below: Springfield written large across a wall. I don’t know the city well enough to be able to identify the people and scenes in this large mural. Perhaps you know some of them?
Photos taken July 2024
Continuing to “finish” sections of this blog – today it’s Salem Massachusetts.
below: “Make art or die trying”.
below: “Super Dali” by Brazilian street artist Sipros (aka Wellington Naberezny)
below: Beside Dali is a spiral vortex in blues and oranges by HoxxoH, (aka Douglas Hoekzema)
below: Golden 305 aka Cristhian Saravia
below: mmm
below: Unicorn love
below: “The Queen of the Block” by artist Mr. Cenz,
below: “Si Se Puede” (translates to “if possible”) by Annadidathing aka Anna Dugan, and Yenny Hernández
below: Along the river path, by Chor Boogie aka Joaquin Lamar Hailey
below: It looks a llot like fences intertwined, but the title is “Creciendo Juntos” (Growing Together) by artist El Cekis
below: “Katherine” painted by Mexican artist Paola Delfín in August 2018.
below: “Garden Boy” by Pixel Pancho
below: Little orange guys
below: Denny Tentindo. This mural was painted over in August 2026. It was on the side of a building, The Witch Doctor. When the business moved, the mural was painted brown.
below: Happy faces in a rainbow of colours, more work by Golden305.
below: A chef and some faces in black and white
below: Happy frog face!
More Salem photos on this site – Salem street art
Photos taken July 2024
This is another post showcasing some of the murals in Lynn Massachusetts, most of which are the result of Beyond Walls, an organization that promotes public art including street art murals. There are now more than seventy murals in Lynn many of which have already appeared in this blog (other Lynn murals)
below: Cedric “Vise” Douglas and Julez Roth collaborated to paint this “Black Madonna”
below: This portrait of a young person is the work of Andrew Hem
below: Medio Peso painted a large mural on the upper level of a building, over Omar and Oscar Jewelry store.
below: This artist, Bryan Beyung, is of Chinese-Cambodian origin but is now based in Montreal. Part of it is obscured by the neighbouring building but the mural shows people carrying or pulling suitcases.
below: This is a portion of a colourful mural by Anna Dugan aka Annadidathing that covers one side of the Washington Street underpass. It’s title is “Mga Tagapagtanggol / The Guardians” and it represents Dugan’s Filipino heritage.
below: Edwin Sepulveda, aka Don Rimx,is the artist responsible for this mural titled “Cacique Guerrero”. Cacique translates to something like ‘war captain’ and the title refers to Gonzalo Guerrero, a 16th-century Spanish sailor who survived a 1511 shipwreck off the Yucatán Peninsula. He assimilated into the Maya civilization and rose to become a military leader who fought against the Spanish conquistadors
below: RIP Peter by Hiero Veiga
below: Another portrait by Hiero Veiga (this one needs a good cleaning!).
below: The signature on this mural is NS/CB which is the mark of Nicole Salgar and Chuck Berrett. It is painted on the upper levels of a building which makes it more difficult to see from street level but more easily seen from the train.
below: Hidden behind another building and a fence, is this man with big ears standing in a small paper boat. Sipros, aka Wellington Naberezny is the artist who painted it.
below: “Equilibrium” – A red devil and a blue angel balance each other. A mural by Golden 305, aka Cristhian Saravia, who is originally from Venezuela. Many of his paintings can be seen in Lynn and other cities in Massachusetts.
below: This is what happens when you paint a large sized mural on a building beside a vacant lot… and then a condo goes in next door. She’s a very large woman lying in her bed, but it’s very difficult to get e look at her! Painted by Fonki.
below: Offering a daffodil to a drowning person? “Good Intentions” by BK Foxx.
below: Mike P’s Studio has a man hanging around outside, the work of Ivan Salazar
Photos taken July 2024
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.
More information on Beyond Walls
Photos taken July 2024
below: An emoji come to life and he’s laughing so hard that he’s crying. His phone is his window on the world, but in reality it’s also someone else’s window. This painting by Spok Brillor marks the passageway from Lafayette Street to a courtyard full of street art behind a building that is home to the Punto Urban Art Museum.
below: In a quiet corner, sits a little metallic fellow (by Pixel Pancho) and a blue peacock (?)
below: Strawberry Shortcake is also here with a wise message about eating cake first (by Megzany). She first appeared as a doll in 1979 after being featured in Hallmark greeting cards for a few years before that.
below: One of the larger murals back in the courtyard is “Doña Mecho” by the duo Dúo Amazonas (Lina Castellanos and Nati Andreoli).
below: Farmers in their fields with mountains behind. This is “Mural De Campo” by Rigo Peralta, Melanio Guzmán, and Ramón Santiago
below: Radiating lines and a smiling face in a mural (“Migrar”) by Felipe Ortiz and Ivan Salazar.
below: Equality, by Goma and Amby
below: A quiet corner among the trees.
