AC/DC Lane

(and Duckboard Place)

AC/DC Lane was named for the Rock band of the same name. It has been a place for street art for many years, one of the first locations in central Melbourne.

below: Dominating the corner of the lane is Mike Makatron’s 3D sculpture of AC/DC band member, Bon Scott bursting through the wall.

street art in ACDC lane, central Melbourne

below: Melbourne in 3D

street art in ACDC lane, central Melbourne, The word Melbourne in gold letters, beside a drawing of a ballerina

below: In the bottom corner, RIP Malcolm Young, another member of AC/DC. The text in the word bubble is “C’mon Saint Peter, how many bloody times you gonna make me play Hell’s Bells before you let me through the gates mate?”

street art in ACDC lane, central Melbourne, portraits of musicians at the end of the alley

below: Fintan Magee’s painting of a man carrying a tree towers over the end of the alley.

street art in ACDC lane, central Melbourne, mural by Fintan Magee of a man carrying a tree,

below: Taking selfies with Malcolm Young.

street art in ACDC lane, central Melbourne, two men taking selfies in front of musician portrait with devil horns and angel wings

below: Steen Jones painted this tall Melbourne mural with the red roses.

street art in ACDC lane, central Melbourne, woman with back to camera, taking picture of tall Melbourne mural with red roses by Steen Jones, also 2 motorcycles in the picture

below: Andy Warhol with paint splatters

street art in ACDC lane, central Melbourne, portrait of Andy Warhol with paint splatters

below: A printed discourse on reality that starts with: “Realities can be controlled through the altered perception of real monocultrial [sic] relationships. This undeniable truth is self-evident through seeing mind’s eye. You will never be real, and in turn, that verifies your existence.” Think of it what you want.

street art in ACDC lane, central Melbourne, typed text, with scribbles in black and yellow on top

below: A boy, a girl, and a dog going for a walk, by VKM,

street art in ACDC lane, central Melbourne, stencil of two kids walking a dog,

below: Three more posters, two female and one male, all in vibrant colours. On the left is a purple haired, and very sad, woman by Vasso. Next to her is the green haired smoker by YAYA and on the right is an interesting woman with great red sunglasses but I have no idea who created that picture.

street art in ACDC lane, central Melbourne, 3 paste ups, all of heads, two female, one male,

below: Love is love, and many others including a little Robbo-t

street art in ACDC lane, central Melbourne, stickers and paste ups includng a robbo-t, and love is love words,

below: Rock on! Elvis Emu (by John Murray) and the red dino. What you can’t tell from this picture, is that the emu is just over 6 feet tall (i.e. a little taller than the average man). There are now many wonderful emus all over Melbourne!

street art in ACDC lane, central Melbourne including an emu dressed like Elvis Presley with rhinestone covered white jacket and big sunglasses

below: Neftnik’s blue woman reading an orange book while smoking her pipe.

street art in ACDC lane, central Melbourne, artwork of a woman with blue hands and face, wearing black and white striped stockings, and a black and white jacket, holding an orange book while smoking a pipe

below: A blue girl in a flowery dress and a blue bunny rabbit, more blueness from Neftnik.

street art in ACDC lane, central Melbourne, paste ups, blue bunny, and little girl in blue with a floral dress on, by Neftnik

below: Christmas street art! Lots of Santa Clauses and even a reindeer or two.

street art in ACDC lane, central Melbourne, Christmas theme street art, Santa Claus, snowflakes, reindeer,

below: … and the festive season continues… with Batman delivering presents down chimneys. This is one of many places in Melbourne that were “decorated” for Christmas, see “A Christmas collection of friends” for more pictures.

street art in ACDC lane, central Melbourne, Christmas theme street art, Santa Claus, snowflakes, reindeer, batman, tweet cat with balloons,

street art in ACDC lane, central Melbourne, stickers and paste ups, Christmas theme

street art in ACDC lane, central Melbourne

street art in ACDC lane, central Melbourne

below: Salvador Dali looking a little surreal beside another blue person by Neftnik.

street art in ACDC lane, central Melbourne

below: Carmadymnd’s little diamond shaped mosaic

street art, small piece, diamond shaped made with mosaic tiles and glass beads,

below: by French artist, Vale,

stencil of a blue eyed child in helmet and vest, spray paint cans on vest, peace symbol on sleeve of t shirt,

below: She leap frogs over, by JAH

street art in AC DC Lane< street art in AC DC Lane

below: “You don’t deserve all the bad things you say to yourself” beside a blue eyed woman by Jover. Muttley snickers in the bottom corner.

