at Blvd Saint Laurent and Rue Marie-Anne….

Posted on September 9, 2026 by Mary C

… where you can find two large murals on opposite corners.

at Blvd Saint Laurent and Rue Marie-Anne, 2 buildings on opposite corners, each with a street art mural on it

below: Along Rue Marie-Anne is part of Izabelle Duguay’s “Toucher L’horizon” with its pink/blue mountain rising above the blue water. The whole mural wraps around two sides of the building.

on the side of a building, part of Izabelle Duguay's “Toucher L'horizon” with its pink/blue mountain rising above the blue water

below: The “Ange de Bordeaux” was Aristides de Sousa Mendes (1885-1954). He was Portuguese consul-general in Bordeaux France where he defied the orders of the Portuguese government and issued visas to thousands of refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied France, including Jews. He lost his job because of it and died in poverty after the war. The many accolades and awards that he received all came after his death. The mural was painted by Awie in 2022.

mural, Ange de Bordeaux by Awie, covers the side of a building, portrait of a middle age man

bike parked against street sign pole in front of a wild style text graffiti painting

below: A blue lion is the centerpiece in Kevin Ledo’s mural on Marie-Anne (across the street from L’Ange de Bordeaux).

part of a mural by Kevin Ledo, blue and white face of a lion

below: This is a more complete picture of the mural. The blue of the lion as well as the patterns formed by the blue squares and rectangles recall some of the features of Portuguese ceramic tiles.

mural by Kevin Ledo, blue and white face of a lion flanked by patterns, orange and yellow on one side, blue and white squares and rectangles on the other class=

blue and white squares and rectangles like patterns on Portuguese ceramic tiles, mural by Kevin Ledo

below: Waiting to cross Blvd Saint Laurent.

person waiting to cross Blvd Saint Laurent, at Blvd Saint Laurent and Rue Marie-Anne, 2 buildings on opposite corners, each with a street art mural on it

below: More of “Toucher L’horizon”

on the side of a building, part of Izabelle Duguay's “Toucher L'horizon” with its pink/blue mountain rising above the orange water. water is reflecting the setting sun

One of the corners at St. Laurent and Marie-Anne is Parc du Portugal – you can see some of the park trees in the picture above. Directly across the park from Izabelle Duguay’s mural are more artworks with a Portuguese connection.

below: This is a portrait of Amalia Rodrigues. As you can probably surmise, she was a musician. Rodrigues (1920-1999) was known as the Queen of Fado; fado is a Portuguese music genre. The mural was painted by Paulo Carreira.

large mural, a portrait of Amalia Rodrigues, the Queen of Fado which is Portuguese music. Painted by Paulo Carreira

below: This mosaic, “Azulejos” was presented to the City of Montreal by the Portuguese community. The word ‘azulejos’ refers to the painted and glazed ceramic tiles that the artwork is made of.

picture on exterior wall, made of blue and white tiles, lots of details

below: A closer look at part of the image. There are a lot of little details hidden in it.

close up view of picture on exterior wall, made of blue and white tiles, lots of details

below: “Whatever make sense to your soul”. Interesting sticker even if it has a grammar mistake in the text.

sticker with words, Whatever make sense to your soul

below: Shitty graffiti!

two graffiti stickers, one is a small abstract drawing, the other says shitty graffiti

below: “Ma voix est-elle muette a vos oreilles?” A literal translation is: “Is my voice silent to your ears?” Or would Portuguese be more appropriate?… “Será que a minha voz é silenciosa para ti?”

words in French written on a USA Priority mail sticker, Ma voix est-elle muette a vos oreilles?

below: Astro

astro graffiti, black and white, chubby little dog with black sunglasses

below: It’s not easy to see, but the sticker on the bottom is another Astro.