Punto Urban Air Museum (PUAM) is located in the Point neighbourhood of Salem and one of it’s goals is to “create a beautiful, uplifting environment for Point residents”. It also hopes to tap into the tourists that visit Salem – to get them to explore the area and help the economy of the Point neighbourhood. There are now more than 90 murals painted here. Not all of them are shown in this blog, but there some of the other Salem posts:
Photos taken July 2024
A few scenes from downtown Springfield Massachusetts. Most of these were found around Stearns Square.
below: Bloom’s wall is adjacent to a parking lot on Stearns Square. Most of the images are ads for photographic supplies.
below: Motorcycles and cars in paint and mosaics
below: Park Here, park with the birds
below: Across the street from the parking lot is, “The Artist” by Jeff Henriquez, 2021
below: Las Vidas Negras Importan! Along with Empathy, Energy, and Equality.
below: “Geoutopia” by Kim Carlino, for Fresh Paint Springfield 2019, seen at Stearns Square.
below: These portraits of the characters from The Wizard of Oz were painted by John Simpson.
below: John Simpson also painted a series of portraits of Jazz musicians origianally for the Jazz and Roots Festival one year. Carlos Santana is on the right.
below: Three saxophone players, including Charlie Parker in the center.
below: And last, Louis Armstrong and John Lennon
Photos taken July 2024
Lynn is a town in Massachusetts just outside of Boston. It is also one of the towns that participate in Beyond Walls, a non-profit organization that believes that art can build better cities. There is a lot of street art here! This isn’t the first post about Lynn – it is a look at some of the painting along the railway line near the station in central Lynn.
below: As the railway passes through Lynn, it is above grade. The sections underneath along the parking lot on Mt Vernon Street have been decorated with street art murals. The large building in the background is on the other side of the tracks and is featured in another blog post, Behind a building on Union Street
below: Part shiny chrome and part matte gray, a little whale by Bikismo (aka the chrome master!).
below: Spray painting with great gusto with Okaje.
below: Tentacles of a purple octopus slither up the post.
below: Three men and a wolf.
below: A marvelous steamy picture of Engine 481 on the Boston and Maine railway painted by Ben Keller.
below: From Lynn with love.
below: Spread your magic on cassette (how long ago did we do that!?).
below: History by Life Art from 2021. There is more text at the bottom of the panel but only “Humanity in colors” can be read.
below: Wraps Mummy and its red balloon, by Grimly Toys
below: A row of people across the top, by Annadidathing aka Anna Dugan
below: A very purple face, painted by Bycazo (aka Jessica)
below: Autism, Lola, and Nanay…..
below: At one end of the parking lot is a large mural that is a collaboration between Yu-Baba and Key Detail.
below: On the other side of the tracks there is more art.
below: A canine-like critter (dog? wolf?) with a black shiny nose and sharp white teeth by Ghost Beard
below: Nead2‘s rendition of Bart Simpson as a graffiti artist.
below: It seems to rise like a plume of smoke – a painting on one of the pillars supporting the railway bridge, painted by Yuknow K Lou
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below: Also by the tracks…
below: Ruben Ubiera painted this mural on Silsbee Street close to the railway tracks and station. There are words on the black band on the gorilla’s shoulder that say “Entering Lynn”.
below: Lastly, just across from the tracks Kevin Ledo has painted “Do you realize” on the side of one of the small apartment buildings.
or, in other words, buildings covered in a mural – three examples seen in Salem Massachusetts
below: The Red House, 2019, a bright and lively painting by Colombian artist, Ledania
below: “Villa Alegra” by Antonyo Marest for Punto Urban Art Museum
below: Habernaro Bike Shop, painted with cheerful, whimsical shapes and colours by Annadidathing
Photos taken July 2024
This post highlights three murals in Lynn Massachusetts that feature a portrait of a woman. They certainly aren’t the only women portrayed in Lynn, they just happen to be located close to each other.
below: Layers of women. Two portraits on different buildings but from the same viewpoint. In front, “The Protector” by David Zays; In back, a mural by Marka27.
below: From a better angle, the woman in blue with a yellow flower in her hand in the mural by Marka27, aka Victor Quinonez.
below: Yellow petals flying away, blowing in the breeze.
below: “The Protector”, a mural by David Zayas. Like many of his murals, there is a lot of symbolism. The aloe plant is known for its healing properties and hence is a symbol of protection. The rooster on her shoulder represents the resilience and fighting spirit that we need when life get tough.
below: Looking closer at the intricate detail in the rose pattern in her blouse and the detail in the rooster’s colourful feathers. 
below: The orange colour in the bird has faded a bit so it’s more difficult to tell that it is a robin.
below: “Grandma Eve” by Helen Bur is on the same building as the Davd Zayas mural, but on the other side. Bur’s grandmother is shown holding a playbill designed by her husband during WW2 when he was a prisoner of war in the Pacific. The prisoners put on a play, ‘Murder at Sea’, and the artist’s grandfather designed the playbill for the show.
Photos taken July 2024
A portrait project from 2014 – 10 years on and still looking great
A total of 528 portraits line the side of a walkway under the railway tracks in Lynn.
They are the product of a Raw Art Works project – Young artists took photos of various people in Lynn and then made portraits from those photos. The portraits also include ones that the artists made of themselves. 
Raw Artworks – whose mission statement includes the words; “to ignite the desire to create and confidence to succeed”. It’s a program for youth that has been running in Lynn since 1994.
Photos were taken in July 2024