You don't deserve all the bad things you say to yourself text on a sticker, also a paste up by Jover of woman's face, with blue eyes,

below: Michael Caine looks a little bored by it all.

portrait of Michael Caine, black and white photo, on poster, as a paste up in AC DC lane.

below: Lumpkin definition: A blundering fool; A clumsy and often stupid person.

urban art in AC DC lane in Melbourne, cutout letters form the word lumpkin

below: Alice falls. The Queen of Hearts along with the two of clubs and other cards fall with her.

urban art in AC DC lane in Melbourne, Alice in Wonderland is falling, along with some playing cards like the queen of hearts, 2 of clubs.  Alice is wearing blue dress with white apron, red shoes,

below: “I yam what I yam,” I’m Popeye the sailor man. It looks like he’s still eating his spinach.

urban art in AC DC lane in Melbourne, popeye the sailor man cartoon character

below: Asian woman with a fan

urban art in AC DC lane in Melbourne, Asian looking woman with a fan

below: Keep calm and plant a tree.

urban art in AC DC lane in Melbourne, sticker that says keep calm and plant a tree

below: “Lets laugh while we still can” by Loui Jover

urban art in AC DC lane in Melbourne, with text that says Lets laugh while we still can, written on woman's face,  by Jover

below: A very strange looking slightly abstract man, also by Jover

urban art in AC DC lane in Melbourne, portrait of a man, in profile, by Jover, attempt at cubism, or abstract of one sort or another

below: More contributions to the alley from Vasso and Jover

street art in ACDC lane, central Melbourne, stickers and paste ups,

below: “Always learn” along with “We don’t need more we need to be more”.

urban art in AC DC lane in Melbourne, paste up by Jover of woman's head but instead of facial features, has text that says we don't need more, we need to be more.   another sticker that says always learn

below: Rocket man, literally, on guitar

urban art in AC DC lane in Melbourne, headless (white paint sprayed over head) guitar player with big red boots that are also flaming rockets, stencil on brick wall

Photos taken February 2025

Napoli paper

Stickers, paste-ups and posters seen around Naples.

below: Love letters pasted to the wall, each decorated with a little red or pink heart.  So many words and expressions such as  – “Dillo con volo fiori”  (Say it with flying flowers), “Non ti ho detto mai quello. Che me fai.” (I never told you that, what are you doing to me?)

many love letters pasted to a wall some on red paper, many with red hearts on them, written in italian, such as dillo con volo fiori, che fortuna che sei tu propro ad amarni

below: “Yes I know My Way” by Renzo Mezzetti on the right and a blue woman smelling a blue flower on the left.

greenish coloured poster of an older man playing a guitar with text, "yes I know my way". by Renzo Mezzetti,

below: Someone’s not happy ….

poster , black and white image of a man with his arm forward and thumb up, by ttatta urbanart,

below: On the left is an old cyop & kaf face – there are a lot of paintings by Cyop & Kaf and I blogged about them previously (Cyop & Kaf in Naples)

two pieces of graffiti on a wall

mask-like face in blue with red eyes and yellow teeth, white lips, red hair or hat on top of head, paper graffiti in naples italy

below: With a red heart in its mouth, by RNZ aka Zenro.  Also, in the top left corner, the faceless photographer, “the photographer all over”, this is mrbt62

figure made with yellow and white squiggly shapes with red heart in mouth, by renzo mezzetti

below: Here stands Viracocha, the supreme creator deity in pre-Incan Andean mythology.

below: Surrealism? Or just a bizarre imagination?

black and white drawing, poster, pasted to exterior wall in Naples

below: Completely covered

a very red wall, exterior of a restaurant, beside a section of wall covered with stickers and paste ups.

below: Words around a door

words pasted letter by letter on the side of a wall between two doors of residences, Naples,

Lady, [words behind air conditioner] .. veramente stassera in connanti niente appena arrivate bendalevi visivede which google translate says in English, “Actually tonight in cash nothing as soon as you arrive blindfolded you will see”.

signora siete 9 uasi e lo sarete senon portate stassa….. The bottom part is illegible so the fact that google translate says the first part means, “Madam, you are almost 9 and you will be if you don’t bring this” is also meaningless….Maybe the picture of the man with a gun to his head is part of it all!

below: Playing card graffiti by Francesco Di Martino, and a melting globe head by Lumen.

