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at Blvd Saint Laurent and Rue Marie-Anne….

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… where you can find two large murals on opposite corners.

at Blvd Saint Laurent and Rue Marie-Anne, 2 buildings on opposite corners, each with a street art mural on it

below: Along Rue Marie-Anne is part of Izabelle Duguay’s “Toucher L’horizon” with its pink/blue mountain rising above the blue water. The whole mural wraps around two sides of the building.

on the side of a building, part of Izabelle Duguay's “Toucher L'horizon” with its pink/blue mountain rising above the blue water

below: The “Ange de Bordeaux” was Aristides de Sousa Mendes (1885-1954). He was Portuguese consul-general in Bordeaux France where he defied the orders of the Portuguese government and issued visas to thousands of refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied France, including Jews. He lost his job because of it and died in poverty after the war. The many accolades and awards that he received all came after his death. The mural was painted by Awie in 2022.

mural, Ange de Bordeaux by Awie, covers the side of a building, portrait of a middle age man
bike parked against street sign pole in front of a wild style text graffiti painting

below: A blue lion is the centerpiece in Kevin Ledo’s mural on Marie-Anne (across the street from L’Ange de Bordeaux).

part of a mural by Kevin Ledo, blue and white face of a lion

below: This is a more complete picture of the mural. The blue of the lion as well as the patterns formed by the blue squares and rectangles recall some of the features of Portuguese ceramic tiles.

mural by Kevin Ledo, blue and white face of a lion flanked by patterns, orange and yellow on one side, blue and white squares and rectangles on the other class=
blue and white squares and rectangles like patterns on Portuguese ceramic tiles, mural by Kevin Ledo

below: Waiting to cross Blvd Saint Laurent.

person waiting to cross Blvd Saint Laurent, at Blvd Saint Laurent and Rue Marie-Anne, 2 buildings on opposite corners, each with a street art mural on it

below: More of “Toucher L’horizon”

on the side of a building, part of Izabelle Duguay's “Toucher L'horizon” with its pink/blue mountain rising above the orange water. water is reflecting the setting sun

One of the corners at St. Laurent and Marie-Anne is Parc du Portugal – you can see some of the park trees in the picture above. Directly across the park from Izabelle Duguay’s mural are more artworks with a Portuguese connection.

below: This is a portrait of Amalia Rodrigues. As you can probably surmise, she was a musician. Rodrigues (1920-1999) was known as the Queen of Fado; fado is a Portuguese music genre. The mural was painted by Paulo Carreira.

large mural, a portrait of Amalia Rodrigues, the Queen of Fado which is Portuguese music. Painted by Paulo Carreira

below: This mosaic, “Azulejos” was presented to the City of Montreal by the Portuguese community. The word ‘azulejos’ refers to the painted and glazed ceramic tiles that the artwork is made of.

picture on exterior wall, made of blue and white tiles, lots of details

below: A closer look at part of the image. There are a lot of little details hidden in it.

close up view of picture on exterior wall, made of blue and white tiles, lots of details

below: “Whatever make sense to your soul”. Interesting sticker even if it has a grammar mistake in the text.

sticker with words, Whatever make sense to your soul

below: Shitty graffiti!

two graffiti stickers, one is a small abstract drawing, the other says shitty graffiti

below: “Ma voix est-elle muette a vos oreilles?” A literal translation is: “Is my voice silent to your ears?” Or would Portuguese be more appropriate?… “Será que a minha voz é silenciosa para ti?”

words in French written on a USA Priority mail sticker, Ma voix est-elle muette a vos oreilles?

below: Astro

astro graffiti, black and white, chubby little dog with black sunglasses

below: It’s not easy to see, but the sticker on the bottom is another Astro.

graffiti on a pole

Photos taken September 2026

the last of Bonn

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In the past few months I have posted three sets of pictures of Bonn murals and graffiti.  The images that I am posting here are all that I have left from my time in Bonn.  At this point, I have no plans to return so this is “the last of Bonn”.  Of course, if anyone wants to send me pictures of more Bonn urban art (because I am sure that I missed some, or that there is more recent art/graffiti), I will be happy to post it with full credit.

