Together on a concrete wall

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.

paste ups on a wall, a large blue monkey with glasses and a toque, making a heart sign with his hands, by artist known as Opus,  There is also an orange figure by Jam Paste (also graffiti)

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

graffiti - Metraeda drawing of a yeti, Green Taxonomy poster of a large green face, CAP, or cut and piece, blue character from Mario Brothers game, a dragon, and a vase,

paste ups on a concrete wall

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

paste ups, graffiti, featuring Sulley from the movie "Monsters Inc". holding a phone that says love, also an image of a couple standing together

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

paste ups on a concrete wall

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
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

paste up graffiti in Bonn including a lego figure robot

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)

black and white image of a monster creature, paper paste up by sheep art cologne

Photos taken October 2025

stenciled in Palermo

below: Bouquets of flowers and balloons. Love and romance and whimsy.

stencil graffiti in Palermo

below: mmm

stencil graffiti in Palermo

below: Instead of her umbrella, Mary Poppins is holding a bicycle

stencil graffiti in Palermo, Mary Poppins holding up a bicycle instead of an umbrella

below: This green crocodile is dancing pretty in a pink tutu. Love diversity!

stencil graffiti in Palermo

below: This penguin has packed its bags and is ready to go home – Tourist go home!

stencil graffiti in Palermo, a penguin carrying a suitcase, text that syas tourist go home

below: Yummy!

stencil graffiti in Palermo, text that says eat the rich

below: A kiss, a hammer, and a glass of wine.

stencil graffiti, a couple kissing, a figure holding a hammer and a glass of red wine

below: “Curv a nord inferiore” – Lower north curve, or something like that

stencil graffiti in Palermo, man's portrait with text, curv a nord inferiore, boxes of cabbage and cauliflowers below the stencil

below: “Sicily is not Italy”

stencil graffiti in Palermo, text that says Sicily is not Italy

stencil graffiti in Palermo, male portrait

below: Pulling in two different directions, artwork by Twenty Three

stencil graffiti in Palermo by artist called twenty three

stencil graffiti in Palermo, female portrait

stencil graffiti in Palermo

Photos taken February 2026

love and angels in Naples

below: First angel seen – Sophia Loren by makergarcia

mural of Sophia Loren on a street in Naples

below: Second angel seen – Her (his?) face is covered (by her hair? by a mask?) as she leans over the globe. Is she mourning? Or protecting?

paste up graffiti of an angle with large wings as she leans on a globe, with north pole at the top

below: Keep your heart close; protect it.

stencil of a young girl carrying a large heart

below: Three shiny hearts at number 28

three very 3 D looking shiny red hearts, paper graffiti

below: A little artwork by ExitEnter, keep your heart held high – to which someone has added a whimsical kite.

graffiti by enter exit

below: Make Love! (there were quite a few of these around Naples) by the aptly named Unplatonic

paste up graffiti by unplatonic, woman's face with hearts, the word Napoli, and the words make love
paste up graffiti by unplatonic, woman's face with hearts, the word Napoli, and the words make love in red

below: “Til death do us part”

black graffiti on grey wall, a drawing of a heart with face in it so that it looks a bit like a skull, with text that says til death do us part

Photos taken February 2024

love birds

Christina Angelina, painted this very large mural on the side of an Office Depot store in the Kaka’ako neighborhood in Honolulu.

large mural on grey walls of Office Depot, by Christena Angelina, two women warriors facing each other, with helmets on, long hair, each is holding a bird in her hand and they are holding the birds so that the beaks and bodies form a heart

It shows two women warriors (? or Roman goddesses?) each wearing helmets and holding a gray and pink bird. The long curved beaks of the birds almost touch and their bodies come close to forming a heart shape.

two birds in a mural, gray with pinkish heads

the answer is love

… and that answer is found in an alley behind Hertel Avenue in Buffalo NY

below: An intriguing orange and black image of a lion’s face by Jay Hawkins (aka Revolutionary Strokes)

large orange and black lion face, in a mural by Jay Hawkins

below: Vibrant flowers by Chuck Tingley

mural, colourful flowers on a black background

below: Hertel Alley Gallery – the “gallery” encompasses three blocks of Hertel Alley (runs parallel to Hertel Ave between Traymore and Colvin). It is the scene of the Hertel Alley Street Art Festival, first started in 2019. At present there are more than 20 murals. I haven’t presented all of them here, instead I have featured the ones on this building. The others will follow in subsequent postings.