2 poster sized paper graffiti paste ups on a wall in naples, bottom is by lumen, a person with a globe of the Earth for a head

below: Trallalla’s drawing of a Bishop wearing a pirate hat and eye patch.

trallalla graffiti, black and white drawing of bishop wearing a pirate hat,

below: Trallalla is also responsible for the “Save the Mermaids” paste-ups.

save the mermaids paste up by trallalla, as well as other graffiti on a stone wall in naples

below: Another heavy (pregnant?) mermaid, this time with drawings that look like they have been done by children.

pregnant mermaid, save the mermaids, by trallalla, surrounded by child-like drawings of people

below: Graffiti Propaganda and Fishes Invasion (Merioone)

graffiti propaganda, pasteups, mr fish, an image oa person wearing balaclava and carrying a broom and a piece of art to paste on a wall

Naples slaps , drama on a yellow face, the word titanic, a man yelling and a tree under a spotlight with words garde vs stelleconfuse

below: A prickly cactus? or a hairy hand? holding an anatomical heart .

small stickers on a blue wall

Photos taken February 2024

covering a yellow door

In Melbourne’s Baptist Place there is/was a collection of stickers and paste-ups by a very international group of artists.

below: This is the door as seen in February 2025. It may look different now!

A double door, painted pale yellow, inset into a wall that is yellow, exterior door, covered with stickers and paste ups, graffiti by many  different artists

A closer look at some of the stickers and paste-ups……

below: Mama yellow rubber ducky and her four little ones with lots of balloons – and one little ducky is wearing black swim goggles. These yellow adventurers can be found in lots of places, especially in France which is the home of their creator, Canards Vagabonds aka Sylvie Gennerat.

canards, yellow duckies, mama duck with four little ones, one has a black pair of swim goggles on, 4 bunches of balloons too

below: A Wonder Woman figure by Little Meh as well as a DJ Gumba dude holding 2 black balloons. One of the balloons says “pretty cool”. On the right, is that man really carrying a very large carrot?

stickers and slaps on a door, one is DJ Gumba with two black balloons, one is a wonder woman figure by little meh, and one is a man in a plaid shirt carrying a very large carrot also a sticker with just text that reads helping animals doesn't need to be that hard

below: A grey possum with a little pink nose and a curvy tail under “Back rolls not gender roles”.

graffiti paste up of a grey possum with a pink nose and a long curved tail

below: A collection of slaps by a variety of artists. There are two Breaking Bad yellow Lego men. The skateboarder with the black and white flowery hair is the work of Drecks. At the very bottom, a Tweet cat face with blue David Bowie style lightning bolts and a droopy eyed guy by American artist The Dtore (aka Dave)

many stickers and paste ups on a door, there is no planet B, a drecks woman on a skateboard, two breaking bad lego figures in yellow, a spatula turned into a puppet head with big red lips,

below: One very pink eyed cat and a couple of red capped mushroom people. The latter is the work of My Cute Creatures (Creaturi Dragute) – Mama Mushroom and her little mushroom tyke.

two pieces of graffiti, a cat head, black and white cat with pink eyes and pink lips, another by cute creatues, mushrooms with red caps turned into human forms, mother and child,

below: Now ET can call home whenever he wants. In the bottom right corner is a tiny sticker by Vootsak aka Camille. The green eye with the tears but under a rainbow was created by Apparan. Leave no one behind.

slaps on a yellow door, ET in a hoodie holding a smart phone, a black bomb cherry bomber, a green eye with tears under a rainbow,

below: A grey cat has found a handy perch atop the head of a ginger man with beard and mustache (by Stoeyes)

a man's head, ginger beard and mustache, with blue headphones, a mask, and a grey cat sitting on his head, other stickers too, one with the word work,

below: A white bird takes flight.

slaps on a door, a white bird in flight, a pink bunny with word box with a question mark, and ET's head and phone

below: Some Australian animals – a white ibis (by Tweet) and a kangaroo with a white rabbit in its pouch. The latter is a collaboration between Maens_hh, a German artist who draws characters like the white rabbit, and Eppendorfs_finest, an artist who often draws/paints/showcases a dog called Lounis.

slaps on a door, a white bird with long legs and long curved beak, also black head, another graffiti piece that is a kangaroo with a white rabbit in its pouch

below: Another collection of slaps, stickers and paste ups including T-bonez of the urban ninja squadron, a common sight around Toronto. TRP613 Sailor Dude is wearing an Australia T-shirt but now has the Tweet cat face.

stickers and paste ups including tweet cat, urban ninja squadron, sailor dude with an australian shirt on, and others

below: Monstrous! Now Trp613 (a Canadian from Ottawa) Sailor Dude seems to have turned green but that’s okay by MIC (Maid in Cologne). Sailor Dude may be green but that woman beside him is very red! (by Zelda Bomba from France)

Sailor Dude as a greenmonster, graffiti, Zelda bomba bright red woman's head with blue hair

below: A monster party! … With bunches of sunflowers and plenty of balloons, by Tweet

monster party graffiti by tweet, frankenstein, all with balloons

slaps, stickers, and paste ups on a laneway door, wonder woman, trp 613, monster party, breaking bad, lego, green monster, drecks,

below: “Body size is morally neutral”, “Protect queer kids”, “My cat thinks you should vote yes to the voice”. “Read books and dismantle [illegible] oppression.”

