Emus, beads, and chopsticks

Posted on July 30, 2026 by Mary C

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!

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.

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.

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

Windsor graffiti

Posted on July 20, 2026 by Mary C

A few little pieces seen around Windsor (Melbourne)….

slaps on a wall in Windsor Melbourne, including D7606 telephone booth, tweet street art cat and balloons, a raccoon, spiderman, a skull, and others

below: A Marilyn Munroe look-alike; I doubt that she had a tattoo around her neck though.

graffiti, image of woman that looks like Marilyn Monroe

below: Junky using an old beer can, a blond beer by the looks of it.

Junky graffiti made of crushed beer can, with bottle tops for eyes

below: Another Junky crushed can with bottle tops, rusted with age.

Junky graffiti made of crushed tin can, with bottle tops for eyes

below: What time is it? The time is now….

paste up graffiti, paper, black drawing of a watch with the time saying the word now rather than numbers

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!

slaps on a wall in Windsor Melbourne Australia

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.

round sticker graffiti,The Pink Panther sporting some tattoos and holding a camera, also wearing a swim mask, by mik3 tee

below: “All colours are beautiful”

graffiti including one piece that has text that says all colours are beautiful

below: Simple. A statement.

black line drawing of a face, simplistic,

below: A bunny rabbit and a giraffe among others

slaps, one is a rabbit, another is a giraffe neck and head

stickers on a windsor wall, including skull, tweet street art, and others

Photos taken March 2025

Mirka Lane

Posted on July 20, 2026 by Mary C

….. a small narrow lane filled with street art murals, many of them by female artists.

below: A stunning blue portrait by Juzpop

street art mural in Mirka Lane, St. Kilda, blue portrait of a woman by Juzpop

below: Mirka Lane is a ‘U’ shaped lane in St. Kilda, Melbourne.

street sign for Mirka Lane, city of Port Philip

street art mural in Mirka Lane, St. Kilda, portrait in bright colours

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.

street art mural in Mirka Lane, St. Kilda, two womens portraits, 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.

One of the walls covered with street art, Mirka Lane

below: Misshapen characters, lumpy and pink, that seem to float around, by Jaz Mishap (aka Jaz Miu)

street art mural in Mirka Lane, St. Kilda,

below: Manda Lane is an artist that specializes in very realistic flowers (and other plant life).

street art mural in Mirka Lane, St. Kilda, white flowers by Manda Lane

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.

street art mural in Mirka Lane, St. Kilda, these pink-haired women with blue skin were painted by Bronik

below: A green and purple chair by Giovanna Da Silva.

street art mural in Mirka Lane, St. Kilda, 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.

large blue mural, circles of calligraphy

below: One Love with happy flowers

street art mural with flowers and grass and words that say one love

below: Bright red mushrooms in the grass

part of a larger mural,Bright red mushrooms in the grass palm trees in the background

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.

mural by Caroline Lejeune, 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

Stephman mural of a young girl who is crouching, wearing shorts and a red kerchief around her neck

Photos taken March 2025

down by the beach

Posted on July 18, 2026 by Mary C

…. at St. Kilda (a seaside suburb of Melbourne)

below: Five Star Convenience

mural on the side of the 5 Star Convenience store in St. Kilda, Melbourne, showing street scene and beach scene, people on beach, woman roller blading on sidewalk, old fashioned souped up car, also rendition of the convenience store

below: Mural by Bronik – two naked women, one purple and one blue.

mural on the side of a modern residential building, large hand with silver ring on index finger, with yellow background, also a tag below it in pink and white with black dots

street scene, residential neighbourhood, St. Kilda, Melbourne, one wall has street art mural by Bronik on it.

below: ‘The Tiger Mural’ by Bailer and Conrad Bizjak… with a spotlight on the ship being tossed by the wave.

tiger mural by bailer and conrad bizjak, large tiger jumping into a wave holding a large gun? with spotlight on a small black boat being tossed in the large blue wave

below: A wispy painting by Tom Gerrard

mural by Tom Gerrard in St. Kilda, wispy abstract person in black and blue, seated, on a brick wall, above a door

below: Diamonds and diagonals on brick

brick wall, diamond patterns made by painting individual bricks, white and black with blue, red and yellow accents

4 green trash cans in front of a mural on brick wall, diamond patterns made by painting individual bricks, white and black with blue, red and yellow accents

below: Reaching skyward

mural on the side of a modern residential building, large hand with silver ring on index finger under a window

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!

