On a small street in the Hongdae neighbourhood of Seoul is a wall of murals painted by Artime Joe
Flowers, animals and little critters on skateboards.
Play! Playground!
Next to the Artime Joe murals is this blue container that has been decorated with monstrous faces. Monsters in pinks and yellows making playful and silly faces, like kids in front of a camera. More playground.
Photos taken September 2024
below: Wrdsmth – “This is my palette. A mere twenty-six deep, yet the possibilities are infinite.” … Plus his typewriter that appears in all his graffiti and street art. The mural also credits PowWow Worcester which was an annual arts festival (for a few years prior to 2021) that was responsible for bringing a number of murals to the city.
below: A tower of women, by Marka27, aka Victor Quinonez, 2016, a very vertical mural on the side of the parking garage at Federal Plaza.
below: A painting by Christina Angelina, another parking garage mural at Federal Plaza
below: Another mural that was painted during a PowWow Worcester is this cartoon-like painting by Greg Mike (2016).
below: Jason Eatherly’s trucks parked beside the old brick building.
below: One of the first murals painted in Worcester is this now slightly faded creation by Caleb Neelon
below: Calligraphy type design, part of a larger mural by Imagine, aka Sneha Shresta.
below: At the YWCA, two young girls in shades of blue on a red background.
below: Keep on smiling!
Photos taken July 2024
There were also murals by Damien Mitchell (below) and Insane that I saw in downtown Worcester but they have already been featured in a prior blog post, (Insane + One)
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below: Chicopee mural along the ground floor level of an apartment building in the center of town.
below: From a different angle
below: The poppy as a symbol of remembrance. I haven’t been able to learn why it appears in at least three murals in the city unless it is coincidence). There are poppies in the Chicopee mural above as well as on this smaller painting. The state flower is the mayflower so that is not an explanation for the poppy….
below: “Work and Progess”, Commonwealth Murals, 2022
below: “Paint the Woods” by Christina Bryden, 2020 – A stained glass rose window makes this building look like a church but it is actually Chicopee City Hall. It was built in the early 1870s and the architect was Charles E. Parker of Boston. It was modelled on the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence Italy. Chicopee is on the Connecticut River.
below: USS Chicopee – During WW2 she served as a station tanker, or as an escort oiler, helping to refuel ships along the eastern USA coast or in the Atlantic. In the later stages of the war she saw service assisting the US Pacific Fleet (during Iwo Jima and Okinawa). In 1946 she was returned to her owners, Standard Oil; she ended her life as a container ship, under a few different names. She was scrapped in 2010.
below: A large white dog on a blue leash, a painting by Betz (half of dou, Etam Cru), aka Polish artist Mateusz Gapski. Painted March 2024 – it is on the same apartment building as the Chicopee mural at the top of this blog post. This painting was also a Beyond Walls project.
Photos taken July 2024
The “El Punto” Neighborhood in Salem, Massachusetts now features over 75 large scale murals, by both world renowned and local artists, within a 3 block radius. It is all part of the Punto Open Air Museum, or Punto Urbana Art Project. This blog post focuses on the murals on the sides of a group lowrise (3 storey) apartment buildings in that neighbourhood. Some of these buildings are close together making it awkward to photograph the murals while still keeping in mind the residents’ privacy.
below: Avery happy woman in shades of purple, this is “Anacoana” by Ruben Ubiera, 2017
below: “Communion with us” by GLeo – a young woman in white veil, dress and gloves.
below: “Eternal Vibrations” by Trek6 (aka Oscar Montes). A hummingbird with long flowing colourful tail feathers, like ribbons blowing in the breeze as the bird flies.
below: One of the walkways between buildings.
below: Like the text says, “Here for the Imaginable” by Meg Zany, 2018
below: The shape of leaves, white on reddish brown, in an untitled mural by Veronica Rivera.