stickers on a door, all with text, body size is morally neitral, protect queer kids, my cat thinks you should vote no to the voice, and a priority mail sticker with a little white cat and the words, read books and dismantle the [illegible] of oppression

below: “Think!”, “Open your mind” and “Mutual aid is an evolutionary advantage.” Cupid’s got you in his line of sight – so beware of the balloons!

cupid with a bow and arrow, yellow rubber duckies, a woman with a rainbow scarf, open your mind, mutual aid is an evolutionary advantage, all graffiti on a door,

below: “Read boos. Be kind. Stay weird.” as well as a sleeping good vibes cat and a seahorse with a bouquet of tulips and balloons. Like many of the animal graffiti created by Industrie Tarte, this seahorse, or lippocampe, comes comes ready to divide into sections – filet, plat de cotes, bavette, flanchet – which are all cuts of meat. . The exact same pasteup was seen in Paris in 2023 (trust, live, love, all on a Paris wall).

sleeping cat says good vibes, graffiti, seahorse with balloons,

below: Hey cool, it’s a balloon burger with bones…. but that dog doesn’t look too impressed by it all.

paste ups, an orange and black dog sitting, a burger with balloons in the center and sticker that says cool

below: Almost life-sized Tweet cat with a fistful of balloons.

graffiti on a door in an alley in melbourne

below: What big eyes you’ve got!

graffiti on a door in an alley in melbourne including a grey bug with big head and eye, holding a net in its hands

below: A bright rd crab with big claws beside a prickly echidna playing with balloons. And dancing figures, le petite peuple de l’ombre, with even more balloons (by Wall-Lilo)

big red crab, graffiti paste ups, balloons, floating people, and an echidna

below: Masked smoker with Batman ears?

Photos taken February 2025

seen in Harlem

as the Harlem in New York City.

below: Be Kind; Be Well; Be Safe; Be Love

below: There is a mural on the side of the Amsterdam News building on Frederick Douglas Blvd. The full mural shows two women and a child under a baobab tree. “A Family’s Tree” by Alexandre Keto.

Mural by Alexandre Keto on the side of the Amsterdam News building in Harlem, 2 black women and a child under a baobab tree

below: By any means necessary

below: The top part of this painting has been covered by the ads. The words “Show Love to Artist”, as well as the gold crown that the man is wearing, have been obscured. That side of the wall was painted by Amir Diop.

below: Too many humans and not enuf souls. The blue is a remnant from a previous paste-up while the bleeding eyes are from yet another layer.

too many humans and not enough souls

below: A portrait and white cross, by Brendan T. McNally

street art in Harlem, white cross with portrait in the center

below: Handcuffs, a gun, and a bottle of liquor – but turn your back on all that and head towards reading and education.

mural of a boy with a backpack, some books by a tree,

below: Under the railway tracks.

emural under the railway tracks by an old station entrance
mural in grey tones, a man, and lots of text
Life’s path is not always so clear. Many of us look, but still don’t see. We hear but still don’t listen. This doesn’t mean that slavery doe not exist. Jesus struggles through great obstacles so that we could learn how to be free; how to find our way through darkness. Many of us will continue down a path of destruction like chained slaves toward their grave. Be free my friends, be free.

below: We fit you to a T featuring Mr. T. from the 1980s TV show, “The A-Team”. His given name was Laurence Tureaud.

mural, we fit you to a T with Mr. T.

below: We are New Yorkers.

mural, baseball player, words that say we are new yorkers

below: That’s a lot of words! Zeitgeist is defined as “the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time” Perhaps this poster captures the zeitgeist of New York City in the 2020s.

a poster, 2 pages of plain white paper with lots of words written in black marker about Jesus and the blue pill

graffiti stickers on a pole

below: There are two large murals along the walls at Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Plaza.

two murals at Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Plaza.

below: “How Do I See Myself” by CAW Kids

mural, how i see myself, by caw kids, Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Plaza., harlem, new york city

below: Womens Health Community Mural

womens health community mural in Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Plaza., harlem,

part of a mural, how i see myself, by caw kids, portraits of two men, with shapes and colours between them

statue of adam clayton powell junior, harlem, new york city

below: Good night! Sleep tight!

graffiti sticker of a tent, under a night sky

at a harlem intersection, slaps on traffic lights

Photos taken July 2024

around the Angel Brewery

The Angel Brewery is where the Arts District of Los Angeles meets Little Tokyo.  It has been located in the Roebling’s Sons building the corner of Alameda St. and Traction Ave. since 2010.  The building is now also home to a number of small pieces of street art.