below: “Einsusflug” and a tripping pigeon wearing its cool sunglasses.

graffiti slaps with picture of a pigeon, cursive text says einsusflug, pigeon is wearing sunglasses and carrying asack on a stick over its back

below: “This zystem is our enemy”. To which someone has replied, “True that”.

graffiti pasteup with text, the zystem is the enemy, written in white. someone has added, in black, true that

below: Many of the sidewalk/traffic/utility boxes around central Bonn have been painted with scenes from the city.  This is the Old City Hall (Altes Rathaus) that dates back to the 18th century.  I have always liked how City Hall ‘translates’ to Rat House in German!

sidewalk utility box in Bonn Germany,painted with a city scene, old city hall, altes rathsaus, a pink and white building with black roof dating from the 18th century

below: Another box, this one with very stylized, almost abstract, trees.

sidewalk utility box in Bonn Germany,painted, stylized trees in a forest

below: Images of Johannes Sebastien Bach (1685-1750), the German composer, are all over Bonn.

two sidewalk utility boxes,side by side, in Bonn Germany,painted with portrait of JS Bach and with a picture of an old house

sidewalk utility box in Bonn Germany,painted with a city scene,

below: “Chin Up” On the outside looking in.

graffiti paste up with text that says chin up, picture of person with backpack on, peering over a fence at a large city

below: “‘Cuz this is NOT FINE!”

graffiti, cartoon picture of dog sitting on a chair, by a table with a mug on it, flames around it, text balloon that says cuz this is not fine

throw up tag on wall of building by a bridge, view from the bridge

street art, graffiti on small structure by parking lot behind a building, Bonn Germany

scrawl graffiti on a white building in Bonn, large M and e with a red heart

Photos taken October 2025

Previous Bonn posts:

1. Along Kolnstrasse

2. Hochstadenring

3. Together on a concrete wall

checking in to see what’s new

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… another walk down Graffiti Alley

group of people, back to camera, walking down graffiti alley

below: Part of a monochrome mural by Nicolas Araneda aka niko.volts that has a lot of very American feet walking all over the faces of other people as lay on the ground….   ‘Trampling’ might be a better verb than ‘walking’

part of a mural in shades of grey, black and white, of feet wearing boots that look like the American flag, walking over the heads and faces of other people lying on the ground

below: Some walk in heavy boots, and others swim with open mouth ….

large fish mural in graffiti alley,

below: Looking crazed and demented, “Lobo” by Horus (aka Trevor Goodwin)

evil villain face with red eye, white wrinkly skin, yellow teeth, graffiti on a wall in graffiti alley, by horus,

below: Not quite so crazy or so demented but certainly not cuddly and warm either.

face, graffiti, white skin, yellow hair, red lips,

below: “Bring your green hat” by FreshPaintDaly aka Billy Creekwater

Donald Duck like character, but older and seedier, with black hat, text balloon that says bring your green hat

below: Two (and a bit) of six panels, drawings by Hartshorn (or posts collective).

street art drawings on the pavement

street art painting in graffiti alley, in alcove that was a window, now boarded up

street art painting in graffiti alley

collection of graffiti slaps covering a door in graffiti alley

below: “Not today Satan”.  There’s a lot going on here – the Silly Sausage Gang being front and center.  33wallflower33 in her white coat with the fuzzy collar and little decorations by catchoo .  There is also a T-bonez (of urban ninja squadron fame) wearing a green shirt and a necklace with a pendant – that’s Sticker Eddie he’s wearing, apparently.   The red-hearted pug’s name is Mopsi. Mopsi has something in his mouth but the donut is in the way (for more Mopsi see the Instagram page of his creator, So schoen immer weider)….   And the other dog is a collaboration between TRP613 (check out the reflections in the sunglasses!) and DivadogLA

part of a door covered with graffiti stickers and other slaps

below: “Get me out of here” and a dose of Instant Karma.