building in an alley with street art murals on it, with sign that says Hertel Alley Gallery

below: Buffalo Strong by Nick Bonvissuto

mural in an alley, cartoonish buffalo, standing on hind legs, cheering with front legs as upraised arms, bulging muscles, with the words buffalo strong written on arms

below: Another Chuck Tingley painting, this time it’s a Covid theme… a thanks to those who worked through the pandemic.

mural in an alley, covid theme, text says essential, images of medical people and others in covid masks

murals on the side of a black building in an alley in buffalo new yor, alley is behind hertel avenue, one of the mural is a large image of a lion's head in orange and black

below: We’re Talking Proud, by The Left-Handed bandit

we're talking proud mural in an alley buffalo, balloons on strings being pulled, by left handed bandit

below: Cheerful mural by Flour Pail Kids

mural by flour pail kids in an alley in buffalo new york, yellow background, a young person is using a camera to take pictures of brightly coloured shapes and flowers, stylized

Photos taken April 2025

crossing the Williamsburg Bridge

between Manhattan and Williamsburg, over the East River

crossing the Williamsburg bridge, with pinkish red metal railings and girders, pedestrian walkway is beside and slightly above road and subway lines.

graffiti on the williamsburg bridge pavement

A little yellow dinosaur trying to look fierce as he growls at your feet.

graffiti on pavement, line drawing in yellow of a dinosaur, on hind feet, open mouth,

I’m happy you’re here, keep going!

text graffiti on the williamsburg bridge pavement that says I'm happy you're here keep going

I crave you

text graffiti on the williamsburg bridge pavement that says I crave you, written inside a large white heart

Shy white cat says meow

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Homesick and Lucky Star writ large on a grey wall. The American flag image below them is made using painted car doors.

view from williamsburg bridge, buildings, one with graffiti street art on it

It’s just love in a rainbow of colours.

stencil on williamsburg bridge pavement that says its just love in a rainbow of colours

… and love is gold

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Pacman wears a gold crown, king of the streets

large white pacman character from the video game, with open mouth, with a gold three pointed crown on his head

Looking down at Williamsburg streets including a mural with two faces and two flowers.

view from williamsburg bridge in new york city, buildings, including one with a mural on it

Blackface pink walker

graffiti on the pavement, a pink person walking

Reaching out in peace and love

graffiti on the sidewalk, two white people, one with sign reaching out for the other

Stencil by go4tart aka GOAT, rat on a scooter; a rat loves NYC

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Seek Discomfort

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Sold out art show yellow face with three pairs of eyes.

blog_sold_out_artshow graffiti on sidewalk, turquoise hair, yellow face, blue eyes, 3 pairs of eyes

I wonder what Jane’s reaction was?

stencil graffiti with text that says Jane will you marry me

….. Maybe this is Jane ?!

graffiti on pavement, white face with large red exclamation marks on it, dots of exclamation marks make the eyes

on the railing – mask? and master?

slaps, sticker graffiti on a pole on railings of a bridge

Kiss me

graffiti on pavement

More words on love

graffiti on pavement

… but in the end, the virus gets you.

graffiti on pavementPhotos taken August 2023

South Avenue scenes

Murals and graffiti seen along South Ave in Rochester.

South Avenue in Rochester New York, older brick buildings

below: Conor Harrington Untitled (Fight Club Series)

black and white mural by Conor Harrington of two men fighting, a bit of red blood

below: Floating in a pink sky over a sea of imaginary snakes and fish

mural of a person reclining in a cloud in a pink sky hovering over a sea of snakes and fishes

below: “You’re a Shining Star no matter who you are”. A jar full of shiny positivity by local artist Shawn Dunwoody.

street art mural, on yellow brick wall, a large mason jar with words shining star on it, text on mural says you're a shining star no matter who you are

below: A group of flowers with faces as their centers.

mural on wall, flowers with many petals and each flower has a face in the center

below: Maladjusted Mike is stuck on a pole. Apparently he’s from Seriously Disgusting Comics.

two graffiti stickers on a pole, the lower pole has an image of a young man with text maladjusted mike

below: No room for Fascism

graffiti sticker on a pole with text no room for fascists

below: A pink Neptune-like sea creature ruling over his underwater worlds, by Bile, 2013

below: Part of Nova’s shapes and colours.

below: “LIFE in abundance comes only through great LOVE”

below: Whirls and swirls of colour in an abstract painting by Mike Ming, 2013

below: A fox and bunny by Mr. PVRT aka Justin Suarez

below: Adam Francey’s fantastic detailed mural with birds and faces and a couple of words – seek, understand.