Photos taken September 2026

around Ehrenfeld station

Posted on September 9, 2026 by Mary C

The Ehrenfeld neighbourhood of Cologne is a “hotspot” for urban art of all sorts. This blogpost focuses on some of the murals and graffiti that I saw close to the train station. It is one of many posts featuring art in Arheneld.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Erheneld station,by Herakut, a girl and her dog. dog is wearing blue and white striped t shirt

below: By the German duo, Herakut, a girl and her dog in a blue and white striped shirt with words “Ohne dich würde ich mich nicht trauen” (Without you, I wouldn’t dare)

by Herakut, a girl and her dog. dog is wearing blue and white striped t shirt. text on mural says Ohne dich würde ich mich nicht trauen

below: This geometric creation by Zedz is beside the Lidl parking lot.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, geometric abstract by zedz on side of residential building

below: “Matriarchy” is a mural by Ukrainian street artist AEC Interesni Kazki (aka Aleksei Bordusov). There are two naked women – one black woman riding a tiger and one white-ish woman sitting under a red umbrella. That’s quite the platform that shes sitting on.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, "Matriarchy" by Ukrainian street artist AEC Interesni Kazki aka Aleksei Bordusov

below: SeiLeise (Tim Ossege)’s depiction of Cardinal Woelki’s as a Star Wars emperor wearing a dark habit and standing between two soldiers from the imperial guard of honour wearing red coverings and a fig leaf strategically placed.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, SeiLeise stencil, archbishop in black hooded robe, holding staff, accompanied by men draped in red so heads are hidden but fig leaf over groin

below: This European flag is also by SeiLeise, a flag where the gold stars are being methodically cut off and removed.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, stencil by SeiLeise, older man, seated, wearing suit cutting yellow stars off a European flag

below: “A Chinese Fairy Tale” was painted by Dabtar and A.Signl who are members of the street art crew Captain Borderline. Amnesty International and Colorrevoltion e.V. were also involved. Apparently the mural is a statement (or to raise awareness of?) the human rights situation in China. It dates from 2014.

restaurant patio in front of a wall with urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, A Chinese Fairy Tale" painted by the street art crew Captain Borderline, A.Signl and Dabtar, dragon puppet, panda mask,

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, A Chinese Fairy Tale" painted by the street art crew Captain Borderline, A.Signl and Dabtar, dragon puppet, panda mask,

below: This 3D large mosaic head is an earlier work of Captain Borderline (2011).

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, 3D mosaic head by Captain Borderline, big white eyes and nose, red lips, closed mouth, big ears, bald

3D mosaic head by Captain Borderline, close up of nose, red lips, closed mouth

below: Once again, another Captain Borderline painting – this time they collaborated with local artist, Rakaposhii (mural ‘Mystical Wall’, shown in 4 photos)

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, mystical wall mural by Captain Borderline and Rakaposhii,

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, part of mystical wall mural by Captain Borderline and Rakaposhii, two women, in black and white

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, part of mystical wall mural by Captain Borderline and Rakaposhii, building with balcony railing, black and white tiled roof

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, part of mystical wall mural by Captain Borderline and Rakaposhii,

below: This long wall was designed together by two street artists as part of the first City-Leaks Festival in 2011 – Swiss artist Smash137 and Dutch artist Zedz (see above mural). It’s title is “Musikalische Komposition”. Between when this picture was taken (October 2025) and now (September 2026) the building was demolished.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, mural by smash 137 and zedz

below: “Häusliche Gewalt” (Domestic Violence) was created by street artist RIPO (aka Max Rippon) in July 2014

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, Häusliche Gewalt (Domestic Violence) was created by street artist RIPO (aka Max Rippon)

below: Lichtstrasse with RIPO’s mural along with a couple of paintings higher up on the adjacent building.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, street scene, Häusliche Gewalt (Domestic Violence) was created by street artist RIPO (aka Max Rippon)

below: In accessible – murals painted on a wall that is now behind a fence…. one of the pitfalls of art on temporary structures.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station

below: Potted plants, and/or plants in colourful vases surround a person who seems to be removing an animal (leopard?) mask in a mural painted by Gaupo Sapo (composed of YuMu, Krashkid, and Alexander Isakov) in 2017.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, Potted plants, and/or plants in colourful vases surround a person who seems to be removing an animal (leopard?) mask in a mural painted by Gaupo Sapo

below: A very happy spray paint can admires its work?

