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.

blues over Stornara

Posted on February 25, 2024 by Mary C

A large blue portrait of a woman, painted by Leticia Mandragora in 2020, dominates the center square in the small Italian town of Stornara.

large mural of a woman's portrait done in blue. She has long black hair with a dark purple rose in her hair. Also, purple lipstick, hand with purple nail polish on her forehead.

Over the past few years, the organization Stornara Life, has been responsible for bringing artists to the town to paint murals. There are now more than 100 of them. Mandragora’s blue portraits are now on three of the walls in this town including this young girl on the side of a residential building. It was painted in 2023 as part of the annual Stramurales festival.

on the side of a residential building, a mural, portrait of a young girl in blue

“Reginae Mater Natura” from August 2021

a small car is parked in front of a mural of a naked woman whose legs are folded so she is in a modest pose, painted by Leticia Mandragora, in the ton of Stornara Italy

He is San Rocco, a 14th century pilgrim who was known for his ability to cure those with the plague…before he himself died of it

two faces, reefa and leticia

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Mary C

There are many murals that feature images of faces, both male and female, in Wynwood (Miami). Two of them are featured here.

The first is a large blue young woman with flowing grey hair, painted by Leticia Mandragora. Her eyes contrast sharply with the rest of her face. Mandragora is an Italian/Spanish street artist and tattooist. Her blue faced woman have been painted in a number of places in the USA. They all seem to have grey hair too.

mural by Leticia Mandragora of a girl with a blue face and a long head scarf in grey that trails to the left, along with three flowers

close up a large girl's face painted blue in a large mural, greenish eyes, head scarf on her head

The second mural is a memorial to street artist Israel Hernandez (aka Reefa) who died after being tasered by police in August 2013. The portrait in the center portion was painted by Axel Void while a number of other artists contributed to the edges.

long horizontal mural by Axel Void with a young man's head inside a white circle in the middle, the edges are faces in pastel colours, stylized