Kingston’s graffiti wall

Posted on July 12, 2026 by Mary C

There is a wall in Doug Fluhrer Park in Kingston that has been designated as a legal graffiti wall. At the moment (or at least last week when I was there) many of the paintings were the work of the same artist, Steve Oakley, aka ridinlow613. Pop culture references are plentiful.

graffiti on a wall, with weeds growing in front, and a brick building behind

below: Homer Simpson snores again.

Simpsons themed mural, Homer Simpson is asleep, other man holding a fistful of money, weeds and grasses have grown up to cover bottom of wall

below: Another character from the Simpsons (Otto Man, the school bus driver), but this time they share space with Ozzy Osborne.

two street art paintings, rock singer Ozzy Osborne and Otto Man from the Simpsons

below: Pennywise the Clown from Stephen King’s “It” has sprouted green leafy hair on top of his already colourful red.

street art, pennywise the clown from Stephen King novel. Red hair, blue clothing, evil eyes

below: Her sleeves suggest Disney’s Snow White.

below: With mouth wide open – singing? yelling?

below: Lola Bunny has a smile for you.

Lola Bunny portrait in a street art mural

below: Huckleberry Hound and Top Cat lounging around in the shade.

street art graffiti, green cactus, red heart, brown dog portrait

mural, black and white stripes in tornado swirl shape

below: If it was Snow White above, perhaps this is the wicked step-mother?

mural, wicked face of a woman with red lipstick

graffiti wall in Kingston, with contributions by different artists

below: Snakes!

mural, street art, by ridinlow613, two snakes, one is green and has its mouth wide open as it attacks the other, a red, yellow and black striped snake

below: Richie Rich “poor little rich boy” first appeared in 1953, later in the 1980s he had his own TV show.

street art painting of Richy Rich, cartoon character

graffiti, mouth, eyes, ear, noses, all disconnected

Langs Lane

Posted on May 9, 2025 by Mary C

Visitors to Langs Lane (at Little Bourke) are greeted by a very large blue insect thanks to artist Louis Moore.

street art painting of a very large blue insect or beetle in Langs Lane, Melbourne

Langs Lane is a short alley that ends in a very narrow passage as it approaches Bourke Street.

people walking through a narrow alley from Langs Lane, red brick buildings beside, with graffiti on the walls

At the narrowing of the alley there is a pink angel with curly black hair and red wings.

street art painting on a brick wall in an alley, a pink angel with black curly hair and red wings

There is another blue painting here by Louis Moore – an image of a fish. Or more correctly, part of a fish as the fleshy part of its middle is missing. Just the spine and bones of the center section are still intact.

street art by Louis Moore, a blue and white fish, or at least a fish head, on spine and vertebrae, with intact tail.

A man in a cap seems to survey the alley

mural of a man in a cap, in profile, in black and grey on a white background, street art mural of a brown dog, side view, he seems to be barking

This poor flower was trying to say something but someone had the audacity to rip her face.

flower painted on paper, then pasted on brick wall in an alley, Petals of the flower are alternating purple and white, center is yellow with a green face

There are a few other remnants of artwork on paper that had been on display here. From what I can tell, there was a series of photographic works titled “Phobias”. It was presented by the Stills Co-op back in 2018 and featured works depicting some of our deepest fears. Unfortunately, very little remains but of course that is what happens when art is left to the elements. It takes on a life of its own, beyond our control. Until someone comes along and paints or papers over the old – you may have noticed some of the Phobia papers behind Louis Moore’s blue fish.

Sometimes the resulting fragments that are still visible can catch our attention.

bits of paper, remnants of a photograph on disply in an alley, outdoors, weathered and old

It was an interesting, and quite extensive, exhibit. Like many art exhibits, the originals live on the internet. See the video at Gavin John Photoography

torn paper, remnants of a photograph mounted on a wall in an alley

Some of the other graffiti in Lang Lane is cartoonish. Some with known cartoon, or animated, characters such as Marge Simpson

Marge Simpson in an mural on a wall in Langs Lane, with red hearts

… or Odie the dog from ‘Garfield’ (with more paper fragments behind).

a mural of Odie, the dog from the Garfield cartoon series, bright yellow with blue floppy ears and a big red tongue that sticks out a long way

2 cartoon characters on an alley wall, one yellow and the other green

Langs Lane with highroses above it, Melbourne CBD

Casablanca, at Socrate et Ali Abderrazak

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Mary C

As you walk toward the intersection of Blvd Socrate and Blvd Ali Abderrazak the large murals there come into view.
a man walks along a wide sidewalk, walking towards buildings with large colourful murals

3 large murals at a Casablanca intersection, one in front is woman with many layered face

below: The mural in front is “Facing Forward” and it was painted by Moroccan artist Majid El Bahar; it was part of Sbagha Bagha, an annual street art festival in Casablanca.

large mural of womens faces in different horizontal stripes close up of eye in mural with satelite dishes on the building looking up at large mural from the bottom, womens faces,

The two murals behind the women were painted for Casamouja 2019. This is an annual “urban art wave” and murals in 5 locations were/are part of this year’s event (between 20 Sept and 25 Nov). The first location was at this intersection where there were 4 large murals. Casamouja is a public programme started in 2016 for the promotion of street art in various districts of Casablanca.

In the middle is a mural of a man falling past a white, pink, and red background that was painted by OLDR

a large vertical mural by oldr of a man falling backwards past pink and white clouds. Falling with him is a blue dog, a car, and some logs