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, mural behind a fence

below: Posters with messages like “We are all brainwashed” surrounded by winged phones and television emitting concentric waves. Another message from Vanessa Slagter is “Grow Women Power – Grow where you want. Not where they want to see you”.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, three posters by Vanessa Slagter

below: “Any Europeans should see behind the wall” by the artist Benten.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, large monotone mural, Any Europeans should see behind the wall" by the artist Benten, woman holding hands up in front of her face

below: “Believe Israeli women” and “Make street art great again”. The artist’s ‘signature’ looks like biebezvrfarbe.rise

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, green poster with image of woman holding a sign that says make street art great again, also a small sticker says believe israeli women as well as small round sticker saying all we need is peace

below: A man and his hair.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, older painting of a man on a wall where plants have grown over the top of the wall and look like his hair

below: Vincent was painted on his hair even though this is Sid Vicious (of the Sex Pistols). This stencil Sid with a can of Fanta in his hand is by Petit Agite. The pink heart is an add-on.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, black and white stencil, large, of Sid vicious from punk rock band Sex Pistols. he is holding a can of Fanta pop. other small slap graffiti around him

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, grey mannequin lying on ground outside door that is covered with graffiti, wall beside door is also covered

below: A guitar player – with legs doing some awkward things!

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, faded painting of a guitar player

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, pink rectangle, face with oval slitty eyes and rectangular mouth, black dots on cheeks and chin

below: Four little bits and pieces – A NanE popsicle with a goofy toothy expression. A black and white Bustr (?) who seems to be gaping wide mouthed at the tiny woman’s portrait. The latter was made by Henry Paulson who seems obsessed with three or four young woman whose very similar portraits can be seen in a LOT of places. Last, top right is Little Vandal Cube by Reth.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, Four little bits and pieces - A NanE popsicle with a goofy toothy expression. A black and white Bustr who seems to be gaping wide mouthed at the tiny woman's portrait. The latter was made by Henry Paulson who seems obsessed with three or four young woman whose very similar portraits can be seen in a LOT of places. Last, top right is Little Vandal Cube by Reth.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, large paste up with blaw, blaw, blaw in a text bubble

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, collection of slaps

below: More Henry Paulson faces… some normal, some with big lips, some with mismatched eyes…

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, arrangement of stickers with woman's portrait, all byHenry Paulson, all rather similar black hair and blue eyes,

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, street scene

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, train bridge over a street with traffic, the words love and peace painted on the bridge

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, sticker with a pigeon head, yellow beak, wearing a white shirt with a collar

Photos taken October 2025

the last of Bonn

Posted on September 2, 2026 by Mary C

In the past few months I have posted three sets of pictures of Bonn murals and graffiti. The images that I am posting here are all that I have left from my time in Bonn. At this point, I have no plans to return so this is “the last of Bonn”. Of course, if anyone wants to send me pictures of more Bonn urban art (because I am sure that I missed some, or that there is more recent art/graffiti), I will be happy to post it with full credit.

below: “Einsusflug” and a tripping pigeon wearing its cool sunglasses.

below: “This zystem is our enemy”. To which someone has replied, “True that”.

below: Many of the sidewalk/traffic/utility boxes around central Bonn have been painted with scenes from the city. This is the Old City Hall (Altes Rathaus) that dates back to the 18th century. I have always liked how City Hall ‘translates’ to Rat House in German!

below: Another box, this one with very stylized, almost abstract, trees.

below: Images of Johannes Sebastien Bach (1685-1750), the German composer, are all over Bonn.

below: “Chin Up” On the outside looking in.

below: “‘Cuz this is NOT FINE!”