two graffiti paste ups, one is a young woman saying get me out of here, the other is a large hand holding a glass that says instant karma

many paste ups up high on a wall

below: Free Iran

free iran mural in graffiti alley, woman holding a white dove that died because shot with an arrow

below: This painting of a woman with her headphones above and yellow birdie walking a dog below was one of the first murals in Graffiti Alley – the work of Uber5000. Not many originals still exist!

uber5000 mural in graffiti alley, yellow birdie is walking dog, woman with headphones, on brick wall,

below: Elicser Elliott’s contribution to a larger mural that has been painted below the pink Poser bunny, “Don’t watch me cry”

street art painting by elicser elliott, part of a larger collaborative mural, man with burgundy baseball cap, with hands over his eyes. back of hands have tattoo words, Don't watch me cry, written over the two hands

below: Half a face.  He only needs one eye to stare at you.

half of a purple face, urban art, with other shapes and colours on it, black and grey eye and nose

below: Gold…  With a garland of white and blue flowers.

street art painting, gold male face with light blue highlights, wearing garland of blue and white flowers

below: A very large and very purple bear is at the door.

street art painting covering a door in graffiti alley, a large purple bear's head and face

below: He or she looks rather cramped in there. Signature says Neem?

street art mural, blue face

below: Another flower garland and another Neem head squeezed into a box.

two graffiti paintings, on left is black and white face with fingers in front, on right is an orange face with a garland of daisies on its head

graffiti alley, people taking pictures, people walking past

below: Scowling and smoking with ace in his cap.

mural in graffiti alley

below: Skydome forever and ALCS, as well as Vladdy’s number 27 shirt and World Series 2025…. little blue and white pieces of ceramic that celebrate the Toronto Blue Jays that someone lovingly made.

graffiti or urban art made of a collection of little ceramics, all decorated with toronto blue jays baseball team symbols

below: One Inch?  …  And other stickers crammed together.

man in red shirt is taking a picture, behind him is a sign that is covered with graffiti stickers

graffiti stickers covering a sign, a mural of a face is behind it

below: “We are the colours of corn”

feet on paved alley, where someone has written we are the colour of corn

below: More stickers and pasteups including catchoo’s dumpster fire that t-bonez from urban ninja squadron is using to dry his socks and underwear.

graffiti stickers and slaps on a wall

below: A couple of contributions from Dogmaslaps here (they’re all about dogs in case you haven’t guessed yet).

below:  More pasteups, some of which are quite intricate and detailed … especially the top two (vulture and jaguar?) which are both the creations of Ezpektro.

below: Sharing space with the Ezpektro pieces are a few smaller pasteups, some of which were made by artists that are new to me.  There is a pink bike in the top right, the same bike that is in the Make Art Not War poster in the above image…  BikeDeSuro creates stickers and wheatpaste featuring bikes.  From the left, a woman by Fiigueers and then a young girl with the Spanish words, “que nunca se apague la llama de la autonomia” which translates to “may the flame of autonomy never be extinguished”… The collection is rounded out with a guitar player from Sentient Cookie and a cute little green guy from Catchoo.

 

below: MonkYi cat with a very real looking heart in his claws.  Two carp swimming on the pavement in front.

below: Charmander, a Pokemon character.

orange pokeman character, urban art

below: Alfred E. Neuman makes an appearance in a couple of places – he’s the dude from MAD Magazine.

Alfred E. Neuman graffiti, also a woman on a television screen, as well as a very large painted eye

Alfred E. Neuman as a graffiti sticker, along with a black and white little bird

below: By 50 shades of greatt aka Adam McKnight – It looks a lot like Sponge Bob… maybe it’s his cousin?  But what’s with that tongue?  It looks like a slug is trying to slither out of his mouth.

square cartoon character with skinny arms and legs, and big white hands, purple tongue sticking out, by fifty shades of great

 

below: Verity and a happy face.

graffiti, including a yellow happy face and the word verity

small graffiti on round metal disc, graffiti is image of person with head of a large baseball,

below: Someone is not impressed…. Lame

concrete block at the base of a sign on a metal pole, stencil graffiti on the concrete that says lame

below: Green guy says: “In one year’s time, strike your blow, I shall return.”

stickers and paste ups, graffiti alley

below: “These days will define us”

small sticker graffiti with words these days will define us, with a drawing of the Earth

street art painting of a purple and yellow bear's face and front paws

Photos taken August 2026

Windsor graffiti

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A few little pieces seen around Windsor (Melbourne)….

slaps on a wall in Windsor Melbourne, including D7606 telephone booth, tweet street art cat and balloons, a raccoon, spiderman, a skull, and others

below: A Marilyn Munroe look-alike; I doubt that she had a tattoo around her neck though.

graffiti, image of woman that looks like Marilyn Monroe

below: Junky using an old beer can, a blond beer by the looks of it.