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street art on the exterior walls of an old red brick building

wheatpaste street art on the exterior walls of an old red brick building - one is a full moon, another is a tree drawn with squiggly lines that make the texture of the bark
below: …. now with a lovebot heart…. I forgot to take a lovebot robot sticker with me, I only had a heart one.

wheatpaste street art on the exterior walls of an old red brick building - astronaut head in greens and blues, also one small lovebot heart sticker
wheatpaste street art on the exterior walls of an old red brick building

wheatpaste street art on the exterior walls of an old red brick building (intircate black and white drawings of people, as well as a painted pink and black sad face below: Esoteric

wheatpaste street art on the exterior walls of an old red brick building - an owl face along with the word 'esoteric'

wheatpaste street art on the exterior walls of an old red brick building - an owl face along with the word 'esoteric'

wheatpaste street art on the exterior walls of an old red brick building - a skull with a multicoloured head band, and a goldish brown monkeybelow: More Fossil Fools

wheatpaste street art on the exterior walls of an old red brick building - two small posters with the line 'fossil fuels' and picture of an older man, the astronaut pic, and two smaller black and white pics at the bottombelow: 1dirlust Fox has a posse.

wheatpaste street art on the exterior walls of an old red brick building - a fox's head with the text "dirlust fox has a posse"

wheatpaste street art on the exterior walls of an old red brick building - two young men

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wheatpaste street art on the exterior walls of a yellow fire hydrant - a man's head, wearing a gas mask and a hat below: Ronald Regan has Legislative influence for sale, large mural by Shepard Fairey (aka Obey)

street art piece of Ronald Regan holding a sign that says 'Legislative Influence for sale'

The back part of an old brick building. The sign John A. Roebling's Sons Co. is still there from the original owners of the building. A very large black and white set of eyes covers a large part of the upper storeys of the buildings. It is done in black and white and looks very realistic.

blog_angel_brewery_manybelow: Marilyn Munroe in wheatpaste

A wheatpaste Marilyn Munroe with very yellow hair, blue rimmed dark sunglasses and red lipstick that is running. Three large black dots are on one of her cheeks.

wheatpaste street art on the exterior walls of an old red brick building - an owl in a circle

below: 100% Clueless, like lambs to the slaughter. … but that’s okay because I think that there is a Rat that loves you.

wheatpaste street art on the exterior walls of an old red brick building - a rat with I 'heart' rat you and beside it is a smaller piece with a cow's head coming out of a circle and around the cirle are the words "100% clueless"

graffiti dark blue heart with the 'words los angeles' written in white cursive lettering. White paint runs down from the sides of the heart.

street art piece of a head, the lower part is skull, the middle is realistic in black and white (nose and eyes) and the top has become a wispy white creature

Photos taken in 2015

This post appeared in my other blog but I am finally consolidating all my street art posts into one place.

East Village paper and paint

stickers on a pole at an intersection, east village in new york city , rainbow striped heart, jay diggz, rath, and others

below: Hooligan and Zero Boy with masked Anonymous

paste up graffiti, hooligan, and zero boy,

below: John Lennon

paste up graffiti on a green pole, portrait of John Lennon

below: “Pee on Hamas”

graffiti sticker on a green pole, text says pee on hamas, with image a dog peeing into a puddle

below: A cute little pink heart

little graffiti sticker on a red surface, white furry creature with a little pink heart

below: Remand

slap graffiti on a grey pole, one says remand in large black letters, the other is a drawing of a small creature with large head, big mouth,

below: “Where is Corky Lee?” Lee was an Asian-American photographer who died in 2021.

graffiti sticker that says where is corky lee, an asian american photographer who died in 2021, black and white drawing of his portrait, holding a large camera

below: Artificial Scarcity on a fire and police call box

red emergency call box in new york city with sticker graffiti on it including one that says artificial scarcity

below: When I tried a google image search, I learned that naked or semi-naked women on rockets is a thing….

two graffiti stickers including one with a woman in thong bikini riding on a rocket

below: Nicole Ruggiero’s “A Moment of Bliss”. According to Ruggiero’s Instagram page, this image is a tribute to, and reimagination of, the original wallpaper, Bliss, from Windows XP way back in 2001. It was part of an exhibit titled, “SCREENSAVERS” in Seoul in 2024.

graffiti stickers including one of a woman looking up towards the sky, name on sticker is Nicole Ruggiero

below: Femarchy multiple times and colors beside Black & Essential

graffiti on a pole, including stickers that say femarchy in different colours

below: Sign on a pole – “You don’t need it but you want to buy it!”

graffiti sign on a pole with words that say You don't need it but you want to buy it

side of a US Postal mailbox with graffiti stickers on it.

