at Cooke & Pohukaina

Posted on August 4, 2025 by Mary C

…. more Kaka’ako murals

below: At the corner of Cooke and Pohukaina Streets where two sides of an older industrial building are covered with murals.

below: It looks a lot like the work of krack1 but I haven’t been able to find any proof online (and I forgot to look for a ‘signature’ for this piece when I was taking photos).

Along the Cooke Street side of the building, there is a row of murals. This is some of them:

below: A blue and white striped tiger by Kim Sielbeck stalks through tall plants.

below: Bright red and pink flowers by tattoo artists Cory Ferguson and Luckyolelo

below: Michelle Hoogveld‘s graphic heart

below: Lauren Hana Chai painted this woman sitting under a lotus flower and wrapped by a white and pale blue tiger.

below: In a mural by Drea, aka Andrea James, blowing air at butterflies – will this tiny change in the butterfliies’ behavior have a ripple effect on other events? – The Butterfly Effect

mural by Andrea James, a woman is blowing air towards a small group of blue butterflies

below: By Jana Lam, and Fam, more flowers – droopy pink ones and bright blue ones splashed across a textured sky.

below: The view back up the street from the south end of the block.

a white car is parked on a street where a building is covered in murals, at the near end is one on bright light green background, a pony's head,

There is a building across the street with some silhouette type images of people.

Photos taken July 2025

small town Ontario murals

Posted on June 23, 2024 by Mary C

As I find more, I will add them here in alphabetical order by town name.

Burnt River: Two halves of the same mural. Rural life – cows, horses, and the old CN train that no longer runs here. The land where the railway tracks ran has been repurposed into a walking trail in summer and a snow mobile trail in winter.

part of a mural on exterior wall of Burnt River post office, some houses, a cow, and a horse

part of a mural on exterior wall of Burnt River post office, a train stopped at a station, a snow mobile.

Campbellford: Sunrise over the water. Campbellford is on the Trent River.

Goderich: Butterflies and rainbows on the corner of Courthouse Square and Montreal Street, downtown.

butterflies and a rainbow in a large mural on the side of a brick building in downtown Goderich

Lafontaine: Profile of a wolf… Legend of Loup Lafontaine – part legend and part true story, written by Thomas Marchildon, a parish priest, in 1955. Since 2002 the town has held an annual Festival du Loup.

Parham: “59th Annual Exhibition of the Parham Agricultural … A glimpse into the past – just some of the people who made the 1950 Parham Fair another memorable event.”

large mural on the side of general store in Parham Ontario, image of a group of people at the 59th annual Exhibition and Parham agricultural fair, early 1900sm

Sharbot Lake: “The Final Journey”, On June 6, 1891, Sir John A. Macdonald died at his residence in Ottawa. After a state funeral, his body was taken by train to Kingston from the mainline to the K&P at Sharbot Lake.

mural on wall in sharbot lake, portrait of Sir John A Macdonald as well as a train, tells story of Macdonald's trip in the train after he died

Sharbot Lake: Kingston and Pembroke Iron Mining Company. Incorporated 1887. The Railway’s Influence: with the arrival of the railway in 1876 came new prosperity. Sawmills and mines now had easy access to markets. Sharbot Lake soon had several stores, hotels and 3 doctors. This building, built in 1901, was originally the Farmers Bank of Canada.

mural about Kingston and Pembroke iron mining company incorporated in 1887, and the railway's influence in the area, saw mills and mines and easy access to markets. On the side of building from 1901, the Farmers Bank of Canada

Tiverton: The Watchman – this was the name of the local newspaper. At the top of the oval, “Incorporated in 1879” and at the bottom, a portrait of John Patterson, one of the first settlers. Also shown, the Masonic Lodge, local church, an old car and pickup truck at the B A gas station, horses pulling a plow, and an old fire wagon on the main street. It was originally painted by Allen Hilgendorf in August 2001 then restored by Ruth Hurdle in 2010, and by the looks of it perhaps it is being restored again (photo taken June 2025). Other notes: Although the town was incorporated in 1879, it took the name Tiverton in 1860 when the post office opened there. “The Watchman” newspaper was founded in 1874.

large mural, outdoors, black watchman plaid background with large interior oval containing many images of pioneer life, horses pulling a plow in a field, men playing hockey outside, a church, a wagon on a street with a couple of stores,

Tiverton: Tiverton Platoon 1917, group picture

large photograph of men in uniform, 1917, group shot, about 50 men, title is Tiverton Platoon 1917, on brick wall, outside

Wallaceburg: The S.S. Superior, a large boat. “1889-1960, Typical of the Great Lake Steamers that visited Canada’s Inland Deep Water Port, this 250 ft package freighter, a familiar sight loading local products, made it’s last call in 1958 thus ending an important chapter in local heritage. “

painting on an exterior wall in Wallaceburg, a large image of the S.S. Supperior, a package freighter built in the 1880s.