Junky graffiti made of crushed beer can, with bottle tops for eyes

below: Another Junky crushed can with bottle tops, rusted with age.

Junky graffiti made of crushed tin can, with bottle tops for eyes

below: What time is it? The time is now….

paste up graffiti, paper, black drawing of a watch with the time saying the word now rather than numbers

below: A little square head by Conrad Square and a maroon vulture wearing a baseball cap on his head and a padlock around his neck. I am sure that THEF has a meaning so if anyone knows what it is, please let me know too!

slaps on a wall in Windsor Melbourne Australia

below: How many little critters were squished together to make this cluster?

sticker graffiti

below: The Pink Panther sporting some tattoos by mik3_tee, a Brisbane based artist.

round sticker graffiti,The Pink Panther sporting some tattoos and holding a camera, also wearing a swim mask, by mik3 tee

below: “All colours are beautiful”

graffiti including one piece that has text that says all colours are beautiful

below: Simple. A statement.

black line drawing of a face, simplistic,

below: A bunny rabbit and a giraffe among others

slaps, one is a rabbit, another is a giraffe neck and head
stickers on a windsor wall, including skull, tweet street art, and others

Photos taken March 2025

covering a Florentine door at number 49

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below: A well covered door at number 49. It looks like a mess but within the chaos there are a few interesting pieces…..

A double grey door with rounded arch, lots of graffiti, paste ups and stickers on it,

below: Vroom, vroom, checking out the scooter…

two slaps on a door, one is by daught calm and is a man in a red plaid jacket with black hat and beard, riding on a motorized wheelchair, the other is three grey faces on black background

below: A weathered underwater woman by Blub along with a superhero Captain America in blue by Undeterred.

paste ups and graffiti on a door, a superhero in blue, an older man with a glass in his hand, a piece by blub of a woman with goggles on,

below: A cute little fish with the remains of a little crown.

two paper paste ups graffiti on a grey door, one is a little fish with a crown oh its head, and the other is a red band-aid

below: Diversity is Hope

large paper wheatpaste on a door, black woman with arms crossed to her shoulders, laughing, with text diversity is hope, by RAF Union

below: Unlocked

graffiti including one by cartoon car slaps of a green car, a pink light, a dog, a man with a green face, the word unlock,

below: A comment on society and our fixation with phones and technology – Solitudine Contemporanea (contemporary loneliness) by Laben (Alex Laben)

graffiti by Laben, child on smartphone with words solitudine contemporanea, also a small sticker for grundle grinders

below: Work Zombies and Justice for Wei Wei (Chinese artist)

graffiti, work zombie, justice for Wei Wei, tribe jiu jitsu italia, a man's face in green and black

Photos taken March 2026

Warburton Lane

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below: Warburton Lane in central Melbourne was full of stickers and paste-ups including this happy little octopus with a zigzag smile

street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne

below: This pile of animals by Kaffeine – with a pink pig in a jaunty vest on top – covers a double door and more

street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne

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.

street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne

below: A D7606 crayon writes something on the wall while two big eyes watch. But I’m worth it!

graffiti paste ups and stickers on a wall, D7606 crayon, eyes, a sign that says I'm worth it
graffiti paste ups and stickers on a wall including catchoo worm with tongue stuck out, a typewriter with a piece of paper with words until the west wind brings you back again. A pair of eyes, a cat collage on sheet music paper, a train by D7606, t bonez from urban ninja squadron dressed in red and giving peace sign with two fingers

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.