Photos taken July 2024

Hess Village, Hamilton

In a small section of Hamilton……

below: “Woman with Flowers” by Megan Oldhues from the 2022 Concrete Canvas Festival

mural of a woman with flowers by Megan Oldhues

below: Mediah‘s angular shapes and colour contrasts on a bright purple background.

mural of graphics, lines, angles and shapes on a bright purple background, by Mediah

below: Reaching for a butterfly, “Helping Hand” by Alex Bacon from the 2019 Concrete Canvas Festival

large mural of a brown hand reaching for a butterfly, by Alex Bacon

below: Raven and turtle, a collaboration between Mique Michelle & Kalkidan Assefa (aka Drippin’ Soul), 2019

man walking past a mural, mural of a raven with a red berry in its beak, also a turtle in the mural, it was painted by Mique Michelle and Kalkidan Assefa
mural of a raven with a red berry in its beak, also a turtle in the mural

below: Some curvy-limbed and very flexible people, part of a mural by Burnt Toast

part of a black and white mural on a fence, of people with curvy arms and legs, by burnt toast creative

below: A tribute to Sophia

large mural of a brown dog with name tag around its neck, Sophia

graffiti stickers covering a street sign including a blue hope sticker with portrait of Obama

around and behind Ossington

Ossington Avenue is an interesting street to walk with it’s numerous stores, restaurants and coffee shops.  But there is another fascinating world hiding behind the main street in the numerous lanes and alleys in the area.

on Ossington Ave., older buildings that are now stores. one is painted olive green, another is white, and third is red brick. at the end, is a building with large yellow and blue vertical stripes, a bench is on the sidewalk

For this blog post, I have assembled more of the photographs that I have taken around Ossington since January of this year.  It gets a bit long because I decided not to chop it into smaller pieces, so grab a seat and let’s get started!

a bench beside a green wall in a snow covered parking lot, door beside bench has love U! written on it

below: A whimsical Uber5000 painting on a garage door.

uber 5000 mural, green biplane with 3 yellow birdies, including one standing on a bomb. dog standing on one of the airplane wings

below: Hearts on fire, burning love, and the fireman that is trying to extinguish the flames – in a mural created by D. Terra Stencils.

stencil,ural by D. Terra stencils, a crouching fireman holds a hose and shoots water upward towards a big red heart

below: One of the cutest raccoons that I have ever seen, also painted by D.Terra Stencils.

mural by D. Terra stencils, of a young raccoon, green leafy background

below: Some more cute raccoons of a different sort go camping in a mural by Emily May Rose

Emily May Rose raccoons go camping, with a grey and orange trailer, a yellow umbrella, and a folding chair too

two grey Emily May Rose raccoons play in a pile of dirt, while drinking canned drinks

below: … and some more raccoons!

Emily May Rose raccoons in a painting on a fence in an alley

below: …. and even more!

in an allley, wall and door, raccoons by Emily May Rose and text graffiti too
toronto alley near ossington with street art on fences and garages

below: Smaller black stencil graffiti on a white garage door – an iconic image of Marilyn Monroe as well as a Kung fu Panda.  The other woman gets a splash of bright red.

black stencil graffiti on a white garage door, portrait of Marilyn Monroe, and kung fu panda image, as well as another woman's head and face

below: A trumpet player and a gun fight.

black stencil graffiti on a white garage door, a man playing a trumpet, also two men in a gun fight with one standing over the other who is lying on the ground.

below: Bikes on the stairs with a colourful bird keeping a watchful eye.

in an alley, exterior stairs to a small balcony, bike parked on stairs, mural of a bird painted on wall beside the stairs

Moooo…. Hey there good looking!…  Here’s looking at you!  This was painted by Poser.  Usually he does bunny rabbits but I think that he’s pretty good at painting cows too!

street art mural of a black and white cow looking at you, on a garage

below: An old square brick building, garages and fences with graffiti, old trees, and a row of houses at the end of the lane – this captures the look of a typical Toronto lane.

looking down an alley, garages with graffiti on the right, fence on the left, at the end, a semi divided house that is different on either side, also at end of alley, on right, a larger red brick building (old)

below: Home patio, outdoor living urban style.

exterior of building, concrete block painted a dark yellow,, white door, and black window, with 2 small chairs and a table, and a stool, immediately outside the building

below: “Stop and enjoy”.  I like how the poster below the stop sign says “mediocrity” which makes the overall message, “Stop and enjoy mediocrity”.  A bit snarky.

