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more Heerlen birds

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There are many murals and other great street art works in Heerlen. There are too many for one blog post so I have tried to find a way to show them in small sections that make some sort of sense. My previous post (the workmen and the black birds) contained photos of the ravens or crows that DazeTwo features in most of his work so in this post I will continue with more bird themed murals.

below: Two snuggling bluebirds painted by Daniel MacLloyd

below: A massive heron with a collection of items that help represent Heerlen, a mural best seen from the other side of the railway tracks, or better yet from a train as it enters the city. The “Heerlen Heron” was painted seven years ago by Vincent Lancee and Dave de Leeuw.

below: Another collaborative effort, this time DazeTwo teamed up with fellow Heerlen artist, Ivan Sanda (aka MF Ivan), to produce an image of a woman whose head is also that of a raven.

mural on the side of a house, a woman

below: High above the street a yellow bird in a cage. The canary in the coal mine? by Collin van der Sluijs.

a yellow canary in a brass bird cage with a cloud of wisps, objects and a pair of eyes above it

part of a larger mural, a yellow canary in a brass bird cage

below: Dzia’s little blue chicken on Willemstraat.

below: And last, a quick bird head in the semi darkness under a bridge.

Photos taken October 2023

the workmen and the black birds

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below: Miners hard at work under the mining museum in Heerlen.

small stencils of 4 workmen, miners, digging in the sidewalk, on the very bottom of the wall, pick axe,

below: More miners, but this time they are having a bit of fun riding in the mine carts as they roll downhill.

street art picture of men riding on and holding on to mine carts going downhill inside a mine

below: The Heerlen workmen aren’t just in the mines. You can see them in a number of places around the city.

graffiti stencil by jaune of a workman in orange and yellow vest swinging on a rope

below: In some cases you can spot them dealing with the blackbirds, the gold crown topped ravens.

stencil graffiti of two workmen looking up at a large black bird, one of the men has a yellow sling shot that he is aiming at the bird

below: The stenciled workmen were created by Jaune. On his Instagram page there is a great line, “The world belongs to those who build it”.

below: A white crow joins the fun.

a photo of a man looking out a window, pasted on exterior wall, with painting of a white raven sitting on top of the photo

below: A larger mural full of black birds. Like all the other birds in this post, this is the work of Daze Two, a local Heerlen artist.

mural on the gable end of a building, blue background, a group of blackbirds all huddled together, by daze two

below: Closer view of the ravens in the mural above.

close up of daze two mural of a group of blackbirds, feather, wings,

below: Is there a story here? What kind of interaction is there between the realistic looking black birds and the flat red bird? X marks the spot, but why?

graffiti painting of 3 blackbirds and a red bird

below: A last look at the birds, a small Daze Two work, part of a larger piece, on a brick wall.

a small artwork of 2 blackbirds, on a brick wall

Photos taken October 2023

More Heerlen murals can be seen in the next blog post – link to “more Heerlen birds“.