A Christmas collection of friends

The previous post, Covering a yellow door, showcased some slaps seen in Baptist Place, a lane in Melbourne. They were created by a variety of artists from a number of different countries. You will find that many of the same artists appear in this post mostly because this post features a different section of Baptist Place. Here the graffiti is Christmas themed (more or less).

below: Holiday sharing – a little Wall Lilo figure is giving a candy to the long nosed elf (by liAXrt). A Stoeyes drawn woman in fur lined blue hat and matching mitts has a red box with wise words written on it – “le chocolat fait rétrécir les jeans” (chocolate makes jeans shrink).

small Christmas themed paste ups on a yellow wall in Melbourne, Baptist Place, a koala in a red hat, a long nosed elf accepting a candy from a wall lilo figure, and a woman wearing fur cuffed mitts

many small Christmas themed paste ups on a yellow wall in Melbourne, Baptist Place,

below: This koala is ready for a Christmas party with his festive red hat and a pair of balloons. Another little Wall Lilo figure is dancing on the head of a very stern looking fellow (by Atelier Waladou). Maybe this will put him in the Christmas spirit?

small Christmas themed paste ups on a yellow wall in Melbourne, Baptist Place, a koala wearing a red hat and holding 2 blue balloons, a figure by atelier waladou,

below: Father Christmas, or Jolly Old St. Nick, in a long blue robe, by liAXrt as well as more candies! As to why Father Christmas carries a staff with a skull on it, anyone have any ideas?

small Christmas themed paste ups on a yellow wall in Melbourne, Baptist Place, Father Christmas with long white hair and beard, in a blue floor length robe, holding a staff with a skull on it, also a wall lilo figure holding a candy wrapped in blue wrapper

below: A bird by Darwinagain in red, white, and blue, atop a happy Christmas tree. Dreaming pleasant dreams beside the tree are two sleeping girls – perhaps dreams of sugar plum fairies or of a red-nosed reindeer leading a sled through the winter sky. (Girls are by Belaets)

small Christmas themed paste ups on a yellow wall in Melbourne, Baptist Place, a smiling green Christmas tree, with a red, white and blue bird on top, two sleeping girls by balaets, one with wrapped gifts on her head, sleeping and dreaming, bird has Christmas ornament in its mouth

below: A kangaroo with a red hat also wants to join the party.

small Christmas themed paste ups on a yellow wall in Melbourne, Baptist Place, a kangaroo with a red hat

below: A cute little yellow creature with a tall blue and white striped hat riding bareback on a brown animal with antlers (by Nevoul Art)

small Christmas themed paste ups on a yellow wall in Melbourne, Baptist Place, a silly little yellow character wearing a tall blue and white striped hat and sitting on the back of a brown animal with yellow antlers

below: That’s quite a big bubble that she’s blowing!

small Christmas themed paste ups on a yellow wall in Melbourne, Baptist Place,  a woman in profile by stoeyes, with long blue hair and blowing a bubble gum bubble, ith cursive words, je veux mon gift, also a wall lilo figure

below: Two little elf feet poke out from under the tree (is it a tree? or an elf in a costume?). This furry squirrel not has has a festive red Santa hat and a lot of balloons, but he’s also wearing the cutest little Christmas booties! (by Tweet). And there’s the Grinch too!

christmas themed graffiti, squirrel by tweet streetart wearing a red hat and red boots with holly on them, carrying a bunch of balloons, also the grinch wearing a Santa hat,

below: Merry Pokemon Christmas! .. and a skull, for some reason, by Loui Jover.

graffiti on a yellow wall, a blue pokeman creature with blue cap with white pompom and a blue scarf, also a black and white drawing of a skull by Loui Jover

below: A blue butterfly tattoo, also by Loui Jover

small paste up on a yellow wall in an alley, black and white drawing of a woman's back, long hair, blue butterfly tattoo on one shoulder

Photos taken February 2025

trust, live, love, all on a little Paris wall

a wall in Paris with many little paper paste ups on it, a seahorse, a girl sitting on the sidewalk looking at a small tree, a heart, two people kissing, two lucky cats by missmam, and a fallen dancer

below: The first of two cats by Missmam (aka Marie-Anne Montfort) whose Instagram page says: “Street Chats pour le plaisir et autres curiosités pour la beauté”. On the right, a girl with long blond braids by Nevoul Art (the Little Street Art Fairy).

two paper pasteups, lucky cat by Missmam (aka Marie-Anne Montfort) and girl with long blond braids in traditional costume by nevoul art.

below: Keeping it simple, a kiss, by Artiste Plume.

two people kissing, all painted in red, white, and blue

below: Missmam,  another “La chat fortune” but this time, the lucky cat is getting a bouquet of tulips and balloons from an amorous seahorse by Industrie Tarte.   This lippocampe comes ready to divide into sections – filet, plat de cotes, bavette, flanchet – which are all cuts of meat. 

lucky cat by Missmam (aka Marie-Anne Montfort)

small graffiti, fallen dancer

below: “Trust, live, love” on a little heart

graffiti, small brown heart with stick figure made with hearts, text that says trust, live, love

below: She’s slightly fuzzy in this photo I’m afraid, she also appears on a number of European walls.  Street art by seiLeise (aka Tom Ossege)

graffiti painting, girl sitting on sidewalk looking at a small tree

Photos taken March 2023

De La Main D’Or

Passage De La Main D’Or is a narrow street in the 11th arr. in Paris. At one point the street turns and becomes Rue De La Main D’Or. It is at this turning point that I saw the following:

below: Street scene, Passage De La Main D’Or with markings and small artworks on a wall.