Photos taken October 2025

Previous Bonn posts:

1. Along Kolnstrasse

2. Hochstadenring

3. Together on a concrete wall

Emus, beads, and chopsticks

Posted on July 30, 2026 by Mary C

More street art in Drewery Lane. The more famous art in this lane are are the mosaics and images in the Legacy Mural (a street art project to celebrate the centenary of ANZAC) . But there is other art there, and this is some of what I saw. If you have been following this blog, or just reading some previous posts, you might recognize some of the artists and their styles.

below: A wonderfully blue emu by John Murray.

mural in Drewery Lane Melbourne, a John Murray emu, bright blue hair, studded spike choker, safety pins in his face, nose stud, and a necklace

below: Temporary bird, angular, surrounded by hearts and music.

Painting by Temporary Art, surrounded by graffiti hearts and musical notes

below: Looking down the lane at a very large mural by Jaz Mishap

Drewery Lane, two people sitting in a doorway, looking down the lane, dead end, large mural by Jaz Mishap at the end wall, two Asian (Japanese?) women entwined

below: The title of the mural is “Chopsticks” such as those stuck in their hair. If you can tell where woman ends and the other begins, you are doing better than me.

large mural by Jaz Mishap at the end wall, two Asian (Japanese?) women entwined. title of mural is Chopsticks

below: More people… but very different from those in the above mural. Dancers, ballet?, with Cupid and his arrow ready to strike. It was painted by Barry Drinan.

mural painted on dark brick wall, mae and female ballet dancers with small cupid watching them. cupid has a bow and arrow

below: Luke Kasper’s version of a very abstract bird perched on a branch.

very abstract bird perched on a violet branch, white raindrops and a yellow sun also in the picture

below: Also hanging out in Drewery Lane was a very large SQUARE head with a sad face. So sad, even though it is lying in a bed of pink, red, and purple hearts,

below: Up to U! No wait, it’s Up 2 You!

below: This poor chicken (riding on the back of a turtle) has met an unlucky fate. This is the surviving portion of a much larger mural painted by Putos, Siege, and tanea many years ago (pre-2013).

part of a larger mural, snake wrapped around a chicken that is sitting on the back of a turtle, Snake with open mouth and long red tongue

below: “Woman Life Freedom” by, presumably, Asal Nili. At the bottom of the orange poster is a hastag, Nowruz, which is the Persian New Year.

below: There were many of these little beaded diamonds, small and intricate. Here a cow stands on two framed pictures.

Diamond shaped graffiti piece, made with beads, includes a cow

below: This photo provides a few clues as to the size of the beaded diamonds. I think that there is a ladybug in the center of this one.

below: A green mantra ray is the focus of this one.

Diamond shaped graffiti piece, made with beads, includes a green manta ray in the center

below: And last, seaweed growing on the ocean floor.

Diamond shaped graffiti piece, made with beads, includes a yellow and orange seaweed

Photos taken March 2025

down by the beach

Posted on July 18, 2026 by Mary C

…. at St. Kilda (a seaside suburb of Melbourne)

below: Five Star Convenience

mural on the side of the 5 Star Convenience store in St. Kilda, Melbourne, showing street scene and beach scene, people on beach, woman roller blading on sidewalk, old fashioned souped up car, also rendition of the convenience store

below: Mural by Bronik – two naked women, one purple and one blue.

mural on the side of a modern residential building, large hand with silver ring on index finger, with yellow background, also a tag below it in pink and white with black dots

street scene, residential neighbourhood, St. Kilda, Melbourne, one wall has street art mural by Bronik on it.

below: ‘The Tiger Mural’ by Bailer and Conrad Bizjak… with a spotlight on the ship being tossed by the wave.

tiger mural by bailer and conrad bizjak, large tiger jumping into a wave holding a large gun? with spotlight on a small black boat being tossed in the large blue wave

below: A wispy painting by Tom Gerrard

mural by Tom Gerrard in St. Kilda, wispy abstract person in black and blue, seated, on a brick wall, above a door

below: Diamonds and diagonals on brick

brick wall, diamond patterns made by painting individual bricks, white and black with blue, red and yellow accents

