story below: The characters (animals) in this mural are Marsupilami. They first appeared in the Belgian comic book “Spirou” in 1952 in a story written by André Franquin. In the story, a man delivers a mysterious package from South America and as it turns out, the package contains a baby Marsupilami. Franquin continued writing about their adventures until the 1970s. In the 1980s the characters were re-invented and found themselves in TV episodes and video games.
below: The next two paintings flank a doorway, one on either side – an equestrian statue (i.e. a man on a horse) and a woman from time gone by but with anachronistic cans of spray paint in her hands.
This image shows another of the articles documenting the history of the area. This one describes an event in 1919 where a train was robbed outside Dusseldorf by a gang of about 30 men, led by “A communist from Kiefernstrasse” known as Steil. He was subsequently shot by the police and died from his wounds.
below: Stencil, boy with a large helmet – ready to be an astronaut. Once upon a time there were a few more details visible in the helmet. This ‘Space Travel’ was made by Seileise aka Tim Ossege.
below: Everyone’s painting these days!
Another poster tells the story of the first Streetfest here in 1982 where the greengrocer’s shop was turned into a cafe with a borrowed sound system.
below: It almost looks like a giant crossword puzzle.
below: Neptune swims upside down
below:The Reds are reaching out, wanting to run? looking for something?
below: He doesn’t look very happy.
below: Jesus carries a goat
below: On an upper wall, a golden Buddha sits and meditates.
below: “Love will tear us apart” more than once.
below: Together in one place, four little pieces by JoinyStreetArt (round white face), sm111le, Karl Heinz Swaggert (hairy fellow on the left), and Metraeda (pink cat). If you have been following this blog, you will probably recognize some of the names and their corresponding styles.
below: Bad Goat, with a strand of green vine and a third eye
below: “Nothing else matters” actually refers to a football club.
below: Nippes has it’s own mural complete with city skyline on a red background – painted by Robin Von Gestern.
below: These little Kölner Heinzelmännchen can be seen on the side of a residential building. These helpful gnomes appear in German legends and folklore; they are rarely seen because they do their work at night and in secret.
Goodlack Art has painted them falling down the stairs – Ooops, not so quiet tonight!
below: As part of Cologne’s City Leaks street art festival, this mural was painted by Danjer Mola.
below: This mural is Okik Momoe’s little bird on a branch… in a fishbowl?
below: Preparing to paint a new mural by a community garden.
below: Immediately above the new painting (above) is a large mural depicting daily life in years gone by.
below: In fact, there is a matching mural on the other side of the garden lot.
below: Another gable mural, this one by Sat One.
below: A closer look at part of the mural
below: This cow, painted by The Kuhl Kid, is a common sight around Cologne. Here it is behind a fence
below: Even though most of the cow is missing, it is still recognizable as being the same as the one above. A little red heart glued into a jar lid seems perfectly placed between the cow’s ears.
below: Cars, pipes, and other accessories on a brick wall
below: Cars and flames. Why are flames so often associated with fast cars?
“Wo immer ich bin vernehme ich deine stimme ihr sinn Schwingt durch raum + zeit in sussem einklang Verbringen wir jede stunde”. Translation: Wherever I am, I hear your voice, it’s meaning, it resonates through space and time In sweet harmony we spend every hour.
A while back I posted about street art that I found around Hochstadenring in Bonn (Dec 2025). What I omitted from that post was a section of the wall that was heavily covered with paste-ups, stickers, and other small pieces of street art. This is that section.
below: A red frog clings to a character that looks rather concerned about that large skull lurking behind him. I think that this is a good example of an interesting juxtaposition, whether intentional or accidental, that you can get when you have a collection of pieces from different artists together in one place.
below: Elvis is in the building!
below: “You’re driving me bananas!”, a young Sophia Loren, a bird in flight, a green octopus dressed in red and white stripes, and many more slaps.
below: Green Taxonomy, and in the bottom corner, Planet Selfie. Made of triangles and other angular shapes is a white protestor holding a sign that says “Yetis geggen rechts” by Metraeda
below: More love on a phone – this time featuring Sulley from the movie “Monsters Inc”.
below: The paste ups that reference art history (e.g. Rodin’s “The Thinker” and other statues) are the work of Jam Paste. In the center, “It’s not dreams that escape me, but reality”.
