older women

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Mary C

This mural, a large photograph, has not weathered all that well. It’s title is “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and the artist is Bifido. On her website, Bifido says this about the artwork: “This work should have been called “selfportrait”, as it express how I’m feeling in this moment in the sight of the world. Working, talking, scoping, breathing Tirana atmosphere, I really realized, for the very first time, how it feels to be a woman caught in the grips of this male chauvinist society, to be a woman physically and mentally oppressed by men. As the work progressed, the sense of it changed revealing, maybe, the real reason that. I come back home, to Italy, more aware of something that makes me feel heartbroken, hoping one day something will change.” Please take a look at her website, especially if you want to see the photo in its original form.

By now you may have guessed that the word older in the title of this post has nothing to do with the age of the woman in the mural but in the condition of the mural itself. The Bifido work above is from either 2018 or 2019. Of the same vintage, is a mural by HazardUK

It’s title is “Motra Tone Revisited” which refers to a famous painting, “Motra Tone” also known as ”The Albanian Monalisa”, that was painted by Kole Idromeno (1860-1939).

below: This is a picture of that famous painting (found online, credit: public domain, wikipedia). She hangs in the National Art Gallery in Tirana.

a girl and her dog

Posted on April 24, 2022 by Mary C

Close to Tropicana Baseball Field is this large mural. It is 30 feet high and 148 feet wide and covers the east wall of Modern Furniture. The girl resting with a doberman was painted by Evoca1.

colours and people on the stairs.

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Mary C

On Ahmad Bin Hanbal Street, close to where it connects to Prince Muhammad, there is a set of stairs leading upward. Because Amman is built on a number of hills, stairs like this are many (although not all of them are painted).

brightly coloured stairs that end with a a white wall with paintings of people made from circles and ovals with stick arms and legs, all doing something

below: A busy group of people, climbing ladders, filming, talking to the cameraman, constructing, walking, etc.

a white wall with paintings of people made from circles and ovals with stick arms and legs, all doing something, climbing ladder,

rainow and flowers painted on a set of stairs

below: A long ribbon of colours flow from her backpack.

black silhouette of a girl with a backpack on, reading a book, colours flow from ther backpack in a long wave down the stairs

below: Leaves made of multicoloured spirals

beside a railing and a staircase, a mural of a tree with spirals in the place of leaves, many colours

part of a mural of stick figures with oval bodies, a hand on a hip

below: A question mark on his forehead. Also, a view of one of the hillsides in central Amman.

a blue line drawing of a man's face with a question mark on his forehead, painted on a short wall, view of Amman in the background

four Adnate faces on Wellington

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Mary C

On an apartment building that is 20 storeys high, there is a large mural painted by Adnate. Apparently it is the tallest mural in the southern hemisphere. Recently completed (Sept 2018), the mural consists of four faces of residents of the public housing building.

adnate faces, four, on a 20 storey high apartment building

below: The top of the mural features the face of a young Vietnamese girl

a young girl and an older woman's face in an adnate mural

below: First grader Arden

young boy's face in a mural by adnate

below: The face of Badria Abdo, from Ethiopia, who arrived in Australia in 2006 via a Kenyan refugee camp where she spent seven years.

below: On the bottom is a man recently arrived from West Papua (Indonesia).

a black man's face in an adnate mural

Georgian faces

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Mary C

Georgia the country that is, Tbilisi Georgia

stencil of a young girl's head, shoulders and arms, wearing a hat, holding a piece of fabric over her mouth and nose

below: Love is life. Not sure if there is meaning to the handgun and bullet holes

large colourful mural with the words love is life, a picture of a couple (heads) with flowers and hearts, also a handgun and bullet holes

below: Michael Jackson

black stencil of Michael Jackson in profile on a concrete wall with an orange stripe painted on it

below: blowing smoke

below: Looking out the window

below: James Joyce

grey tones, black and white portrait of James Joyce who wrote Ulysses

below: Cafe Linville

closed and locked double doors painted with two women talking over glasses of red wine, with the words Cafe Linville written across the top of the painting

in a Madrid park

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Mary C

The following photos were taken in a walled park (or community garden) in Madrid in March 2018.

below: Face and fishes by Lazaro Totem

large realistic painting of a man's face on white brick wall, with some fish swimming above his head, signed as

below: El Indio

El Indio street art painting of a yellow man, skinny arms and legs, arms raised above his head and spear in his hands, red mask over eyes, loin cloth of red, yellow and green

below: Por Favor is a street artist whose work can be seen around Madrid.

poster by Por Favor of a woman's face in pink and purple

below: Ianah

painting on a wall of a girl's head and shoulders, in water, with fish covering her head, and fish swimming in the water,

below: The front of a large ROA animal

front part of a large mural of an animal by ROA

below: And the back part of the animal, and the left part of the mural

back part of a large mural by ROA, pigs,

below: Another El Indio. He’s wanted for something!

