Bronik | Eyes on the Streets

….. 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

…. 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

Eyes on the Streets

and feets on the ground. Graffiti, street art and murals seen while wandering the streets and alleys of our colourful world.

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down by the beach