Monthly Archives: March 2025

near Balaclava train station

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below: On the corner of Nelson and Carlisle streets, near Balaclava station in St. Kilda East.

stores, on a corner,

below: Black panther roaring with mouth open wide, fangs and teeth ready….

street art painting of a black panther with mouth open showing large white fangs

below: The railway crosses over Carlisle street at the north end of Balaclava station

railway tracks, bridge over carlisle street,

below: Praying. Painted by Pawtl

mural of a man with hands closed in prayer

below: Two women hanging out with a white rabbit and a white cat, by Deb.

street art painting of two woman, stylize, with short tops, exposed middles, and long skirts with hearts on them. Saturn and a white cat in the background

below: Come Alive Melbourne

cars parked in front of a mural

below:  A rainbow lorikeet

street art painting of a rainbow lorikeet bird, on a tree branch

below: Owls by the door

a door in the middle of a street art painting of owls including two small baby owls

below: More owls

street art painting of three owl faces,

below: Continuing the bird theme – a very old and weathered stencil of a pigeon

weathered black and white stencil of a pigeon, on a red brick wall

below: Another oldie, a paste-up of many people.  One person in a red and white striped shirt, holding a toddler.  A girl with long hair wearing a checkered red and white dress; she’s holding something like a brown box in her hands.  Beside her is a girl who is wearing a white top and a blue skirt. Who else can you see?

paste up of a group of people, very small

 The next few pictures are a  selection of paintings on the upper level of some of the stores on Carlisle.

below: Dana’s Patisserie

upper level, exterior, of Danas Patisserie on Carlisle street, with painting of a woman with a potted cactus and a black and white flower in a pot.

below: Many hands

paintings of three hands on upper level of a storefront, carlisle street, melbourne

below: Flowers and faces

paintings on the upper level of two adjacent stores, one with flowers on a green background and one with four portraits

below: “TAKE” or perhaps “TAK E” above a painting beside the walkway to Balaclava station, southbound trains.

store on Carlisle street beside ramp up to balaclava station, with large orange mural on one side of the building. the word take is above the mural large orange mural

below: On the platform, Balaclava station, “Shake was here”

platform at Balaclava station, with building behind, has text graffiti that says shake was here

below: Gradients in blue and orange cover the ground floor level of a new development beside the station – seen from the station platform.

stripes forming gradients in blues and oranges along the side of a building including the door to a garage

below: Also seen from the platform, street art on the back of a building by the tracks.

throw up calligraphy type street art,

below: Raise a steaming cup to the coffee culture that is strong here in Melbourne! Cheers!

little blue and white graffiti sticker, man walking while holding a cup with steam coming off of it

Photos taken March 2025

Louden Place

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below: On one side of the alley is this long mural that comes in two sections – a sleeping woman with an outstretched hand is a collaboration between Vexta and Lisa King.

mural by vexta and lisa king, woman lying down on a rainbow of bright colours, on her back, eyes closed, hand outstretched with object in hand, in two sections, woman is in shades of grey

mural by vexta and lisa king, woman lying down on a rainbow of bright colours, on her back, eyes closed, hand outstretched with object in hand, in two sections, woman is in shades of grey

… and a little bird stands on her forehead.part of a mural by vexta and lis king, of a black and white bird, black back, black head, and white tummy,

below: The wall of the other alley is covered by a black and white painting of kangaroos, birds, and other animals… along with some plants. A few red feathers brighten the image.  It was painted by Minna Leunig, an Australian artist from Darwin.

part of a mural by minna leunig, black stylized kangaroos and birds on a white background

part of a mural by minna leunig, black stylized kangaroos and birds on a white background

below: It’s easy to miss because of its location, but if you go to the end of the lane and look way up, you’ll catch a glimpse of this mural by Cam Scale.

at the end of Louden Place, high up on a tall brick building, a mural by Cam Scale, a man's portrait done in black paint

at the end of Louden Place, high up on a tall brick building, a mural by Cam Scale, a man's portrait done in black paint

portraits on Little Bourke

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Near the west end of Little Bourke Street are 4 large murals that feature people.

below: First there is this couple whose bed is high above the street – painted by Fintan Magee

large mural by Fintan Magee, a couple on a bed, fully clothed,

a small red car is parked in front of a building with two large murals on it, directly behind the car is a large portrait of an old man with beard and mustache by smug. beside it is a painting of a woman who looks like she is looking at the car

below: The old man, pictured above as well as here, was painted by Smug, aka Sam Bates.

portrait of an older man with beard and mustache by street artist smug, also known as Sam Bates,

below:  Next to the old man are two women in blue painted by Rone.

large mural portraits on Little Bourke street in Melbourne including one with two women's portraits painted by rone.

below: Last, is this portrait of a young man looking skyward, by Adnate (whose portrait of a mother and child is featured in a mural seen in Albany Alley that was shown here in a previous post).

large mural of a young man's portrait by adnate

below: Photos taken March 2025

bright lights

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Pasted onto a wall in Baptist Lane, Melbourne, is a woolen string of paper lights where each light bulb is a little artwork.

on a wall painted yellow, paste up graffiti of a string of light bulbs where each bulb is a little artwork by a different artist

below: Julybubble80’s blue cat has grown wings

paper pasteup on yellow wall, shape of a light bulb, blue, with a cat, by julybubble80

below: Another julybubble cat along with “Aimer”, two red and blue whale (fish?) tails that come together to form a heart by NBF Street (Sirène in the street). A little fairy holds a gold star, the work of Balaet Balaets.  “Viens, on rêve… (come, let’s dream).

on a wall painted yellow, paste up graffiti of a string of light bulbs where each bulb is a little artwork by a different artist, 3 bulbs

below: Little yellow rubber duckies – these traveling ducks (canards vagabonds) are having more adventures!

paper pasteup on yellow wall, shape of a light bulb, a group of yellow ducks, with pencil crayons, canards vagabonds

below: With her usual cat-like persona, tweet_streetart holds an Aussie flag waving koala.

paper pasteup on yellow wall, shape of a light bulb, person with a cat head hold a grey koala who in turn is holding an Australian flag

below: It’s pink bandana is signed, Valcu G.

below: A cheeky little blue octopus sits on a light bulb that contains a fish (artist: o21_simplement).

paper pasteup on yellow wall, shape of a light bulb, a little blue octopus with its tongue sticking out, sits on top of one of the bulbs that contains a small fish. the other light bulb has a cat head, rest of bulb is out of the picture

below: Two images of little women by wall_lilo

paper pasteup on yellow wall, shape of a light bulb, by wall lilo paper pasteup on yellow wall, shape of a light bulb, by wall lilo

below: Paddywagon is an artist who combine street art and cyanotypes (a process that creates white images on blue like the.  Here, a small light bulb showcases one of her images of tiny compound leaves.  To the left, “Come on baby, light my fire”, a woman with long and flowing yellow hair, by Wild Wonder Woman.
paper pasteup on yellow wall, shape of a light bulb, wild wonder woman and paddywagon cyanotype of leaves

below: A second Wild Wonder Woman, this time her long yellow hair flows down her bare back and wraps around her swing.  Next to her is a picture by Felfi (aka tanzt_die_orange), a Dutch artist.

paper pasteup on yellow wall, shape of a light bulb,

below: Close by is a second set of light bulbs with art by the same artists – you might recognize some of them!

paper pasteup on yellow wall, shape of a light bulb,

paper pasteup on yellow wall, shape of a light bulb,

paper pasteup on yellow wall, shape of a light bulb,

Photos taken February 2025