El Indio street art painting on brick wall, large Wanted sign on the top, picture of a yellow man with red mask and blue skimpy underpants

below: A long drawn mural with lots of detail.

wall separating park from high rise apartment building with balconies, on wall is a mural

below: A close up of part of the mural above

close up detail of mural on white brick, trees and plants in front

below: The Madrid coat of arms is the blue shield shape with a bear and a tree in the middle, similar to what is painted here. The man chopping down the tree is definitely not on the coat of arms!

mural of someone working on the Madrid coat of arms

below: Vegan bunnies

vegan bunnies street art

Barcelona doors

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Mary C

Street art seen on doors in Barcelona Spain, April 2018

below: Vegan bunnies. One releases a caged bird and the other has scissors in her hair.

street art painting of two young women on a door, stylized, one with turquoise hair and the other with light purple hair. One with a red dress and holding a bird cage that a bird is flying out of. words at bottom say vegan bunnies. scrawled across the top are the words Lima love.

below: Cat and mouse by Cisco KSL who is also a tattoo artist. The mouse has a couple of vices. I wonder what the cat’s key will unlock?

motorcycle in front of two doors with murals. on the left is a cat and on the right is a greenish coloured mouse. both animals fill the door.

below: She lives at 202 Carrer de L’Escorial

a man and woman pushing a stroller walk past a garage door with a mural of a womans face on it.

below: Reaching out

a paste up of a boy in blue snow suit and blue and white hat, he is pointing outwards,

below: A bloody mess, a painting by Sarah Pitel – an American from Portland Oregon.

painting on a door of a person's head, with lots of black hair, top of body is just rib cage with lots of red paint that looks like blood splattered all over it

below: Cats? Cats with very long necks. (Ooops! Not a door).

three long necked cats painting on a door

below: It started with a street art piece by Arte Ignorante of a woman in blue tipping her hat with the girl in red beside her.

doors, wood, with two people on them, an adult and a girl

below: Handmade in Barcelona, the shoe maker at work, with a line of shoes above.

mural on a metal store window covering of a pair of hands working on making shoes

below: Black and white, two women looking at you.

door with graffiti on it.

below: BOB is on the right.

two doors with murals. on the left is goofy faced creature with orange spiky hair and on the right is the word BOB written vertically in large light teal letters.

below: Pandora’s box and bright finger nails.

La Caja de Pandora, Pandora's box, in white on black background, a hand is coming out of the box, with bright red nail polish, box is open,

cartoon like painting on a door, pink faced person with bright yellow sweater, a yellow fish

This post is also a “Thursday Doors” blog post. This is a weekly occurrence and a number of bloggers participate. If you are interested in doors in general and want to see more door themed blog posts, here is the link.

people on Bristol streets

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Mary C

People in murals and other street art seen in Bristol earlier in 2017.

below: A mural in shades of yellow by tattoo and street artist Sepr (instagram) . These aren’t blackbirds baked in a pie, instead they are blackbirds in a cup and saucer. Let’s have tea!

mural, yellow and grey on black background, car parked in front. Mural is a man holding a tea cup in one hand and a small plate in the other. Two blackbirds in the cup and one on the plate.

below: Jesus Break Dance by Cosmo Sarson

large mural of a man upside down on one hand, only a loincloth on, no other clothes

below: A large mural of a woman’s face in yellow and black, by Stinkfish, Stokes Croft, 2012

large mural of a yellow woman's face, long black hair, on the side of a building, blue and red text graffiti along the bottom

below: The Coat of Arms by Nick Walker

mural on a wall, figure with many arms, wrds that say the coat of arms

below: On the left is ‘Afrika en la casa’ by Feo Flip (Basura Visual) and on the right is a cracked face by LAIC.

two large faces, one man , one woman, with a door covered with posters between them

below: Another piece by LAIC. Most of his street art involves distorted faces,

below: Street art by Dr. Love from Tbilisi Georgia, love holds you up. Girl on swing. Red balloons.

street art piece of s girl sitting on a swing that is being held up by two red balloons

below: Welcome to St. Pauls mural

mural on a wall, city scene

street art, 3 pieces,painting of woman's head in grey and purple, graffiti in pink and green shapes, plus drawing on a door in the middle

below: Alice in Wasteland.

stencil graffiti

below: A little line drawing wonderfully placed around the chain.

small drawing on a wall, man with scowling face, large head and small body,

below: Boxing dog-faced men with bright red gloves.

mural of naked men with red boxing gloves

below: DENX ’09

street art painting of a man with blue face, black hat and jacket and green pants

mural of a witch with wizard hat on blue with yellow stars

under a barred window, a painting of two faces on blue background

resist graffiti words

parking meter man as a monkey, sneering, and pointing, beside a sign that says no parking, words on street art say put the oney in the meter

words that say think local boycott tesco, picture of a man holding a protest sign and a megaphone

these walls have eyes

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Mary C

Faces painted, stenciled and pasted on Montreal walls

street art painting on a bright orange door of a man in a suit sitting cross legged with a cup and saucer of tea. red tea cup and red saucer. his tie is flipped up and his hair is weird he is Monsieur Croissant Head