below: “Big brother is watching you and he’s bored”.

below: Avocado face, by Stefan Fella

sticker on a pole, a face made from an avocado cut in half, with large brown pit still in place

mural on the side of a wall, a character with round blue head holding a large bowl of food

below: Walking white teddy bear

sticker on a pole, upright walking white bear with a pink frilly collar

below: The old and the new – root beer and birds.

below: A large egret? (or shorebird of one kind or another) and frog.  Do egrets eat frogs?

on the side of a store, a large mural of a stork and a green frog

 

on the side of a store, a large mural of a stork and a green frog

sculptures on te sidewalk on south ave in rochester

Photos taken May 2023

at Croft and College

Painted in the summer of 2020.

below: “Protect your energy”

a painting on the side of a wall on Croft Ave., by elicser elliott, of two people with text protect your energy

below:A raccoon in pinks and purples, by Jeff Blackburn

mural featuring a large raccoon head in shades of pink and purple

part of a collaboration mural on a wall, yellow popsicle by Jeff Blackburn and an ebony jewelwing damselfly on a leaf by Nick Sweetman

below: by Nick Sweetman – two ebony jewelwings, a male and female along with a partially submerged frog with its tongue ready for action.  Jewelwings are a species of damselfly.

mural on a wall by Nick Sweetman, ebony jewelwing damselfly, frog with long tongue partially submerged in water

below: GETSO (or Getsofacto)

street art piece with trash bins in alley

below: A larger than life grinning Cheshire Cat by Christina Mazzulla.

below: Some people by Elicser Elliott hanging out in a doorway.

below: Love in the alleyshort metal pole in front of hydro meters painted purple, a sticker on the pole along with the word love in paint

Photos taken January 2023

at the roundabout

below: In the middle of the roundabout is a sculpture called “The Sun on the EDGE” by Ilan Averbuch. The title is a play on the word edge as the roundabout is located in the EDGE District of downtown St. Petersburg.

in the foreground, words in chalk on the sidewalk about love, then a roundabout with a circle of grass in the middle.  there is a large sculpture in the roundabout.  a large circle of sun rays, by Ilan Averbuch

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below: Mural by Chad Mize

mural on the side of a building, a man on the right side with a mug in his hand, rest of mural is geometric shapes in reds, blues, and yellow

below: Tow Away Zone

sign saying tow away zone in front of a mural in red, blue, and yellow

below: Stickers on the back of a sign along with a page of notes

stickers on the back of a street sign

below: Raphael emerges from the sewer where the Mutant Ninja Turtles hang out

manhole cover on the sidewalk, chalk drawing of head and shoulders of teenage mutant ninja turtle with a red mask, Raphael

below: All you need is love, and some chalk

drawing in chalk on the sidewalk, a little yellow submarine and words from Beatles song, all you need is love

potted plants and umbrellas

The other day I blogged about street art on a set of stairs in Amman.  Today I have a few photos that I took on a different  set of stairs.  They too were popular with locals and tourists, with small shops and a restaurant.  The difference is that this one had umbrellas.

below: Standing near the top of the stairs, high above reet.  Open umbrellas in shades of blue and purple are strung overhead to provide some shade and some colour.   On the right is a tall metal structure – that is an elevator for those who don’t feel like taking the stairs.

man blue, teal, and purple umbrellas, open, up high to provide shade over a set of stairs in Amman

below: There were a lot of little flower pots attached to the walls.  Some were painted in bright colours and some were terra cotta brown.

on a black wall, a profile silhouette in white of a man with headphones on, plants in terra cotta planters line the stairs that run beside the wall

 below: A line of flower pots on a white wall where people have written numbers, dates, names, and messages, especially proclamations of love with little hearts.

a group of terra cotta planters with small green plants in them, attached to a white wall on which people have written their names and other woards

below: Listen to the sound of your heart. It seems like Dalal loves Eyad.

anatomical looking picture of a human herat, coloured red, with an old fashioned gramaphone speaker coming out of the top of it, street art

below: A row of “books” under the window – they don’t seem to have titles.

on a wall, under a window with a blue frame, a line of flat pieces of wood painted in bright colours, that look like a row of books

colourful flower pots attached to a wall with plants in them

painting of a woman in a blue top on a black wall, that people have written their names on

below: Looking back up the stairs

looking up a staircase that is lined with flower pots and covered by many open umbrellas in Amman Jordan