last of Salem

Posted on September 30, 2026 by Mary C

Continuing to “finish” sections of this blog – today it’s Salem Massachusetts.

below: “Make art or die trying”.

Salem street art, graffiti sticker that says make art or die trying

below: “Super Dali” by Brazilian street artist Sipros (aka Wellington Naberezny)

young Dali with long curly mustache, oversized black glasses, and a cape like superman in a mural by Sipros, in Salem Massachusetts

below: Beside Dali is a spiral vortex in blues and oranges by HoxxoH, (aka Douglas Hoekzema)

HoxxoH mural in Salem, circles like a spiral vortex in yellow, orange, and blue

below: Golden 305 aka Cristhian Saravia

below: mmm

part of Golden 305 mural in Salem, pink unicorn, yellow cat, blue face with a yellow halo, alien in a small spacecraft

below: Unicorn love

part of a Golden 305 mural in Salem, pink unicorn with rainbow cooured horn, with pink heart, button eyes

below: “The Queen of the Block” by artist Mr. Cenz,

Mr. Cenz mural in Salem, woman's face on a building adjacent to one whose facade has been painted in graphic geometric shapes

below: “Si Se Puede” (translates to “if possible”) by Annadidathing aka Anna Dugan, and Yenny Hernández

below: Along the river path, by Chor Boogie aka Joaquin Lamar Hailey

mural in Salem, along the river path, by Chor Boogie aka Joaquin Lamar Hailey

below: It looks a llot like fences intertwined, but the title is “Creciendo Juntos” (Growing Together) by artist El Cekis

mural by El Cekis, in salem, bluish green leaves growing against a pinkish chainllink fence, another pink fence, and a loopy yellow fence

below: “Katherine” painted by Mexican artist Paola Delfín in August 2018.

mural titled, Katherine, painted by Mexican artist Paola Delfín, large portrait in grey tones

below: “Garden Boy” by Pixel Pancho

Garden Boy by Pixel Pancho, large mural, head and shoulders of boy entirely in flowers and leaves

below: Little orange guys

little orange characters with curly legs, on a blue background

little orange characters with curly arms, on a blue background

below: Denny Tentindo. This mural was painted over in August 2026. It was on the side of a building, The Witch Doctor. When the business moved, the mural was painted brown.

mural, a row of grey elephants on brown background, mural in Salem

grey elephants on brown background, mural in Salem

below: Happy faces in a rainbow of colours, more work by Golden305.

row of large happy faces on fence, different coloured backgrounds in each section, purple, pink, turquoise, green, orange, yellow, by Golden 305

large x as eyes, face mural, black on yellow, by golden 305

little stickers on a red do not block street sign

below: A chef and some faces in black and white

paste up graffiti, one is a chef with a shark's tail, the other is two male faces, both in black and white

below: Happy frog face!

sticker graffiti, blue frog's face, laughing, with flowers in its hair

More Salem photos on this site – Salem street art

Photos taken July 2024

Kadikoy murals

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Mary C

‘Muralist Istanbul’ is an annual mural painting festival that has been running in the Kadikoy area of Istanbul since 2012. Most of the murals on this page are from 2013 so you know that this is only a sample of what can be seen in Kadikoy!

below: The bottom part of “Occupy Antarctica”. What is missing is a clock and a red fez – both are above the penguins. Painted by B. Shanti.

a small blue car is parked in front of the bottom part of a large mural in Kadikoy Istanbul, a group of penguins on top and some text street art on the bottom

below: Two purplish horsemen separated by a column of windows, by Franco Fasoli aka Jaz (from Argentina) called “One against One” painted in 2013.

large purple hued mural in Kadikoy, two horsemen facing each other with a column of windows in the middle, by Argentinian artis Jaz

below: The text says Captain Borderline. The title is “Sufi of Kadikoy/Totem” and it is the work of Dabtar from Germany. Dabtar is a member of the Captain Borderline Crew (as is fellow German, B. Shanti, above).

large mural in Kadikoy Istanbul, a man, clownish features, black bears, standing up,

below: “Resistencia” by Inti. Skulls on the wrists and an apple in hand.

large mural by inti in Kadikoy Turkey, person with hood, holding an apple in hand,

below: A closer look at the bottom part of the mural that is in the shade. An ace up the sleeve.

details of inti mural, hand with tattoos

below: Eyes on the balloon, watching as it rises over the vacant lot. “Balao ” by Brazilian artist Claudio Ethos, 2013.

large mural in Kadikoy on the side of a building, hot air balloon, on the side of a building, vacant lot beside behind hoardings covered with ad posters Painted by Brazilian artist Claude Ethos

below: “In Dreams” by Freddy Sam (aka Ricky Lee Gordon) An elephant at night, under the moon and stars. Most of his murals are in shades of grey.

a large mural of a realistic looking elephant at night, in grey tones, moon and stars too

below: I couldn’t find any information on this mural.

large mural in Kadikoy of an abstracted face in yellow, blue, red, and green, eyes looking out onto the street

If you plan to visit Kadikoy, do a bit of research online first and save yourself some time! Images and the locations of most of the murals are on the internet.

animals that lurk on walls, Montreal

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Mary C

Mural, street art and graffiti animals seen in Montreal

colourful birds

street art, graffiti, animals painted on a wall - A brightly coloured bird head with fine feathers and a large yellowish orange beak

dogs

street art, graffiti, animals painted on a wall - an ugly awkward looking dog paces in a mural. The dog looks like it's walking on the sidewalk. A bike is parked in front of it

street art, graffiti, animals painted on a wall - a large dog face on a garage door that has been partially tagged over

flying elephants

street art, graffiti, animals painted on a wall - elephants flying over blue and purple clouds and sky

flying fish

street art, graffiti, animals painted on a wall - yellow and orange fish swimming in a purple sky with puffy clouds

a giraffe or two

street art, graffiti, animals painted on a wall - a tall adult giraffe and a smaller young giraffe eating leaves with necks outstretched. A branch of a real tree is also in the picture and it looks like the girafffes are eating the real leaves

a swimming turtle

street art, graffiti, animals painted on a wall - a turtle flying in the clouds past a real window, with small buildings on its back

as well as other swimmers

street art, graffiti, animals painted on a wall - a dolphin is swimming under exterior metal staircases

street art, graffiti, animals painted on a wall - a blue circle with concentric patterns of fish in reds, blues and blacks

ladybugs

street art, graffiti, animals painted on a wall - two large ladybugs on green leaves

and Egyptian lions

street art, graffiti, animals painted on a wall - a lion head in an Egyptian themed mural, a pharaoh head, and pyramids are also in the picture

a rooster

mural painting of a very large yellow and brown rooster on the side of two storey building in downtown Montreal

other birds

line drawing of an owl on a grey wall, red lines and white lines

street art, graffiti, animals painted on a wall - a large stylized pale blue bird in a window of a red brick building.

and a few cats

mural of a large tabby cat lying on rooftops with its paw hanging over the side of the buildings

street art, graffiti, animals painted on a wall - blue cat with a very long pink tongue that encircles its body a couple of times, sitting in a doorway