stop sign on a pole in an alley, beside a garage door with street art on it. text graffiti on the stop sign so that it says stop and enjoy

in a laneway with street art murals on all the garage doors

part of a larger mural, a face in the sun, eyes closed, some vines are growing over the face

older drawing on garage, man's face, coconut tree with palm leaves,

below: The tail end of a fishy mural.

a small alley near Ossington, cars parked in alley, one side has building with mural on it, the other is a house with grey siding cladding

below: This aquatic themed mural dates from 2016 when a group of artists painted many murals in the area, all with the Great Lakes as their theme. They were part of Pangeaseed Foundation’s Seawalls for Oceans project. Some artworks have survived better than others. Love letters in paint is a post (off site, in my Toronto blog) from 2016 that show most of them in their original form.

fish mural by shalak attack

below: The Swiss army knife was also a Pangeaseed mural

street art mural with a big red swiss army knife in the center

below: Where possible, Jimmy’s Coffee shops have exterior walls painted with images of famous Jimmys including the one on Ossington. Jimmy Carter, James Dean, the guitar of Jimmy Hendrix and two muppets representing Jim Henson Gonzo and Elmo

images of famous Jimmys on the side of Jimmys coffee shop on Ossington, Jimmy Carter, James Dean, the guitar of Jimmy Hendrix and two muppets representing Jim Henson gonzo and elmo

black and white image of Jimmy Hendrix singing and playing guitar, pink background, mural

below: A Jimmy of a different kind, a fantastic cacaphony of colours and shapes in a mural by Jimmy Chiale

mural of abstract shapes and colours by j. chiale

below: Close up of part of a mural, a young man wearing a black mask over his eyes.

close up of a street art painting, a young man in a black mask over his eyes

photo taken in a snowy parking lot, of the backs of some houses, fences, backyards,

below: Rowell Soller

rowell soller mural on a garage door

below: Two paintings on two different garages that look like they were done by the same artist.  The signature appears to be Soul R. and the top painting is from 2017.

mural of a turtle swimming in the water, in light shades of brown, blue garage

mural of a turtle swimming in the water, in a wall in an alley, with a pile of empty boxes and containers on the ground in front of it

below: 2022 Christina Mazzulla, for the Golden Turtle Restaurant.

mural, pink flowers, a fish, and a sea turtle

on the side wall of a house in an alley, mural, pink flowers, a fish, and a sea turtle

below: “You are stroger than you think”

a house being renovated, plywood over downstairs window with graffiti on it

below: Nick Sweetman has used shades of blue and purple to create this wonderful northern scene with a bear and moose combo.

a large bear and a moose, in a mural on a garage door in an alley, painted by bruno smoky or shalak attack

below: Totally blue.   The other colours have faded?  Or were never there in the first place?

gate in alley, double wide, at the end of a driveway, all in blue

below: More garage doors painted by D.Terra Stencils

alley near Ossington with lots of garage doors covered with murals, street art, urban art

below: On a bright yellow background, an image of Jean Michel Basquiat, one of the original creators present-day street art.

garage door painted yellow, then a portrait of Jean Michel Basquiat often considered the founder of street art

below: .. and beside Basquiat, a levitating woman

mural on an alley garage door by D.TErra stencils, a levitating woman, lying on her back up in the air, long hair hanging down.

below: Written in Portuguese is “Nem às paredes confesso” which translates to “I don’t even confess to the walls”.

mural on red background, musicians, one singer and one instrument player

below: Portuguese words, and nearby a Portuguese flag

street art painting of the Portuguese (Portugal) flag

mural, portrait of a man on a purple background

below: Boxers – Muhammad Ali and an opponent

boxing mural

below: The last D. Terra Stencils is this rendition of Ren and Stimpy

ren and stimpy from Nickelodeon TV in the 1990s, in a mural

trimming trees in an alley, man in lift above the lane, truck, some garages with graffiti and street art

little bits of metal on a wood utility pole

exterior door in an alley, covered with street art

part of a larger painting, a small character peaks its head out from the middle of a puffy orange letter O

below: The next four images are of the same mural in a snowy laneway parking lot…  starting with DAM DOG ketchup bottle

parking lot, in winter, box with street art on it beside a wall with more painting

parrt of a mural, smiling skull with a chain through one eye socket, and slightly yellow bottom teeth,

below: Parking for Animals

from a larger mural, young man in multi colour sunglasses, with a can of spray paint in his hand

close up of part of a mural, finger on the top of a spray paint can

below: These little ceramic animals have been walking in this alley for at least ten years.

little flat ceramic animal shapes, a turtle a small dinosaur, glued to a wall in an alley, beige with green and pink dots,

below: T-bonez stands alone, maybe waiting for the light to turn green?