street art mural with large red heart with smoke coming out of it's mouth. it has heart shaped nose

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)

portrait of Carl Cox, a bald black man, with glasses, and open laughing mouth, street art mural high up on a brick building, by Rory Lynch-Wells

below: Contrasts – the white building with the ornate facade vs the simpler, more modern, building covered in graffiti.

buildings in St. Kilda, one is white with ornate trim, and the other is covered in street art

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.

mural by Bronik, 4 women sitting together, in bright colours,

below: Stickers

below: Hello Harry

black BMW parked in front of a mural by method, with text hello harry, killerrat, random,

garage door covered with graffiti street art

ugly purple face, with other graffiti scrawls on a wall

backyard, looking over the top of a wall that has street art on it, basketball hoop in the backyard

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.

sculptures, rabbitwoman and dogman, sitting outsidde cafe on st. kilda beach, having a drink, creation of artists Gillie and Marc

Photos taken March 2025

Warburton Lane

Posted on April 10, 2026 by Mary C

below: Warburton Lane in central Melbourne was full of stickers and paste-ups including this happy little octopus with a zigzag smile

below: This pile of animals by Kaffeine – with a pink pig in a jaunty vest on top – covers a double door and more

below: About the graffiti on the left – one of the characters that often appears in Mr. Dimples graffiti such as this one, is the fellow with the funny rectangular head – with a button for one eye and a stitched X for the other.

below: A D7606 crayon writes something on the wall while two big eyes watch. But I’m worth it!

graffiti paste ups and stickers on a wall, D7606 crayon, eyes, a sign that says I'm worth it

graffiti paste ups and stickers on a wall including catchoo worm with tongue stuck out, a typewriter with a piece of paper with words until the west wind brings you back again. A pair of eyes, a cat collage on sheet music paper, a train by D7606, t bonez from urban ninja squadron dressed in red and giving peace sign with two fingers

below: “Until the wind from the west brings you back again” is in the middle, to the left of a very red T-bonez from Urban Ninja Squadron (peace man!). On the other side there is a cat collage on sheet music by chacha_doune (aka Cha). It’s difficult to see but the train headed your way has “God Save the Queen” written on one of its front corners – That paste up seems to be a collaboration between D7606 and Voxx Romana.

graffiti paste ups and stickers on a wall

below: White chickens

below: That’s the biggest carrot that I have ever seen! … and the skinniest ankles!

below: … Safety pins and a lot of piercings! This crazy pink haired punk emu is full of holes! Painting by John Murray.

below: Meet Nancy – another John Murray emu

below: This is Effie; she’s obviously related to Nancy!

below: A little bit real in the midst of a lot a fantasy. By Lukas Kasper.

street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne by Lukas Kasper of a lion face with very realistic furry nose but stylized abstract rest of face

below: More mixing of reality and fantasy – human, animal, and robot with a disturbing outcome.

street art mural, man walking on all fours, with a tail, with some body parts made of mechanics

below: High red shoes and not much else

2 pieces of street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne. Part of a painting of white leaves on black, one a slap by leilah of a cat-like woman robot with high red shoes and bikini

below: mmm

paste up graffiti, large piece, woman with two heads

below: A lone fisherman surrounded by barbed wire.

street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne, a circle of white barbed wire. in the center is a framed photograph of a man fishing beside purple water

below: Angry suburbia

below: mmm

graffiti and street art, Mr. Dimples, a woman holding a bomb

below: Mr. Dimples again

below: Neftnik’s young woman wears a green outfit with leggings that are blue with red polka dots.

below: That’s a bomb?

below: Up, up, and away – that’s one way for a ladybird to fly away home!

below: A jumble of slaps

below: Peppa Pig, Nemo, a happy flower, and a banana with a face… and more.

collection of graffiti stickers and paste ups on a wall

below: Potted plants

black and white paste ups, line drawings of plants in pots, old and weathered

below: A handful of dripping diamonds

street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne, black and white, handful of dropping diamonds

below: Robot heads on circles

street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne, Robot heads on background full of circles, design

below: Portrait of a woman

Photos taken February 2025

Black and White, and a little bit more

Posted on January 23, 2026 by Mary C

Encrypto Project #2 was a collaboration between four artists, URSH, Brody X, Fikaris, and Baxter. It consists of a series of black and white paintings together on a wall in Abbotsford (Melbourne). Each painting is monochromatic and they are all abstract (except for the black figure by Michael Fikaris at the right end of the series, immediately below). It was painted in 2023.

righthand end of encrypto project number two,black and white abstract paintings on a wall in Abbotsford, by collaboration of URSH, Brody X, Fikaris, and Baxter

below: Most of the series, along the side of a house and then the back fence,

encrypto project number two,black and white abstract paintings on a wall in Abbotsford, by URSH, Brody X, Fikaris, and Baxter

part of encrypto project number two,black and white abstract paintings on a wall in Abbotsford, by URSH, Brody X, Fikaris, and Baxter

below: The black figure with the big nose in the bottom sticker looks a lot like the man in the panel at the righthand end of the wall!

below: A well dressed lizard hangs out in the alley too!

