Some (more) of Lynn’s people

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”

street art mural in Lynn Massachusetts, portrait of a black woman titled Black Madonna

below: This portrait of a young person is the work of Andrew Hem

street art mural in Lynn Massachusetts, portrait of a young person in a circular medallion, by Andrew Hem

below: Medio Peso painted a large mural on the upper level of a building, over Omar and Oscar Jewelry store.

street art mural in Lynn Massachusetts, by Medio Peso, on upper level of building, above a store

street art mural in Lynn Massachusetts

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.

street art mural in Lynn Massachusetts by Bryan Beyung

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.

street art mural in Lynn Massachusetts, Mga Tagapagtanggol or The Guardians, by Anna Dugan aka Annadidathing

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

mural in Lynn Massachusetts by Don Rimx, titled Cacique Guerrero
street art mural in Lynn Massachusetts

below: RIP Peter by Hiero Veiga

street art mural in Lynn Massachusetts, man's portrait with words, R I P Peter, We are sad,

below: Another portrait by Hiero Veiga (this one needs a good cleaning!).

older and fairly dirty street art mural in Lynn Massachusetts, black woman portrait, Jah Nyah Spencer,

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.

street art mural in Lynn Massachusetts, woman archer, warrior, with bow and arrow raised, on red background

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.

street art mural in Lynn Massachusetts by Sipros, man with big ears standing in a small paper boat.

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.

street art mural in Lynn Massachusetts by Golden 305, a red devil monster and a blue angel monster, title in equilibrium

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.

street art mural in Lynn Massachusetts by Fonki, woman lying in a bed
street art mural in Lynn Massachusetts by Fonki

below: Offering a daffodil to a drowning person? “Good Intentions” by BK Foxx.

street art mural in Lynn Massachusetts by B K Foxx
street art mural in Lynn Massachusetts by B K Foxx, two hands interacting over water, one hand is giving a daffodil to the other which happens to be in the water

below: Mike P’s Studio has a man hanging around outside, the work of Ivan Salazar

black and white street art mural in Lynn Massachusetts, an older man semi reclining on the ground with his knees up, wearing a hat and running shoes, by Ivan Slazar, on the side of Mike P's Studio

Photos taken July 2024

Revolution Wall 2

The other day I posted some pictures of the art on the boards around the United Nations ESCWA building in Beirut (Feb 20, Let Lebanon Live).  The pictures in this blog post are from another Revolution Wall, by Art of Change, in the same neighbourhood.

on a grey wall in red letters, Revolution Wall Art of Change, peace written as a tag,

below: A rotten orange by dew (Ali Kadado) & renoz (renozoner).

On blue background, a young man holding up a large rotten orange, holding by the stem, street art by Dew and renoz

graffiti and street art on a Beirut wall

below: Wings of Freedom

wings of freedom graffiti

below: Close to a real heart

graffiti on a wall including a large heart that is anatomically close to real

metal and concrete barricades beside a wall covered with tags and graffiti

on a city street, low rise goldish brown stone buildings with graffiti and street art around the bottom layer

below: The count down is upside down

street art and protest graffiti on a wall, exterior

below: An archer fires red hearts in a painting by Lea Bou Habib

graffiti, an archer in blue top and shorts shoots a red heart from a bow

below: Stencil by markghsoub aka Markus

blue circle, red vertical stripe, black stencil of doves and other things in black

blue circle, red vertical stripe, black stencil of doves and other things in black along with a woman with a teal coloured bandana over the lower part of her face, a woman with long hair trying to hold onto a dove, all stencils

below: Throwing dice in a painting by Zein. street art of a hand throwing a pair of dice

grey wall in front of office building, with street art on the wall, Beirut

a woman's face with hair half blue and half pink, a large blue mouse that is screaming

below: Two pink mice

two pink mice painted on a wall in Beirut

below: Protesters throwing red hearts, not just any hearts, but hearts with the Lebanese cedar tree.

graffiti of a yellow circle with black silhouette of a person with a gas mask on, throwing a red heart
metal and concrete barricades, three white metal panels with graffit on them, a D, R and S on the panels

below: A Lebanese flag with the red stripe made of hearts, Our love for this country will overcome your greed for the green. street art of a Lebanese flag with the red stripes made of hearts, also the words Our Love for the country will overcome your green for the green

below: Three panels of bulls, cows, and words by Selim Mawad

three panels of drawings of cartoon bulls and cows by Selim Mawad

below: Close up of the middle panel

close up of a middle panel, work by Selim Mawad, black and white cows and bulls with Arabic writing

Scroll down to the previous blog post for more of Selim Mawad’s work.