graffiti paste ups and stickers on a wall

below: White chickens

realistic white chickens, street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne

below: That’s the biggest carrot that I have ever seen! … and the skinniest ankles!

graffiti pasteup, man from back, wearing plaid shirt, carrying white over the shoulder bag,, also carrying very large gigantic carrot.

below: … Safety pins and a lot of piercings! This crazy pink haired punk emu is full of holes! Painting by John Murray.

crazy emu, street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne by John Murray, pierced ears and punk pink hair on the emu

below: Meet Nancy – another John Murray emu

crazy emu, street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne by John Murray,

below: This is Effie; she’s obviously related to Nancy!

street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne

below: A little bit real in the midst of a lot a fantasy. By Lukas Kasper.

street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne by Lukas Kasper of a lion face with very realistic furry nose but stylized abstract rest of face

below: More mixing of reality and fantasy – human, animal, and robot with a disturbing outcome.

street art mural, man walking on all fours, with a tail, with some body parts made of mechanics

below: High red shoes and not much else

2 pieces of street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne. Part of a painting of white leaves on black, one a slap by leilah of a cat-like woman robot with high red shoes and bikini

below: mmm

paste up graffiti, large piece, woman with two heads

below: A lone fisherman surrounded by barbed wire.

street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne, a circle of white barbed wire. in the center is a framed photograph of a man fishing beside purple water

below: Angry suburbia

graffiti paste up

below: mmm

graffiti and street art, Mr. Dimples, a woman holding a bomb

below: Mr. Dimples again

Mr. Dimples graffiti,

below: Neftnik’s young woman wears a green outfit with leggings that are blue with red polka dots.

neftnik graffiti, woman with blue face and red hair, wearing green top and pleated skirt, carrying a sword

below: That’s a bomb?

street art, urban art, a woman holds a black silhouette of a bomb

below: Up, up, and away – that’s one way for a ladybird to fly away home!

graffiti, ladybug holding a bunch of helium filled balloons

below: A jumble of slaps

collection of graffiti stickers and paste ups on a wall

below: Peppa Pig, Nemo, a happy flower, and a banana with a face… and more.

collection of graffiti stickers and paste ups on a wall

below: Potted plants

black and white paste ups, line drawings of plants in pots, old and weathered

below: A handful of dripping diamonds

street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne, black and white, handful of dropping diamonds

below: Robot heads on circles

street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne, Robot heads on background full of circles, design

below: Portrait of a woman

Photos taken February 2025

Together on a concrete wall

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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

Uniacke Court

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….. another Central Melborne lane with street art

below: A very large woman, painted by Deb, stands at one end of the alley

mural of a woman with long orange hair and a tight fitting dress, on a wall at the end of an alley, large condos and apartment buildings rise up behind her

man on sidewalk beside car, looking back towards entrance to Uniacke Court, a lane in Melbourne, with a large mural on the wall

below: A Joker mural, painted by Heesco (aka Heesco Khosnaran)

entrance to Uniacke Court, a lane in Melbourne, with a large mural on the wall, ugly man with bulging pink eyes and large teeth, big pointy chin, wild green hair

very close up of face of Joker with big teeth muscles, mural by Heesco

below: Harley Quinn

mural of Harley Quinn by Emmabelow: The Corporation and a hungry little black bird.

mural, urban art, small black bird looking upwards, with beak open, stencil on brick wall behind says The Corporation, with marionette string

below: A leopard silently watches from the doorway, another mural by Deb

painting of a leopard by DEB sitting in a doorway

below: Tattoos and golf clubs

man with tattoos in his face, mural, holding a golf club in his hands

below: Be rationally crazy idea

text graffiti that says be rationally crazy idea

below: Some small graffiti too – including Tweet with a several balloons.

paste ups on wall, arm, tweet, balloons, robot head,

below: Small white stencil

white stencil of a person fishing brick wall

Photos taken February 2025

the smaller stuff too

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…in Graffiti Alley

My previous post was also about a walk down a section of Toronto’s Graffiti Alley (Spadina to Portland).   This post is from the same walk –  because there were so many  images that I wanted to share, I decided to divide the fun into two parts.  This second part takes a closer look at some of the smaller pieces.