Greenleaf Street., Rochester NY

Posted on July 16, 2023 by Mary C

This is another post about some of the murals seen around Rochester. As you may have noticed, there are many!

below: A small tree grows in front of a mural of stripes, rectangles, and other shapes

a small tree on the grassy area in front of a mural with stripes, shapes, and different colours, abstract

below: What big feet you have!

close up of top of a door that is within a mural, it looks like large foot is resting on the door

below: That foot, and the skin tight boot, belongs to this man, the creation of Swedish artist Andreas Englund who likes to paint people in grey superhero outfits with scanty red pants. This was part of Wall/Therapy 2015.

below: The abstract painting in greens and blues is the work of Nova.

two murals, one is man removing his boots and other is abstract lines in greens

below: Skull surrounded by moths, butterflies and flowers that seem to be growing out of it in a work titled “Cosmos” by Nico Cathcart as part of Wall/Therapy. Painted in Sept 2021.

mural, large skull, many butterflies around it

below: Letters and symbols

street art mural featuring letters of the alphabet

below: Pink face but with only one visible eye, by Sam Rodriguez, 2014.

below: Omen (from Montreal) painted this woman lying on her side with her eyes closed.

mural by Omen in Rochester, pale skinned woman lying on her side with her eyes closed, large

below: The World is Yours by Queen Andrea (as in Letter Queen!), 2014.

below: Super Fresh

mural with cursive writing, calligraphy, says Super Fresh

below: Mural by Pixel Pancho, a boy embracing a robot that has seen better days.

large mural by Pixel Pancho of a robot and a boy

close up of the boy in Pixel Pancho mural

below: “Mother” by Maxxer242 aka Max Gramajo, painted in Sept 2021

mural, black background, woman portrait in blues

below: Another mural featuring text.. A Word is an Image, by Shoe aka Niels Shoe Meulman. Image is written in very large letters spread out across the black wall.

Part of a larger mural, black background, white lettering, A word is

below: Four quadrants of an eye and cheekbone is all that remain of a once larger mural by Daze aka Chris Ellis.

a mural divided into four equal sized rectangles, two top and two bottom

Photos taken May 2023

Some of these murals appeared in an earlier blog post titled, “murals, Rochester NY” from Dec 2015.

another Casablanca wall

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Mary C

A low wall in the older part of the city… if I remember correctly it might be on one side of a taxi parking lot? As I was taking pictures, an older man stopped to talk to me about the paintings on the wall. I think that he said that a group of students painted it.

The mural is full of Casablanca scenes such as this image of the Hussan 2 mosque.

below: Typical Moroccan tile work.

below: Curly metal railings and grilles like this can be seen all over Morocco.

below: The Moroccan flag is a green star on a red background.

Sbagha Bagha, L’Boulevard, 2013

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Mary C

L’Boulevard – A long wall was painted with several murals by different artists as part of the first Sbagha Bagha festival in 2013. Many of the colours have faded and some parts of the wall’s surface has disintegrated, but enough of the pictures remain that with some imagination you can visualize what was once there.

two women in long dresses and head scarves walk past a wall covered with older murals

The wall is in the older part of Casablanca, near Avenue des FAR and Place de la Concorde.

a mural of a veiled woman

a small spindly tree grows beside a wall with street art on it

a young man in a red jacket walks past a wall covered with older murals

The portion of the wall with the little crosses that become faces surrounded by butterflies was painted by Moroccan artist Morran Ben Lahcen

older mural on a wall, little crosses come together to make faces of two girls that are surrounded by butterflies

The animal (dog?) in the leather helmet and aviator glasses is the work of Aouina as are the coloured squiggles at the bottom.

an animal's face with pale green eyes and black nose, with leather helmet and aviator goggles, in a mural

wall of murals in Casablanca

A young man on his motorbike, by FLAN and Cisco KSL, both from Barcelona (the latter seems to be more involved with tattoos & clothing recently). The rider seems to have lost his cigarette and a screw or two. I am not sure who did which part of the mural.

on a yellow background, mural, a boy riding a motorbike, by flan,

detailed painting of a wagon full of stuff, mural on a casablanca wall

A taxi full of people, and many people beside, by Rebel Spirit aka Mohammed Elbellaoui

mural of people in a taxi by rebel spirit

The old man and the teapot were also painted by Rebel Spirit. Originally, there was writing in Arabic beside the man. The top part of the wall has broken off, taking the artwork from the murals with it.

mural on old wall of an old man's head, wearing a white turban older murals of a man and a woman walking with a cane

This older woman with the head scarf, heavy load, and walking stick was painted by Mouhim Simo. The red paintings (above) are a later “addition”.

on a wall with a small window with open yellow shutter, a mural of an older woman with head scarf, bent over, and walking with a stick

The alligator driving the flying carpet with all his possessions was painted by Spanish artist (from Barcelona) Kram

part of a larger mural wall, a painting by Kram of objecs on a flying carpet on the top, and smaller rodent like animals with beady eyes on the bottom

This stencil work has been added since the murals were painted. It looks very Moroccan with the blue tile work. The two men neatly fit into a heart.

a blue stencil that looks like a Moroccan tile pattern, with an inset of a heart shape with top part red and bottom part two men's heads back to back, both with blue head scarves Beside it is another stencil by the same artist. This time it is four winged fish radiating from the center. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to figure out the artist’s signature.

black stencil of four winged fish radiating from the center, tails towards the center

Athenian stencils

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Mary C

below: A television family. The rabbit ears are quaint.

little black stencil of a family, parents have televisions for heads, standing in a row, all holding hands. seen in Athens Greece

below: Crying eyes

black stencil of a woman's face, just the features, she is crying and black tears are running down her face

line drawing, in black, stencil, woman's head with face partially obscured by a red bandana over her mouth and nose

below: Throwing each other away. Are any of us really disposable?

small black stencil of a person throwing a smaller person into a garbage can

below: A more positive message – butterflies and love

two metal boxes on the street with stencil graffiti, both with red background, one has many black butterflies and the other has a boy giving a flower to a girl, in silhouette

below: I suspect that it’s a protest that is political in nature but because of my lack of Greek I’m not sure.

stencil graffiti, circle with a pair of scissors diagonally across it, with words R.A.W. cuts and then some Greek words below it. seen in Athens Greece