Emus, beads, and chopsticks

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.

mural in Drewery Lane Melbourne, a John Murray emu, bright blue hair, studded spike choker, safety pins in his face, nose stud, and a necklace

below: Temporary bird, angular, surrounded by hearts and music.

Painting by Temporary Art, surrounded by graffiti hearts and musical notes

below: Looking down the lane at a very large mural by Jaz Mishap

Drewery Lane, two people sitting in a doorway, looking down the lane, dead end, large mural by Jaz Mishap at the end wall, two Asian (Japanese?) women entwined

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.

 large mural by Jaz Mishap at the end wall, two Asian (Japanese?) women entwined.  title of mural is Chopsticks

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.

mural painted on dark brick wall, mae and female ballet dancers with small cupid watching them.  cupid has a bow and arrow

below: Luke Kasper’s version of a very abstract bird perched on a branch.

very abstract bird perched on a violet branch,  white raindrops and a yellow sun also in the picture

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!

text mural, 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).

part of a larger mural, snake wrapped around a chicken that is sitting on the back of a turtle,  Snake with open mouth and long red tongue

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.

orange poster with words, woman, life freedom.  also some Arabic letters, image of a woman with long dark hair, in profile

below: There were many of these little beaded diamonds, small and intricate. Here a cow stands on two framed pictures.

Diamond shaped graffiti piece, made with beads, includes a cow

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.

graffiti in Drewery Lane Melbourne,

below: A green mantra ray is the focus of this one.

Diamond shaped graffiti piece, made with beads, includes a green manta ray in the center

below: And last, seaweed growing on the ocean floor.

Diamond shaped graffiti piece, made with beads, includes a yellow and orange seaweed

Photos taken March 2025

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