4 green trash cans in front of a mural on brick wall, diamond patterns made by painting individual bricks, white and black with blue, red and yellow accents

below: Reaching skyward

mural on the side of a modern residential building, large hand with silver ring on index finger under a window

below: Calligraphy type street art on the corner, as well as all around the bottom, of the St. Kilda Exchange (telephone).

below: A small portion of the mural seen on the side of Neighbours Cafe. It was a collaboration between Bailer and CTO (Pete). The actual mural includes a long horizontal section of “flowing” black and blue hair… see the next two images!

below: Smokin’ red heart!

street art mural with large red heart with smoke coming out of it's mouth. it has heart shaped nose

below: High on a wall, a large white head (Moon Man) beside a banana peel.

below: DJ Carl Cox is the subject of this mural. Unfortunately his portrait seems to be distorted because of the angle needed to get this photo. As you can probably tell, it was painted by Lynch (aka Rory Lynch-Wells)

portrait of Carl Cox, a bald black man, with glasses, and open laughing mouth, street art mural high up on a brick building, by Rory Lynch-Wells

below: Contrasts – the white building with the ornate facade vs the simpler, more modern, building covered in graffiti.

buildings in St. Kilda, one is white with ornate trim, and the other is covered in street art

below: Someone write “why so lifeless” on this Bronik mural. The colours are vibrant but I will have to say that the facial expressions are dull and strange, and perhaps “lifeless” is appropriate.

mural by Bronik, 4 women sitting together, in bright colours,

below: Stickers

below: Hello Harry

black BMW parked in front of a mural by method, with text hello harry, killerrat, random,

garage door covered with graffiti street art

ugly purple face, with other graffiti scrawls on a wall

backyard, looking over the top of a wall that has street art on it, basketball hoop in the backyard

The last image – it’s not street art, but if you walk along the beach at St. Kilda, you may encounter this couple as they enjoy a leisurely drink by the water. These are Rabbitwoman and Dogman, creations of Gillie and Marc.

sculptures, rabbitwoman and dogman, sitting outsidde cafe on st. kilda beach, having a drink, creation of artists Gillie and Marc

Photos taken March 2025

when the walls speak to me

Posted on May 17, 2026 by Mary C

If I believe what is scrawled and scribbled on walls, there’s a lot of love out there…. but not all of it is “happily ever after”. Unrequited love can be a sad thing as Mickey has learned.

graffiti that is all text that says I will always love you my babbies No matter what they say or make up, but it needs 2 end not us the rumours you are still my Mini even Know you don't want me as your Mickey. I love you

below: “Look around, love around”. Like philosophy, it can be interpreted as you wish. It’s like “vague posting” on social media.

graffiti that is all text, words that say Look around, love around

below: I hope that you all have a “baby love dove”! It sounds very romantic!

graffiti that is all text, words that say My lover My protector My Angel My Best Friend my soulmate My Everything My Whole World My baby love dove, love 4 ever an always plus a day

below: Elevate love

graffiti that is all text, words that say elevate love

below: “Love your neighbor”

graffiti that is all text, words that say love your neighbor

below: I will file this one under ‘love’ as well

below: And this one as love too – although it could be lust or just admiration? Nah, the hearts give it away. Alex probably knows the answer.

graffiti that is all text, words that say Alex Lee is the hottest alive, A + A

below: “I’ve always known it was you” is another rather ambivalent statement. Yes, you are the one and only for me or, yes, you’re the one who stole my phone…. It could be the start of many narratives!

graffiti that is all text, words that say I have always known it was you

below: And of course, there is always the opposite of love

graffiti that is all text, words that say I don't even miss him

Some text reads like the words of a motivational speaker…

below: … such as this one, “You are sacred, you are worthy”

graffiti that is all text, words that say

below: “You’re almost there”

below: “Fear less, create more”

below: “Hope is tax free”

graffiti that is all text, words that say Hope is tax free

A few graffiti sayings sound like they could have been written by your therapist.