below: 8arms2hug is all about octopi including this lovely lady in turquoise with the flowers on her head and a necklace around her neck. Beside her, the bunnies with baseball bats were created by CAP aka Cuts and Pieces.
below: Several posters are here too – One says “WAS HATTEST DU AN!” (= What were you wearing!) while another proclaims, “das Kleben ist schön” (which translates to “pasting is beautiful”).
below: A Maid in Cologne artwork shares space with Mr. Burns, from the Simpsons TV show, with a French phrase on his cap, “L’Etat c’est moi”.
below: Another section with a lot going on including a Zastoj character with 2 X’s for eyes who holds a gun that is almost as big as he it. At the bottom, the striped shirt on that shape suggests Sailordude by TRP613 but his head is different – a collaboration with another artist? Perhaps Metraeda?
below: Once again, there is a lot happening here – from Jams Pastes version of the Thinker, to a small woman carrying a protest sign that says “Frieden, Bier, Sonne” – peace, beer, sun. My apologies to the artist of the latter piece – her name is written on the arm in the image but I can’t read it (b. chandre?). Three of the paste ups are text, made like beer coasters, and these are by Bierdeckel Street Art.
The three beer coaster inspired paste ups: 1. “Wickl Dich Nicht Ich”: this translates roughly to “Don’t wrap yourself, 2. “Liebe das Leben”: This green sticker translates to “Love Life.” 3. “Be Kind To Your Mind”
below: Counting sheep – not a good time to fall asleep!
below: Breaking through the ceiling
below: Being crushed by a nasty white bar.
below: More nastiness, grabbing and squeezing this time.
below: As the sun breaks through the clouds…
below: Like weeds growing through crack in the pavement..
below: Two for one! Stop the bombs, guitar hero.
below: Yuck!
below: Holding onto the bar (faded, worn, from the original black hand)
below: Stuck
below: Hot!
below: This is one of the signs that I saw in Florence back in 2020. The policeman has faded since then as have the two little red hearts that he is looking at. A better copy of the image can be seen in altered street signs, Florence
Abraham is from Florence but his work can be seen in a number of places (along with others who have used traffic signs as their canvas). I have posted images from Madrid , and Paris in past years.
A small collection of graffiti has accumulated on Chiasso dei Baroncelli, a small street in central Florence. This is what it looked like the day I walked past….
below: This is a copy of “The Schoolgirl” by Swiss artist Albert Anker (1831-1910) with a couple of very subtle changes. The book that she’s holding now appears to be Chinese as does some of the lettering on her chalkboard.
below: The last few are black and white photos that the artist (WAP?) has then painted a part of – usually just one colour per print.
The previous post, Il Tempo Paso was about 2 murals in Comiso by artists Case Maclaim and Marak Morik. These two have also painted murals in nearby Ragusa.
below: “Familia” by Case Maclaim, 2024
below: Marak Morik, “On the way to Pescheria” (the fish market), 2017
…..and in the same area of the city is another mural, from FestiWall 2018, an abstract scene (is there a bird in there?) by Alexey Luka,
There are many other murals in Ragusa, spread out around the city and most are the product of the annual FestiWalls event. Because of limited time, I only had a chance to check out one more neighbourhood where I found three murals.
below: First, there was a very faded old mural by Fintan Magee; I think that it is a man with a prickly pear cactus.
below: A screen shot from Fintan Magee’s Facebook page – this is what “The Gardener” looked like back when it was painted in 2016 (ten years ago)
below:Agostino Iacurci, “Immobile” – pottery jugs, urns, and other vessels.
below:Evoka 1 (aka Elio Mercado), “Resistenza di Incertezza”, 2016, a young girl with an apple on her head as well as six or so more in her hands.
“Il Tempo Paso” refers to 2 murals that were painted in the Sicilian town of Comiso as part of the Ragusa Street Art Festival (FestiWall) in 2023 (Ragusa is a nearby city). It was a collaboration between Case Maclaim and Marak Morik.
Near the Mercato del Capo in the historic center of Palermo Italy there is a warren of small alleys. On a wall in one of these alleys is a small series of faded drawings or painting.
below: Two women’s portraits – a larger classical looking face with a smaller more modern woman in the top corner. The old stones and bricks add a layer of interest to the images that remain.
below: He’s painting a large face on the wall and it looks like he’s been doing it for a long time.
below: Painting at number1
below: Blue and red on old brick
below: The brickwork suggests there was once a small window here.
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