below: One of the sharks wears yellow rimmed glasses and has a lip piercing. It also has a lot of pointy teeth!
below: Most the the Sharks vs Tiger mural at street level along the bottom of a building at 15th and Valencia. It was painted by Dave Persue Ross (creator of Bunny Kitty)
below: A hammerhead shark joins the fray.
below: This is the tiger. He is holding a Bunny Kitty who in turn has a spray paint can in it’s hand. Tiger is wearing a cap with a San Francisco Giants logo. … but oh! … I am not sure he knows there’s an octopus lurking behind him – an octopus with at least one sharp knife!
below: Warburton Lane in central Melbourne was full of stickers and paste-ups including this happy little octopus with a zigzag smile
below: This pile of animals by Kaffeine – with a pink pig in a jaunty vest on top – covers a double door and more
below: About the graffiti on the left – one of the characters that often appears in Mr. Dimples graffiti such as this one, is the fellow with the funny rectangular head – with a button for one eye and a stitched X for the other.
below: A D7606 crayon writes something on the wall while two big eyes watch. But I’m worth it!
below: “Until the wind from the west brings you back again” is in the middle, to the left of a very red T-bonez from Urban Ninja Squadron (peace man!). On the other side there is a cat collage on sheet music by chacha_doune (aka Cha). It’s difficult to see but the train headed your way has “God Save the Queen” written on one of its front corners – That paste up seems to be a collaboration between D7606 and Voxx Romana.
below: White chickens
below: That’s the biggest carrot that I have ever seen! … and the skinniest ankles!
below: … Safety pins and a lot of piercings! This crazy pink haired punk emu is full of holes! Painting by John Murray.
below: Meet Nancy – another John Murray emu
below: This is Effie; she’s obviously related to Nancy!
below: A little bit real in the midst of a lot a fantasy. By Lukas Kasper.
below: More mixing of reality and fantasy – human, animal, and robot with a disturbing outcome.
below: High red shoes and not much else
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below: A lone fisherman surrounded by barbed wire.
below: Angry suburbia
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below: Mr. Dimples again
below: Neftnik’s young woman wears a green outfit with leggings that are blue with red polka dots.
below: That’s a bomb?
below: Up, up, and away – that’s one way for a ladybird to fly away home!
below: A jumble of slaps
below: Peppa Pig, Nemo, a happy flower, and a banana with a face… and more.
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.
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.
below: Elvis is in the building!
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.
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”.
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.
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”).
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”.
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?
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.
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”
Lynn is a town in Massachusetts just outside of Boston. It is also one of the towns that participate in Beyond Walls, a non-profit organization that believes that art can build better cities. There is a lot of street art here! This isn’t the first post about Lynn – it is a look at some of the painting along the railway line near the station in central Lynn.
below: As the railway passes through Lynn, it is above grade. The sections underneath along the parking lot on Mt Vernon Street have been decorated with street art murals. The large building in the background is on the other side of the tracks and is featured in another blog post, Behind a building on Union Street
below: At one end of the parking lot is a large mural that is a collaboration between Yu-Baba and Key Detail.
below: On the other side of the tracks there is more art.
below: A canine-like critter (dog? wolf?) with a black shiny nose and sharp white teeth by Ghost Beard
below: Nead2‘s rendition of Bart Simpson as a graffiti artist.
below: It seems to rise like a plume of smoke – a painting on one of the pillars supporting the railway bridge, painted by Yuknow K Lou
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below: Also by the tracks…
below: Ruben Ubiera painted this mural on Silsbee Street close to the railway tracks and station. There are words on the black band on the gorilla’s shoulder that say “Entering Lynn”.
below: Lastly, just across from the tracks Kevin Ledo has painted “Do you realize” on the side of one of the small apartment buildings.
below: Another julybubble cat along with “Aimer”, two red and blue whale (fish?) tails that come together to form a heart by NBF Street (Sirène in the street). A little fairy holds a gold star, the work of Balaet Balaets. “Viens, on rêve… (come, let’s dream).
below: Little yellow rubber duckies – these traveling ducks (canards vagabonds) are having more adventures!
below: With her usual cat-like persona, tweet_streetart holds an Aussie flag waving koala.
below: It’s pink bandana is signed, Valcu G.
below: A cheeky little blue octopus sits on a light bulb that contains a fish (artist: o21_simplement).
below:Paddywagon is an artist who combine street art and cyanotypes (a process that creates white images on blue like the. Here, a small light bulb showcases one of her images of tiny compound leaves. To the left, “Come on baby, light my fire”, a woman with long and flowing yellow hair, by Wild Wonder Woman.
below: A second Wild Wonder Woman, this time her long yellow hair flows down her bare back and wraps around her swing. Next to her is a picture by Felfi (aka tanzt_die_orange), a Dutch artist.
below: Close by is a second set of light bulbs with art by the same artists – you might recognize some of them!
Rue Oberkampf is in the 11th arrondissement in Paris.
below: Tall pink mural by Francis Essoua, (aka Enfant Précoce)
below: A mix of little scenes, thunder and lightning, twins in red, pictures in a gallery,
below: Horse, by BONOM aka Vincent Glowinski
below: There were two little quick sketch portraits in red and yellow, possibly by LUIS?
below: A squashed spray paint can, a NEXT (nextmosaic) pedestrian crossing mosaic, and an orange and purple skull.
below: More little things, mostly paper this time – white dove of peace on the mailbox and two larger pieces beside, both by Corine Forest
below: These stencils were on a building at the corner of rue Oberkampf and rue Camille Crespin du Gast in the 11th.
below: A Kraken (aka Lou Daho) octopus, swims past as an orange cat or tiger jumps down.
below: “Telemaqueland” by Hervé Télémaque, was painted in 2000 along with eleven other large murals in Paris as part of a project “the walls of the year 2000” (les murs de l’an 2000).
below: Like many Paris streets, there is an Invader mosaic high up on a wall.