below: Part of “Stranger Things” by Jeff Henriquez, 2017 – three men in three different colours, with a night time scene with car lights and roads, running through them. (full mural in the next photo)
below: “Three Eyed Witch” by Edward Granger, 2018
below: ” El Campesino” ( or The Farmer) by Ruben Ubiera, 2017
below: Tucked back in a corner is an untitled mural by Aquarela Sabol
below: Krave’s “El Mono Fresco”
below: High up on a wall, a flower adorned head and a profile portrait of a woman, “Kaupoku” by Hula
below: Up high, a man in a white hat. The mural, “Tirando Con Pique”, is painted on a wall beside a staircase. Don Rimx is the artist. 2017
Photos taken August 2024
below: “Siamoises” – What looks like twin cats in red dresses is actually a row of identical kitties, but the spotlight is on those two. A mural by Mono Sourcil, aka Maxlie Martel.
below: SBU One’s red rooster, or red chicken.
below: Designed by ANYO – squirrels with different coloured hats. I have only shown two, red and turquoise, but there are many more out there….. how many have you seen?!
below: Giraffes
below: A wish for peace and love, amor et paix, for Ukraine.
below: A small portion of a large mural by Pantonio showing two of the many birds in the mural – a large bluish black bird and a cute little purple and white bird.
below: “Mechanic Bird” by Dede Bandaid & Nitzan Mintz, with text: “Of my dozens of keys, the smallest one opens home”
below: This rendition of Daffy Duck is the work of Simon Beaulieu – throwup “text” says Simple.
below: Dog (wolf?) with laser eyes.
below: It’s an animal, right? The blue creature on the left. It was painted by Cryote and the whole panel was a collaboration with Labrona and Waxhead.
below: Buzzzzzz……
Photos taken September 2024
below: Put the “U” back in Syracuse, by Ally Walker
below: sAlt City by Brett Snyder and Irene Cheng, 2012. Mosaic of squares and each square is a QR code that links to as arts organization in the city.
below: “Keep it Street”
below: Your name like ice into my heart
below: A large mural by Colello Creations, aka Jacqueline Colello
below: Another large mural, this one is on the side of a NatWest bank building and features images of Syracuse landmarks from a time when the Erie Canal played a large role in the city. It was painted by Corky Goss and Chip Miller in 2010.
Photos taken August 2024
In the city of Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, modern white residential buildings line a wide road, Ataturk Street; many of the buildings have murals on the side. These aren’t street art paintings and they were probably part of the design of the building. Still, it is art and they do add some vibrancy to the neighbourhood.
Photos taken October 2024
As I walked around Lynn I spotted a few posters on display, all of which dealt with the Covid pandemic that started back in 2020. You might be able to make an argument that these aren’t exactly street art but I think that their roots are firmly in the art community.
below: This is a copy of a much larger mural that first appeared in Amsterdam. “Super Nurse” is the creation of FAKE (aka Manuel Seikritt).
below: On the left – Unsung Heroes by Randy Stolinas – a thankful shout out to all those in the service industries who were also essential workers. On the right, useful, and still relevant, advice from Ed Wainaina
below: A copy of Shepherd Fairey’s (aka Obey) “We the People; Protect Each Other”
below: Manoel Enrique (aka Fizz) designed this poster to remind everyone to wash their hands.
Photos taken August 2024
… is a mural on Main Street in Nashua that takes a look back at three of the highlights in the history of American movies – The Three Stooges, Cary Grant and Vivian Leigh in ‘Gone With the Wind’, as well as James Stewart and Donna Reed in ‘A Wonderful Life’. It was painted on the side of on the Chase Building on its 100th anniversary. Once upon a time this building was home to a movie theater with a few different names – the Tremont (1917-1927), State (1927-1973), and Star (1973-1980) Theaters.
Phelany23 painted the mural, with the support of Positive Street Art.
below: A Wonderful Life, Christmas 1946 with James Stewart and Donna Reed
below: Gone with the Wind – Cary Grant and Vivian Leigh
below: The Three Stooges in The Blob – Larry, Moe, and Curly
Along the wall of one building in Montreal, in a lane of Jeanne-Mance (near rue St. Zotique) is a small series of older paintings…
below: Naimo, before 2017 – more than a ‘throw up” or “throwie”, and closer to a “wildstyle” piece of graffiti.
below: Jules & Marius – is this a signature? Or is the piece dedicated to them?
below: So hot it’s on fire…..
below: Lunch time
Photos taken September 2024
Eyes on the Streets 