graffiti stickers covering signs at the entrance to graffiti alley where there is lots of street art in the background

below: Peeling paper hands….  A 33wallflower33 group of three women in their dashing outfits … and a charming man with devil’s horns and red glasses.

paper paste up graffiti on a door

below: Although it’s getting more difficult to see, there’s a Poser rabbit by the door.  The door is disappearing behind a layer or two of paper and paint.

a door covered with graffiti, with more street art paint on the walls beside it

below: There is a little pink stikman on the light above the door.

pink stikman graffiti on a light over a door in an alley

below: Once upon a time this skinny little guy was pink but ooops, a layer of paint and now he’s prematurely grey.

white stikman graffiti on a white wall behind metal bars

below: In her face – another stikman

small red stikman on yellow paint with a woman's face at the bottom layer

below: Last stikman for today… sometimes you find them tucked away in hard to see places.

green and black stikman hiding behind a hook with a black strap on it

below: Party line?  Four hands phone.

old phone booth but with 4 receivers, all covered with paint and graffiti

below:  A bleeding heart, a pansy flower, and a woman with a red hat and big ear rings.

small graffiti in graffiti alley, a red painted heart, paper paste ups of a pansy flower and a person's head

below: Polly wants a cracker before she takes over the world, or at least that’s what she told me.

paper paste up graffiti, one is a green bird with text that says bird takeover

below: A young woman with blue lipstick and jagged pink make up on her cheeks.  A spiked collar is around her neck.  Make of it what you will.

graffiti, woman with blue lips and spikey black hair, beside word peace stenciled twice in paint

below: Another young woman,  this time she’s a little softer (at least in appearance) – drawn by Catchoo.

below: Multiple Sailor dudes (trp613) in two varieties hanging out with a happy little catchoo critter and its smiley daisy balloon.

lots of paper pasteup graffiti in graffiti alley, one is a catchoo character holding a daisy shaped balloon

below: “Save me”!

paper pasteup graffiti in graffiti alley, including a blue floppy disc with text that says save me, by catchoo

below:  It looks like catchoo has been busy.

graffiti on a wall in graffiti alley

below: More of that wall.

lots of slaps, graffiti on a wall in graffiti alley

below: Darth Vader makes an appearance too.  Who’s that man peeking through the hole?

orange skull, graffiti on a wall in graffiti alley, also Darth Vader,

urban ninja squadron and others, graffiti on a wall in graffiti alley

below: One flower sprouts a bald person while the other produces a sunny orb.  That black octopus doesn’t look very happy – perhaps in this winter weather it needs more than just a woolly toque.

paint graffiti in graffiti alley, black octopus wearing a red toque

below: There are those women again!

33wallflower33 sticker of three flapper women

below: Dogma slaps standing tall in his puffy jacket and bright red mitts.

2 slaps graffiti on a wall already covered with street art paint. One is a dog, standing on two feet and dressed in human clothes - or perhaps it is a man with a dogs head

below: Riding a D7606 crayon – T-bonez always finds new adventures.

paste up graffiti high on a wall, t-bonez, from urban ninja squadron is riding a large orange crayon with D 7606 (name of another artist) on it,

collection of stickers, graffiti alley,

below: A collaboration between Tamm Shinzo and April Showers Art produced this little round piece – sitting on top of the clouds with the moon shining over her shoulder.

round paper paste up on a utility pole in Graffiti Alley,

below: Cryptid Supremacy – a rat with a very long tail

pink background with drawing of a rat sitting on a bench, long tail, words: cryptid supremacy

below: More rats, this time “the rat race is rigged”.  Also another skull (skulls are very popular!), this time by Broke Canvas (aka Colin Green) on yellow.   And third, is it a rainbow or a very sad face?  – slap by Rider Waitress (aka Frances Sousa)

graffiti on a wall, a black rat with words the rat race is rigged, a yellow square with a drawing of a skull by broke canvas, and last a rainbow with two flowers that looks like a sad face, by rider waitress

below: While we’re dealing with rats – Squee!  They are all fleeing from an NYC trash can.  Don’t litter!