$two paste ups on an old window. on the left is a black and white photo of a young woman. on the right is an abstract of a face in bright primary colours, fractured so she has 4 eyes$

a tesalation of 8 faces, 4 on the left and 4 on the right. they are stacked on top of each other, alternating a white face and goldish brown face. The column on the right is looking upwards, the column on the left is looking down, with nose on the ground.

a large brick wall in Montreal with the bottom part covered with a mural. on the right is an image of a black man in a black hat playing the harmonica. The rest is text and tag like shapes in blues and greens. RIP.

under a balcony with two sets of stairs in front of it, a mural with a blue faced girl as well as some other creatures

On a garage door, three heads, each has a cat on top. On of the cats has a mouse pulling a small red cart.

in an alley, a black silhouette of a woman's head with the words Chlo Row 1861, on a salmon coloured wall, another mural on the next wall in the lane

a mural of a young girl in many colours. A red turtlecap is on top of her shoulder

5 poster of Marilyn Monroe on a wall. The 6th poster has been covered by a poster of a man, Bill W.

A man's face in grey tones surrounded by a rainbow coloured ribbon

a multifaceted face in grey tones by omen, with a small pasteup (or painting?) of a blue owl beside the face

two rows of repeating posters. In browns, faded, with torn edges, and red paint blobs and drips on top of them. The top row is girl's head and the bottom is a young girl looking up

large black and white man's face painted by omen with a small orange face to the bottom left and bottom right - orange faces painted by kashink

two faces are part of a larger mural

fresh paint under pressure, a man is holding a spray paint can. he is old looking, bald, with glasses at the end of his nose, wearing a top with black polka dots, done in grey tones

three mens heads. in the center, a bald man in pinks. on either side of him, the identical green man looking upwards.

girls head in pinks

realistic painting of a man in a white shirt, on a purple background, mural

a quickly drawn face with wild spiky black hair. face in red. a red star to the bottom left

a red head woman, with black bra, and many arms, some are snakes, two hands on her breasts and two hands holding her hair.

black abstract faces on white background, painted in an alley

a face painted on a brown metal wall beside an exterior stair case

a paste up of a black and white photo of a young man that is torn and the bottom half is missing

line painting of a woman's head and face

painted face on a brick wall, pink and yellow

once a black and white face, now blurred into grey

two small stickers of black and white demon faces with horns, and tongues stuck out

brown street art painting of a blad man's head and face with droopy eyes partially closed and wrinkled foreheard and cheeks

cartoon character like woman with yellow hair and a red and bllue suit

a roughly drawn black skull on a green fence, with white holes for the eyes and white outline

large painting of a girl's face with bright blue eyes and purple hair

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a realistic painting of a woman's head, wearing a black shawl, fingers also in the painting.

mural of a woman's face , touch of turquoise but mostly in pinks and yellows , drawn mostly with lines

a black door in an alley, 911 Ave Mont Royal that has graffiti on it, as well as a painting of a man's face

a white stencil of an older Indian (first nations) man in a feather head dress. A stereotypical picture of Indian chief from old pictures

white line drawing of two men, one short and one tall. The tall man is under a window and looks like he's holding up the window

These photos were taken in June 2015

Starchild Stela

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Mary C

As seen around Montreal on the weekend of 14-16 June 2015

below: first, an oldie on a page from a French book. I’m not sure what book it is, but it includes the words “protège la virilité de l’époux” which translate to “protects the virility of husband“

Starchild Stela character, a girl with shoulder length and slightly curly hair, drawn on a page of an old book whose words are in french.

Using stickers, paste ups, and spraypaint, Starchild Stela is a graffiti artist who combines cute feminine characters with slogans. I’d like to say that they are ‘common sense’ slogans but unfortunately they aren’t. For example:

“my body, my choice”

Starchild Stela character, a girl with shoulder length and slightly curly hair, two girls in the center of a doily, with the words 'my body, my choice'

and “consent is mandatory”

Starchild Stela character, a girl with shoulder length and slightly curly hair, sticker on a window, pale pink background with pink bows in a pattern, with the words 'consent in mandatory'

and “support survivors”

Starchild Stela character, a girl with shoulder length and slightly curly hair, black and white sticker of a number of girls in a group (5) with the words 'support survivors'

“destroy rape culture”

Starchild Stela character, a girl with shoulder length and slightly curly hair, paper on a wall, peeling and only part of it is still visible, painted pink,

“leave me alone”

Starchild Stela character, a girl with shoulder length and slightly curly hair, sticker on a grey metal pole, pale pink background with little pink bows pattern, with the words 'leave me alone' written under it

“gender studies”

Starchild Stela character, a girl with shoulder length and slightly curly hair, in yellow on a red brick wall, with a word bubble that says gender studies

Starchild Stela character, a girl with shoulder length and slightly curly hair, large painting in blue on a red brick wall with the words Stela Aurure Nila scrawled in black beside it.

Starchild Stela character, a girl with shoulder length and slightly curly hair, painted in pink on a red brick wall with the words femme malia written in cursive beside it

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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