Photos taken February 2025

Collingwood (Melbourne) portraits

Posted on January 22, 2026 by Mary C

A collection of faces that I saw as I walked around Collingwood one summer day.

below: She looks down on the parking lot.

street art painting, portrait, woman's eyes and nose on grey wall, high above cars parked below, lower part of face has been tagged over

below: Artist LING painted this image of Patrick Coyle on the side of the Albion Hotel. Coyle was the original owner of that hotel.

street art painting, portrait by artist LING, of Patrick Coyle, man sitting with a full glass of beer in his hand, elbow on table, chin in hand, face has mustache and beard

below: mmm

street art painting, portrait, 2 workman with beards and mustaches, yellow and orange high viz vests, black wool hats

below: An older portrait by Adnate graces a small brick wall.

street art painting, portrait, a woman, by adnate, with head scarf and red cloth covering mouth

below: There is another, much larger, Adnate mural nearby. This apartment building on Wellington Street was painted in 2018. I wrote a blog post about it a few years ago – Four Adnate Faces, Dec 2018

below: On the left, is a portrait by Vince Moloney. Three little yellow characters by dscreet are on the door to the right.

on the left, in grey tones, street art painting, portrait in greys of young man wearing large headphones and on the right, three yellow characters by dscreet, one of which looks like an owl

below: Another portrait by LING, this time it’s Alf Stewart who stars in ‘Home and Away’, an Australian soap opera.

street art painting, portrait by artist LING, of Alf Stewart, under a street sign that says Bedford street, red car parked in front, person on sidewalk beside,

below: Michelangelo on a wood fence.

Michelangelo portrait in many colours, on wood fence in alley,

below: It almost looks like someone is playing “Peek a Boo” although I am sure that the two faces were not painted at the same time, or by the same person.

below: Drew in bright colours

top of head in blue, bright blue nose, pink glasses, yellow and green eyes, red very short hair and red eyebrows, word Drew written across bottom of face, 24

below: One of the uglier faces that you will see today…

ugly mis-shapen face painted on gate, small forehead, large jaw, mouth and teeth, long nose,

below: With visions of palm trees in front of his face – a blue skull by Callum Preston

blue skull wearing red glasses with images of palm trees in the lenses, by Callum Preston

Photos taken February 2025

Rankins Lane (Melbourne)

Posted on January 20, 2026 by Mary C

below: Time for coffee, time for shooting. ….

graffiti in Rankins Lane, Melbourne, paste ups of three little men saying hey, it's coffee time, also a very blue shadowy character with a gun in each hand and a long robe and hood that covers his face

below: ET

graffiti in Rankins Lane, Melbourne, paste ups and stencils, globe parachute on an iguana, ET in a black robe and framed with flowers, words that say your dreams will come true if you keep wishing, and last, a big black question mark,

below: King of Clowder’s double headed woman stencil

below: Paper paste-up behind a plant – it’s a large espresso maker repurposed as a planter.

below: Rabbit and Cat, BFF

below: Happy Day

below: Words of advice – “Don’t trade your authenticity for approval.

below: Part of a large tropical mural by Deb with birds – parrots and flamingos – and a big pink royal looking cat.

mural by Deb in Rankins Lane, very pink, women, toucan, and flamingos, tropical plants

below: The other part of the Deb mural.

mural by Deb, a vulture and a plate of cupcakes

below: Recess time with scissors and combs.

below: Crab and beetle.

below: More pink. Mama Cat? With many kittens?

below: Clownish?

below: Gas mask and coveralls

Photos taken March 2025

Austral Lane

Posted on January 19, 2026 by Mary C

There was not a lot of street art in this central Melbourne alley but I decided to give it its own blog post anyhow.

below: A cat and a dog… and then someone added “woof” and “meow”. Clever, right? Groan. The cat stencil was created by Melbourne artist King of the Clowder aka Night Krawler.