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

along Boulevard Décarie

… a few murals seen on Boulevard Décarie in Montreal.

below: By Cecile Gariepy, holding up blue cube houses and showing them to each other in “Chez Nous” on a wall of Habitations Bourret housing project. a gift from the organization MU to the Office municipal d’habitation de Montréal (OMHM) for their 50th anniversary. 2019

mural with tile Chez Nous (our house) by Cecile Gariepy on the upper storeys of an apartment building, stylized people in reds and blues hold blue cube houses

portion of chez nous, a mural by Cecile Gariepy

below: Fonki painting of bulldogs and pugs

Mural of group of dogs, bulldogs and pugs, by artist Fonki,
part of larger mural by Fonki of bulldogs and pugs

below: Tilly, another bulldog, painted on pink on what is now an empty building.

below: This portrait of Tilly was painted by Kevin Ledo.

Tilly dog mural by Kevin Ledo,

below: This is the street art seen under the portrait of Tilly.

throw up text based tag street art

below: Dora the Explorer, in a Tim Hortons & Wendys parking lot.

Dora the explorer mural in Wendys parking lot on Decarie, Montreal

below: Dora the Explorer chases butterflies.

mural of children's television character, Dora the explorer chasing butterflies

Photos taken April 2026

Lowell’s murals

Like many cities in Massachusetts, the organization Beyond Walls has been responsible for bringing great artists into the city to paint interesting murals that liven up public spaces and bring some colour to different neighbourhoods.

below: A David Zayas mural, “Otro Rumbo” covers the side of a building at Athenian Corner on Market Street. It contains many traditional Puerto Rican symbols and objects, including a rooster that symbolizes strength. For this mural, Project LEARN (Lowell Educational Alliance Resource Network) was also involved.

large mural by David Zayas, girl in skirt and bare feet walks over a row of chairs, from seat to seat

large mural by David Zayas, girl in skirt and bare feet walks over a row of chairs, from seat to seat

below: Evaristo Angurria (or Nestor Garcia painted this mural at the site of Mechanics Hall. I am not sure why, but he seems to like painting women with curlers in their hair.

mural by angurria, people dancing
part of mural by angurria

part of mural by angurria

below: Three pottery jugs representing “healing”, i.e whole – broken – fixed, a mural by Bryan Beyung that covers the side of the Elliot Church in the Back Central neighbourhood.

large mural by Bryan Beyung on the side of an old brick church, Elliot church, in Lowell Massachusetts. Shows three large pottery jugs, the first is whole, the middle is broken, and the last is repaired.

below: Celebrating the Irish heritage in the area and how they helped build Lowell. They were one of the first immigrants to arrive starting in the 1830s. They found labor working at the many mills in and around Lowell.

Large mural in Lowell, on the side of old factory building, historic iage of old factory with people going to work, also two large churches in the mural, Irish heritage of the area,

part of a larger mural showing scenes from around lowell massachusetts, two church steeples

fence in Lowell massachusetts, covered with a colorful mural

below: “Rayo Feliz” by Golden 305 at the Middlesex Community College’s Facilities building. (More of his work in Holyoke).

below: Also on the Lowell campus of Middlesex Community College, this time at the Cowan Center, is another mural called “Dream, Hunt, Make.” It was was painted by FONKi, a Cambodian street artist born in France but now living in Montreal.

A quote by FONKi (source: his Instagram page)

“DREAM, HUNT, MAKE
Within the eyes of the Dreamer, lies the keys of the future,
Sweetness and bitterness you will taste,
Focus in the Present, you must,
Educate yourself, you will.
.
Obsessively, his dream, the Hunter chases,
Darkness and light you will meet,
Wise with knowledge, you must be,
Continue flying, you will.
.
Under The Maker’s hands, life takes color.
Creation is complex,
An Art it is, to make it simple,
To build, pure must be your intentions.
.
A Sweet Dreamer, Wise Hunter & Pure Maker you shall become.”

Photos taken August 2024