below: Take seriously each other’s vulnerability”

graffiti that is all text, words that say Take seriously each other's vulnerability

below: “Practice being brave”

below: “We need each other”

graffiti that is all text, words that say we need each other

Some get philosophical (or at least try)

below: “No moment more fleeting than the present”

graffiti that is all text, words that say No moments more fleeting than the present

graffiti, black marker on grey concrete, that says tears in the rain

Or more political…

below: “To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.” … although at least one person has made it known that they disagree.

sticker that says to be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace. someone has written bullshit across it.

below: “We are poor because they are rich.”

poster with pictures of Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk, with words, we are poor because they are rich

There are some warnings on those walls and fences too!

below: Poor Laura!

graffiti that is all text, words that say Laura has cooties. It's true, I saw them!

Sometimes there is just a bit of whimsy

below: Henry has left his mark here.

But, as we all know, many have no meaning at all…

below: … unless someone has decided to name themselves Potato 300

graffiti in blue that says the skys not classified

What would you say?

covering a Florentine door at number 49

Posted on May 2, 2026 by Mary C

below: A well covered door at number 49. It looks like a mess but within the chaos there are a few interesting pieces…..

A double grey door with rounded arch, lots of graffiti, paste ups and stickers on it,

below: Vroom, vroom, checking out the scooter…

two slaps on a door, one is by daught calm and is a man in a red plaid jacket with black hat and beard, riding on a motorized wheelchair, the other is three grey faces on black background

below: A weathered underwater woman by Blub along with a superhero Captain America in blue by Undeterred.

paste ups and graffiti on a door, a superhero in blue, an older man with a glass in his hand, a piece by blub of a woman with goggles on,

below: A cute little fish with the remains of a little crown.

two paper paste ups graffiti on a grey door, one is a little fish with a crown oh its head, and the other is a red band-aid

below: Diversity is Hope

large paper wheatpaste on a door, black woman with arms crossed to her shoulders, laughing, with text diversity is hope, by RAF Union

below: Unlocked

graffiti including one by cartoon car slaps of a green car, a pink light, a dog, a man with a green face, the word unlock,

below: A comment on society and our fixation with phones and technology – Solitudine Contemporanea (contemporary loneliness) by Laben (Alex Laben)

below: Work Zombies and Justice for Wei Wei (Chinese artist)

Photos taken March 2026

exitenter revisited

Posted on April 26, 2026 by Mary C

Exitenter is a street artist whose work can be seen all over Florence (his home town).

I discovered his work when I was in Florence early in 2020 before COVID blew the world up and you can find some photos from that time at: first Exitenter post,

below: Dancing with the ladies

graffiti in Florence Italy by artist Exitenter, black drawing of a person with two dancing ladies stencils

below: The original was climbing the walls before the red crayon guy came along and gave him something to draw with….

graffiti in Florence Italy by artist Exitenter, black drawing of a person looking up a wall, red crayon drawing of a second figure, holding hands with first and dancing

below: Taking flight on a Florentine horse, a religious horse at that. A perfect companion for a night of painting.

graffiti in Florence Italy by artist Exitenter, black drawing of a person holding a paint roller with pink paint, and riding on a horse that is really a Florence church

below: And baby makes three!

below: Standing on the shoulders of giants – lifting others up towards love

below: More lifting up, more red crayon guy.

graffiti in Florence Italy by artist Exitenter, black drawing of two people, one standing on the shoulders of the other while drawing another red figure, lots of other written graffiti on the wall, mostly names and dates of people who had passed by

below: Fly away

graffiti in Florence Italy by artist Exitenter, black drawing of a person holding onto a string that is attached to a red balloon. balloon is flying away, taking person with it. text says fly away

below: Crossed swords

graffiti in Florence Italy by artist Exitenter, black drawing of two people wearing red and white hats, sword fighting

below: I wanted to make a reference to Mr. Ed here. He was a ‘talking’ horse in an American television sitcom in the first half of the 1960s. It was so long ago that it was filmed in black and white. But Mr. Ed didn’t have a television for head, his head was on TV.