a sticker on a wall in graffiti alley, mice fleeing from a trash can, squeee

below: Another small collection – Catchoo shows up on a soy sauce bottle while a Sentient Cookie (aka Cecil Tian) character gets taped to the wall… remember that banana?!   And last, in the top left corner, a Cartoon Car Slaps.

catchoo soya sauce bottle, sentient cookie paste up and a cartoon slaps slap, garffiti on a wall in graffiti alley

below: Juice box time. By Clem Crevetz

sticker on metal pipes in graffiti alley, man sitting, with juice box in his hands

small green fish sticker beside a lock on a door

small graffiti painting, black line drawing of a face, with very pointy chin, on white background

elicser elliott painting of a woman in rabbit ears, drinking a can of pop

graffiti where is my $$

alley graffiti stickers, blepser and nervo
pasteup little character in white suit, probably marcel morceau, the mime artist

elle was here, written on sidewalk in pink

Photos taken January 2026

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below: A Seileise stencil of a young girl with a small green plant in her bucket.

slaps, stickers, and other pasteups on a wall Heliosstrasse in Cologne, a young girl in a red sress, stencil by Sieleise, walks away carrying a pail with a small green plant in it

below: In the Ehrenfeld neighbourhood, Venloerstrasse intersects with railway tracks and this is the graffiti that covered one side of the arch before the street passes under the railway bridge.

slaps, stickers, and other pasteups on a wall Heliosstrasse in Cologne

A closer look at most of it –

below: Her shoes match her glass of red wine as she sits in a comfy chair. The other woman is a portrait by DISH and she sports bananas in her ears.

slaps, stickers, and other pasteups on a wall Heliosstrasse in Cologne

below: Fishes Invasion dominates this section of the wall…. but it’s not just an ordinary fish, it’s Joker Fish.

slaps, stickers, and other pasteups on a wall Heliosstrasse in Cologne

below: Lisson One yellow face among an assortment of little graffiti artworks.

slaps, stickers, and other pasteups on a wall Heliosstrasse in Cologne

below: A bird with a long white neck sits above 3 mall lids – a heart for love, a symbol of peace, and a yellow smiling face to represent happiness (or harmony?)

slaps, stickers, and other pasteups on a wall Heliosstrasse in Cologne

below: Seen here – A yellow woodpecker, a green and pink turtle, and an excitable little duckling who is looking for love.

slaps, stickers, and other pasteups on a wall Heliosstrasse in Cologne

below: The words are very small, but they say, “No place for love, peace, & harmony in this world”. But another little sign proclaims that “the heartest drug is LOVE!

slaps, stickers, and other pasteups on a wall Heliosstrasse in Cologne

slaps, stickers, and other pasteups on a wall Heliosstrasse in Cologne

below: Sheeptown 1 euro stamp, Candy by cinnirelli, End gender racism by lille-illus

slaps, stickers, and other pasteups on a wall Heliosstrasse in Cologne

below: Fight 4 ur rights. Plus a very small “Aut of Order” where a rainbow flows out of his head as it is tied up by several tiny people.

slaps, stickers, and other pasteups on a wall Heliosstrasse in Cologne

below: Feel the vibe.

slaps, stickers, and other pasteups on a wall Heliosstrasse in Cologne

below: Swordplay

slaps, stickers, and other pasteups on a wall Heliosstrasse in Cologne

below: “Be Kind to your mind” and “Das leben ist schon (life is beautiful)”. Both are by bierdeckelstreetart whose artwork is mostly text based.

slaps, stickers, and other pasteups on a wall Heliosstrasse in Cologne

slaps, stickers, and other pasteups on a wall Heliosstrasse in Cologne

below: A platter with one puppy and one kitten, and the words “immigrants food service” written above. But further down the wall, a young white boy and a young black boy walk arm in arm.

slaps, stickers, and other pasteups on a wall Heliosstrasse in Cologne

below: Love without the O

slaps, stickers, and other pasteups on a wall Heliosstrasse in Cologne

Photos taken October 2025