Dancing the Dance

Posted on August 4, 2026 by Mary C

part of a mural, Dance the Dance My Girl by Ari de la Mora and Irving Cato in Vancouver, turquoise flower

below: Dance the Dance My Girl,” is located in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Vancouver. It is a collaboration between Ari de la Mora and Irving Cano and it was painted as part of the 2017 Vancouver Mural Festival.

part of a mural, Dance the Dance My Girl by Ari de la Mora and Irving Cato in Vancouver, woman playing a saxophone

part of a mural, Dance the Dance My Girl by Ari de la Mora and Irving Cato in Vancouver, close up of fingers on the keys of a saxophone

part of a mural, Dance the Dance My Girl by Ari de la Mora and Irving Cato in Vancouver, man wearing a sombrero and playing a guitar

below: A woman in traditional clothing and jewelry, holding a very realistic looking heart and a pineapple. The latter symbolizes hospitality and abundance.

part of a mural, Dance the Dance My Girl by Ari de la Mora and Irving Cato in Vancouver, A woman in traditional clothing and jewelry, holding a very realistic looking heart and a pineapple.

part of a mural, Dance the Dance My Girl by Ari de la Mora and Irving Cato in Vancouver, colourful patterns in fabric of a woman's clothing

part of a mural, Dance the Dance My Girl by Ari de la Mora and Irving Cato in Vancouver, maple leaf

Photos taken April 2025

Tacna & Emancipacion

Posted on August 2, 2026 by Mary C

Street art murals seen in downtown Lima, at the corner of Av. Tacna and Av. Emancipacion

below: Selling shoes, sitting on the sidewalk under the sleeping guy with many ears.

below: Ignoring the yells as she walks past

A woman is walking past a mural on a wall. An open mouth is yelling with flames and blue lines coming out of it. It looks like she is being yelled at by the mural.

below: There are hands that point and open hands to hold

Two women are walking past a mural on a wall, there is a large hand that is part of the mural.

below: “Hoy soy libre, manana tambien” – today I am free, tomorrow as well

Street art in bright colours of the words, Hoy soy libre, manana tambien

below: plug in to grow, green power, electricity for life….

part of a street art painting, a hand is hold a red extension cord. A stem with a few leaves at one end has an electrical plug at the other end. The green plug is being inserted into the red extension cord outlet.

below: He comes to life

two men are painting a mural of a man. One man is standing on two buckets so that he can reach near the top of the wall

below: Painting

a man is painting a piece of street art on a street corner in Lima.

below: All smiles, with orange peels, by Toxicomano

A large face of a man in black and white on a black and red horizontal striped background. There are some garbage bags full of orange peels in front of the mural.

below: “Toxicomano”

face in black, on yellows, oranges and reds

below: hanging out on Tacna with the street art

People on the sidewalk passing by a large mural street art piece with colourful faces, Tacna Lima Peru

below: The dog is watching. “Ya te sabe” – already you know

below: partially hidden behind his hand

close up of a graffiti picture of a boy's face. He has his hand in front of his mouth and chin

below: Is she carrying a sweet and/or toxic load?

Black and white graffiti of a woman with a basket of fruit on her head. Pineapple hand grenade graffiti on the wall behind her.

below: Pineapple hand grenade

A stencil graffiti of a hand grenade that has a pineapple top. Black on a blue and red background. It could be a hand grenade or a pineapple

Photos taken March 2014 (some files, once lost have now been found)

Calle de San Cayetano, Madrid

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Mary C

below: The intersection of San Cayetano and Calle de Embajadores. A wall encloses a playing field of some kind.

a woman pushes a stroller past a wall with street art murals painted on them, she's head down the hill at Calle San Cayetano

below: Looking down San Cayetano

looking down a street that goes downhill, a brick fence with murals on it on the right, also street art on the building at the end of the street, 3 and 4 storey buildings on either side.

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mural of a large flower on a brick wall

mural of a spaceman's head in a helmet

below: Street art on the wall signed by @elreydelaruina (Ruina R64)

low wall with murals in front of a larger mural on the side of a 3 storey building

a man walks down a street in Madrid, beside a low brick wall that has been covered with street art murals

below: Parts of letters on the wall. Tuuulibreria is a bookstore where you (the buyer) decide how much the book is worth.

below: And above the bookstore, a table ready for dinner. The words above the wine bottle are an ode to Embajadores, “mi barrio” i.e. my neighbourhood.

street art animals, Bristol

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Mary C

More Bristol street art
This time, focusing on those featuring animals

below: A debonair lion stands in the doorway, by Alex of lucas-antics

a lion standing in a doorway, by lucas_antics, green vest and green hat, holding a cane, tail curled up and a white mouse on the tail

below: Another mural by Alex covers the front of The Little Shop on Cheltenham Road. This time, she has painted bunny rabbits and pineapples.

bunny rabbits and pineapples on a blue store front, The LIttle Shop on Cheltenham ROad in Bristol

close up of mural - bunny rabbits and pineapples on a blue store frnt, The LIttle Shop on Cheltenham ROad in Bristol

below: A red dinosaur

street art mural, animals, red dinosaur, with some text graffiti too

below: A bird mural by Aspire

street art mural of a bird, blue and grey and black

below: Another Aspire bird, a robin on a tree branch. Beside it is an orange telephone box by D7606 (instagram)

a robin on a branch, mural, on green background, on a wall beside another street art piece of an ornge British telephone box

below: Bite the hand that feeds you. Someone is missing an arm!… it looks like it might by Ronald McDonald’s arm?

a graffiti fox, standing on two legs, with words, bite the hand that feeds you.

graffiti, cat head,red lips with green tongue sticking out, plys yellow triangle and blue circle

pink pink graffiti on a brick wall beside sign that says Princess Road

below: The ice cream in the cone is looking horrified as the teeth and beak of a yellow bird-like creature hovers above him. There is also an owl that was painted by Dscreet (Australian). The words between the bottom two windows say Burning C which is a reference to Burning Candy Crew, the group that Dscreet once belonged to.

a yellw bird creatre with a long beak, an owl and an ice cream cone

birds on a wire, silohuettes on blue background

blue cat like ceature with gold crown, sitting in window sill with two clay flower pots in front of it

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.

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Dancing the Dance

Tacna & Emancipacion

Calle de San Cayetano, Madrid

street art animals, Bristol