graffiti in Florence Italy by artist Exitenter, black drawing of a person standing with his back to a horse. three small hearts above man's head, head of horse is a television (could be a very large dog not a horse)

below: Street people

two men walking on street, passing a building with
graffiti in Florence Italy by artist Exitenter, black drawing of two people, one smaller than the other, like adult and child,

below: Chasing balloons

bike with black metal basket parked by an exit enter graffiti of a person trying to reach the string attached to a red balloon that is being blown away

below: He holds the key

little drawing by artist exitenter of a little person holding a key, key is beside a real lock on a metal cabinet

below: The woman holding her heart is not the work of Exitenter, but the two little figures below her are. The woman was created by Sarcastic Collage.

large paste up, wheatpaste, of a woman with hearts over her eyes, holding her anatomically correct heart that has a red rose coming out of it, below her are two little figures by exit enter, graffiti in Florence

below: Most of Exitenter’s drawings involve his little people, but not all…. Here is a simple jester’s hat and (graffiti symbol) crown.

below: Standing on love – he reached the summit after a long climb?

below: Another version of reaching for hearts and flying away. Where has love taken you? Where will it take you next?

graffiti in Florence Italy by artist Exitenter, black drawing of a person holding onto a heart that has lifted him into the air, with lots of words written by other people, as graffiti, around it

Photos taken February 2026

Together on a concrete wall

Posted on March 8, 2026 by Mary C

A while back I posted about street art that I found around Hochstadenring in Bonn (Dec 2025). What I omitted from that post was a section of the wall that was heavily covered with paste-ups, stickers, and other small pieces of street art. This is that section.

concrete wall between street and elevated section of road, with many graffiti slaps and paste ups on it, Bonn Germany

below: A happy blue monkey by Opus.

below: A red frog clings to a character that looks rather concerned about that large skull lurking behind him. I think that this is a good example of an interesting juxtaposition, whether intentional or accidental, that you can get when you have a collection of pieces from different artists together in one place.

paste up graffiti pieces, A red frog clings to a character that looks rather concerned about that large skull lurking behind him.

below: Elvis is in the building!

paper paste up graffiti in Bonn including an image of Elvis Presley. Rock and Roll King,

below: “You’re driving me bananas!”, a young Sophia Loren, a bird in flight, a green octopus dressed in red and white stripes, and many more slaps.

collection of stickers and paper paste ups on a concrete wall in Bonn, one with text that says plus "You're driving me bananas!", a young Sophia Loren, a bird in flight, a green octopus dressed in red and white stripes, and many more

below: Green Taxonomy, and in the bottom corner, Planet Selfie. Made of triangles and other angular shapes is a white protestor holding a sign that says “Yetis geggen rechts” by Metraeda

below: More love on a phone – this time featuring Sulley from the movie “Monsters Inc”.

below: The paste ups that reference art history (e.g. Rodin’s “The Thinker” and other statues) are the work of Jam Paste. In the center, “It’s not dreams that escape me, but reality”.

collection of graffiti and urban art on a concrete wall in Bonn

below: 8arms2hug is all about octopi including this lovely lady in turquoise with the flowers on her head and a necklace around her neck. Beside her, the bunnies with baseball bats were created by CAP aka Cuts and Pieces.

two paste ups, on the left an octopus and on the right, black and white rabbits with a baseball bat

below: Several posters are here too – One says “WAS HATTEST DU AN!” (= What were you wearing!) while another proclaims, “das Kleben ist schön” (which translates to “pasting is beautiful”).

posters and paste ups in a collection of graffiti

below: A Maid in Cologne artwork shares space with Mr. Burns, from the Simpsons TV show, with a French phrase on his cap, “L’Etat c’est moi”.