street scene, narrow street in Paris, Passage De La Main D'Or

below: She’s printed on pre-printed paper. It appears to be a cocktail drink list written in English with Bloody Mary being the last drink on her neck. Another drink on the list is gin, lime juice, and simple syrup.

graffiti pasteup, drawing of young woman on a page torn from a book

below: William Njo, aka NJO 972

black stencil artwork on stone wall, woman portrait by William Njo

below: Many little things. At the very top is a brightly coloured Stoeyes image of a young woman with a blue face. Just below her are three “tourists” with their phones and their Paris bags drawn by Erwan Guerroué.

below: “Love My Life” by Nevoul Art

Love my Life text beside image of smiling girl

2 slaps on a wall in grey tones, one is a father and son waking away, walking together.  The other is a drawing of an animal

below: Mosiac tile shapes, a running person who’s hard to see, and a black and white photo in the top right corner. The photo shows a woman standing outside a building and smoking a cigarette. It has been given the title Respiro and it is signed Les Vies Dansent.

collection of graffiti on a wall, some tile mosaics, a black and white photo, and a

one wall of many

There are many little collections like this one all over Paris. Let’s take a closer look at what’s here…..

wall with a collection of graffiti wheatpasted onto to it, small paper graffiti

below: Chic! with fabulous earrings and a heart shaped mouth, a woman by StoEYES, along with a pile of yellow rubber duckies from canards_vagabonds (aka Sylvie Gennerat) and a babydolls life,

paper wheatpaste on a wall

below: A flowa, a single flowa in a little flowa pot.

small graffiti, black line drawing on white of a flower in a flower pot being watched over by a small robot

below: She’s got green eyes, blue hair, and a smile on her face – by Nevoul Art (La petite Fée du Street Art) On the right was a little painting by G❤️ArT but unfortunately it’s been blacked out.

wheatpaste on a wall

below: A complex drawing in black and white by Juliette Savaëte aka Dessin nomade below what appears to be a man’s body with a cat’s head. But it’s damaged so it’s hard to tell exactly what’s going on.

two paper graffiti pieces

below: More black lines and another portrait by Juliette Savaëte this time his name is Raoul.

Raoul portrait

…. and another Raoul. Raoul L’Homme Tranquille

Raoul L'Homme Tranquille poster

below: A bright little threesome by Mark Temlett

three images

below: And last, La Marinade stars and bright pink flowers beside black dots on orange.

wheatpaste paste ups on a wall

rue Candie eye candy

below: by David Selor, a sorry fox you might say

a man in a blue winter coat walks past a wall with a painted street art fox on it, fox is standing upright and wearing and blue and white t shirt and a red pair of pants.  It was painted by David Selor in Paris

below: Two copies of Frieda Kahlo on what looks like Mexican export stamps

paper wheatpaste graffiti on a wall in Paris, looks like picture is printed on background of Mexican export stamps, or Mexican postage stamps.  Frieda Kahlo
s portrait, 2 copies, radially symmetrical, in grey tones, smiling, hair tied back

below: At number 1 rue Candie there is a small collection of paper pieces.

many wheatpaste paper graffiti pieces on a wall at number 1 rue Candie

below: Riding with the butterfly and swinging along side are the little people. These are some of the “petit peuple de l’ombre” created by wall.lilo

below: Nevoul Art wants you to know that this little astronaut says Vive 2022!

paper wheatpaste of a small astronaut holding a card that says vive 2022.  wearing a white space suit and helmet, smiling

below: More butterflies! A beautiful blue butterfly made with leaves on blue photosensitive paper as well as another wall.lilo butterfly

two small butterflies, paper graffiti, one was made with blue photosensitive paper with leaf patterns on it, and the other is a black and white drawing by wall lilo

below: La geule du bois becomes The hangover when translated into English even though a more literal version might be the mouth of wood.

wheatpaste street art on a wall, a person with long dark hair, blue sleevelss shirt, a tattoo on shoulder, white head band and white hat strapped to head.  the hat has words la geule de bois

below: “Je t’aime un peu partout” or “I love you everywhere” (Nevoul Art)

Photos taken March 2023

five little posters on a wall

…. with a story to tell about Alice complete with the Queen of Hearts (no tarts though), a White Rabbit and a grinning Cheshire Cat. But it’s not Alice in Wonderland, instead it’s Alice Au Pays du Street Art.

5 posters on an outside wall, each with a painting on it

below: With a mask and a feather in his tophat, Atelier Waladou’s black and white linocut along with the Queen of Hearts who wants sentencing first and verdict after (by Nevoul Art)

black and white linocut picture of a person in a mask and a top hat with a feather in it.  a second poster is the queen of hearts from alice in wonderland or alice through the looking glass

below: All Alice stories need a white rabbit, or rather un lapin blanc when in Paris. In this case, it was provided by Glauc‘ who has given him a pocket watch,an egg timer, and at least five wrist watches so he can watch the time. He mustn’t be late! Le lapin blanc face au temps.

painting of  a white rabbit with a pocket watch over one eye, a big red bowtie, an egg timer in one hand, 5 wrist watches around his arm, long white ears, a green jacket

below: The Cheshire Cat is grinning ear to ear as it asks to be taken to Wonderland but left in Neverland. It was painted by LiAXrt. And last is Alice in her pink outfit with a red bottle of “drink me” potion and a brown “eat me” cookie.

2 poster on a wall, one is a large picture of a cat face and the other is a girl in pink and purple, Alice

Photos taken March 2023