Although it is a city in its own right, Barreiro seems like a suburb of Lisbon. It is most easily accessed by a short ferry ride across the Tagus River from central Lisbon. The Barreiro train station is next to the ferry dock. There are now numerous murals in Barreiro in part because of a project called Art in Town run by the City Council and ADAO.
The building in the middle is ADAO Headquarters (Associação Desenvolvimento Artes e Ofícios, translation: Assoc for the Development of Arts and Crafts)
below: A hole in the concrete wall provides a short cut across the tracks as well as a different view of the murals painted by Gonçalo Mar (aka Gonçalo Ribeiro) and Odheit
below: On the fence, a owl keeps a watchful eye on passers-by
below: A closer view of the ADAO Headquarters mural . The fish-like figures swimming on the walls appear frequently in Mar’s work.
below: A head with long flowing grey and turquoise hair emerges from the hexagons.
below: Backyard view
below: Punk red feathers
below: Two street art portraits; the woman on the right was painted by Pedro Pinhal
below: A mermaid, octopus, paper sailboat, and fish bones
below: Ursa’s laptop and old flip phone has begun to sprout.
below: Old School Futuristes
below: Each one teach one
below: Rays of sunshine above with sharp angles of concrete below.
below: Back to the front of the ADAO Headquarters ….
below: …. where this beauty stands by the entrance.
Greetings from Coney Island! A postcard type mural by Megan Watters.
Here street art has been incorporated into the amusement park. Each year since 2015 , Coney Art Walls has added to their collection of murals and now has more than 60. Go when the park is open!
below: More of the Art Walls. The largest one in the photo is by Nina Chanel Abney. The one closest to the camera is ‘Handsome Brother and the Mermaid’ by Aiko which is based on an old Japanese tale called “Taro Urashima and Dragon Palace”.
below: Behind a chainlink fence, another Coney Island mural.
below: And yet another Coney Island mural, this one with old black and white photographs of New York City views inside the letters. The Statue of Liberty makes a great exclamation mark.
below: Although it is disappearing behind the ivy, this is yet another Coney Island mural.
below: Clown face and more faces. Live and let live – street artists against hate in the bottom right. And that blue guy? Have you seen how many teeth he has?!
below: Smell the flowers before they die and by the looks of it you don’t have long….
below: A jumble of strings and wires and a few found objects all wound up and made into a slightly human-like shape. Man is a mess?
below: The 5th, and last one here, Coney Island mural is the newest and the biggest. This is “Coney Is For Everyone” on Stilwell Avenue, painted by Danielle Mastrion. It was an Alliance for Coney Island project.
below: A blue Subway Doodle monster sleeps in front of Nathans on the boardwalk.
below: Another result of the Alliance for Coney Island efforts is this multicolour mural on the shutters that was painted by Ledania.
below: Lock him up! Donald Trump behind bars. Doesn’t he look cute in black and white stripes?
The Cronos Project initiative involved painting murals on the walls of three large abandoned old building on Av Fontes Pereira Melo close to the Picoas metro station. They were painted by several international artists including the Brazilian Os Gémeos, the Italians Blu and Erica Il Cane, and the Spaniard SAM3. Since the murals were painted in 2010, smaller graffiti – both paint and paper – has been layered over the lower portions.
below: She seems to have a ball of string in her hand and that string goes all the way to the next mural on the corner of the building (out of view in this photo)
below: She appears to be keeping an eye on that kraken, octopus that has appeared. Note the string across the picture.
below: View of two sides of the building
below: He holds the end of the strings in both hands.
below: A closer look at the man with the gold crown and the bendy straw. Whatever he was drinking has been painted over.
below: A large silhouette in the darkening sky.
below: Painted windows make a starry sky while wrought iron railings speak to a past elegance.
below: A silly yellow cat on the balcony
below: A large green crocodile (alligator?) clumsily crashing through the building.
below: A cute little couple, paste-up by Costan with a wolf (fox?) prowling in the background.
below: Wakeup! to a bright green alarm clock.
below: seeing triples, stencil featuring Elton John by A.L. Tony
below: Rui Veloso, Portuguese singer, another stencil by A.L. Tony
below: The Costan couple again, still with their hands forming a heart, along with some black stencils by Dalaiama – black birds in flight and two euros.
below: Another Costan, this time a cat with a hat.
Even when I walk in Toronto, sometimes I find myself in unfamiliar territory and so it was back in December when I went to investigate some alleys where I’d heard that new murals had been painted.
below: Around Toronto there are quite a few raccoons in murals by Emily May Rose. Here, these “trash pandas” are being watched over by a big white rat. Quite the dumpster fire!
below: A large mural by BirdO (aka Jerry Rugg) beside Charles Sauriol school
below: Near the birdO mural (you can just see it on the left side here) is a house with street art covering the whole side of it.
below: A man reaching out a multicoloured hand to a woman by Phillip Saunders covers the back part of the house
below: A brown octopus and bright coloured tiger playing together – a collaboration between Luvs and June Kim.
below: Baby birds with beaks uplifted in a mural by Bruno Smoky and Clandestinos
below: A closer look of the mural reveals another woman’s head on the far side along with people mixing together in the central portion painted by Raoul
below: Suri in grey tones while drinking, mural by haenahhh
Support for the alley murals was provided by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council.
I have included most of the paintings but not all. For a complete set of photos, please take a look on Erika James’s Instagram page as she was one of the organizers of the project and she has documented it well.
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below: A large green crocodile (alligator?) clumsily crashing through the building.