paste ups, one features Mr Burns from the Simpsons show

below: Another section with a lot going on including a Zastoj character with 2 X’s for eyes who holds a gun that is almost as big as he it. At the bottom, the striped shirt on that shape suggests Sailordude by TRP613 but his head is different – a collaboration with another artist? Perhaps Metraeda?

graffit by Zastoj, sailordude by trp613, and metraeda, as well as others

below: Once again, there is a lot happening here – from Jams Pastes version of the Thinker, to a small woman carrying a protest sign that says “Frieden, Bier, Sonne” – peace, beer, sun. My apologies to the artist of the latter piece – her name is written on the arm in the image but I can’t read it (b. chandre?).
Three of the paste ups are text, made like beer coasters, and these are by Bierdeckel Street Art.

paper paste ups including sign that says Society sucks - be careful, a copy of Rodin's sculpture by Jams Paste, the thinker, a small woman holding a protest sign that says, in German, Frieden Bier and Sonne (peace, beer, sun) by — The three beer coaster inspired paste ups:
1. “Wickl Dich Nicht Ich”: this translates roughly to “Don’t wrap yourself,
2. “Liebe das Leben”: This green sticker translates to “Love Life.”
3. “Be Kind To Your Mind”

below: One strange looking monster by Sheep Art Cologne (aka Klaus Schaefer)

Photos taken October 2025

signs of Florence….

Posted on February 28, 2026 by Mary C

…. all the work of Clet Abraham

below: David being more modest than usual.

modified traffic sign, graffiti, by Clet Abraham, in Florence, white bar is modesty for Michaelangelo's David statue

below: Video vultures

modified traffic sign, graffiti, by Clet Abraham, in Florence, vulture sitting on top of white bar, head of vulture is a video camera

below: Cupid’s arrow hits it’s target

below: Strangulation by arrows

below: Guitar smashing frenzy

modified traffic sign, graffiti, by Clet Abraham, in Florence, smashing guitar

below: Counting sheep – not a good time to fall asleep!

modified traffic sign, graffiti, by Clet Abraham, in Florence, sheep jumping over white bar

below: Breaking through the ceiling

below: Being crushed by a nasty white bar.

modified traffic sign, graffiti, by Clet Abraham, in Florence,

below: More nastiness, grabbing and squeezing this time.

modified traffic sign, graffiti, by Clet Abraham, in Florence, black figure being held back

below: As the sun breaks through the clouds…

modified traffic sign, graffiti, by Clet Abraham, in Florence, sun breaking through the cloud cover

below: Like weeds growing through crack in the pavement..

daisy flower frowing through white bar,modified traffic sign, graffiti, by Clet Abraham, in Florence,

below: Two for one! Stop the bombs, guitar hero.

two modified traffic signs, graffiti, by Clet Abraham, in Florence, T in Stop sign becomes a bomb, white bar in other sign becomes a guitar

below: Yuck!

modified traffic sign, graffiti, by Clet Abraham, in Florence, bird crapping on white bar

below: Holding onto the bar (faded, worn, from the original black hand)

modified traffic sign, graffiti, by Clet Abraham, in Florence,

below: Stuck

below: Hot!

modified traffic sign, graffiti, by Clet Abraham, in Florence, fire and flames

below: This is one of the signs that I saw in Florence back in 2020. The policeman has faded since then as have the two little red hearts that he is looking at. A better copy of the image can be seen in altered street signs, Florence

modified traffic sign, graffiti, by Clet Abraham, in Florence, policeman

Abraham is from Florence but his work can be seen in a number of places (along with others who have used traffic signs as their canvas). I have posted images from Madrid , and Paris in past years.

Photos taken February 2026

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.

Tag Archives: graffiti

at Blvd Saint Laurent and Rue Marie-Anne….

around Ehrenfeld station

the last of Bonn

Emus, beads, and chopsticks

down by the beach

when the walls speak to me

covering a Florentine door at number 49

exitenter revisited

Together on a concrete wall

signs of Florence….