t bonex sticker on a yellow box (for crossing signal). urban ninja squadron, visual noise,

T bonez sticker from visual noise and urban ninja squadron

close up of an old turquoise section of street art on wood fence, with red spray paint circle and double cross

on a wall painted very deep but bright red, outside in an alley, torn bits of paper remain where posters have been partially torn off

box on a wall, covered with stickers that are mostly in black and white, with red spray paint tag on top of it all.

below: And what’s this? Even more raccoons?! Toronto’s “beloved” trash pandas are everywhere!

raccoons in an alley mural, one sitting on a trash can, drinking, raccoons are trash pandas

part of a mural, painted by Emily May Rose, of a greenish grey raccoon, or trash panda, sitting of the top of a metal garbage can, holding a bottle with an XXX label.

below: Six lit matches ready to go.  This crazy cat is up to something no good…

mural on a fence, a grey cat with matches in his mouth, playing with a bottle

below: An early Birdo piece, although the scroll names or street artists too.  The first street art in this alley directly behind Ossington (on the east side) dates from 2012 when a group of artists painted some of the garages here.

older mural by birdo, two creatures standing together on a rusty garage door in an alley

below: A pink rose between two women.

pink rose sprayed painted on green wood, beside a figure dressed in white paste up

below: Another oldie – this purple guy has been blowing a gust of wind for many years.

old graffiti on a wall

below: Vintage Spud bombs, some cheerful and some menacing.

spud bombs street art, little grey bombs with cheery faces, on a wall in an alley behind ossington avenue

below: A funny looking green creature with big white eyes and lots of skinny legs.

street art mural

below: A couple, together in the stream, in a mural by Elicser Elliott with the title “Swim”

street art mural by elicser elliott of two people, man and woman, in purple stream, title is swim

below: Geometric shapes with a touch of rainbow colour, by Peru

on a garage in an alley, painting by artist called peru,

part of a street art mural, man that looks ancient greek or roman sitting, holding a large pot, wearing a toga and sandals

below: Large pink and white swirls and curls cover a wall. Any time that you see swirls like these, think Flips because that’s sure to be the artist that painted them.

pink and white swirls and curls, mural in alley

below: Only a small portion of this moose painting by Aaron Li-Hill remains.  I don’t usually show the original works but I am going to make an exception here.  See next image.

old street art painting of a moose partially covered with pywood

below: This is what it looked like back in 2012 or 2013.

old street art mural by aaron li-hill of a moose with full antler rack, open mouth,

below: A newer Catchoo sticker.

little daisy sticker by catchoo on a metal pipe in an alley

below: A couple of faces taken from many faces around a garage.

below: Part of a Troy Lovegates mural (as are the next three images)

part of a Troy Lovegates mural in an alley behind Ossington, two merged heads with necks that come out of the same hole in the red and blue sweater that they are wearing. One face is yellow and the other face is half grey and half purple

part of a Troy Lovegates mural in an alley behind Ossington Avenue in Toronto. In the middle is a framed recessed box in the wall with 3 egg shapes in it

part of a Troy Lovegates mural in an alley behind Ossington Avenue in Toronto

part of a Troy Lovegates mural in an alley behind Ossington

below: The closest garage on the right has a mural painted by Spud.

alley, with garages on one side, mural on the wall of a building on the left

below: Durothethird paints peanut butter & (probably) chocolate

street art on a garage door in an alley, peanut butter,

below: Horus, “Well and good”

street art on a garage door in an alley by horus

garages covered with street art and graffiti, in alley on west side of ossington avenue in toronto, just north of queen street west
street art on a garage door in an alley pink polka dots on red

buildings in alley covered with graffiti and street art

small part of a larger painting, street art, on side of garage in an alley, three fuzzy balls, each with one eye. Balls are yellow, and a red, and one blue.
weathered street art and graffiti on a wood garage in an alley

below: A tribute mural celebrating Canadian Black designers.

mural in an ossington alley, black background, text that says Designers of Canada, with three portraits, on the lower level of a three storey red brick building

below: Writing on black and purple

white line drawing on black line drawing of a man with glasses and a beard, mural in an alley

below: Portrait of George Sully, Canadian designer

portrait of a young black man, with a triangle behind his head, in a mural in an alley

below: Love yourself, over and over again, and in many different colours!

on a black wall in an alley, in cursive writing, the words love yourself written in many colours, many times

below: An old stikman in a frame, weathered but still there.

weathered street art paint on wood, with a tiny wood frame, inside frame is an old stikman graffiti piece
alley behind ossington, on the west side, garages covered in street art and graffiti
garage in alley covered with paintings of bright flowers

below: And lastly…  Too extraterrestrial, which someone seems to love

black wall, with graffiti, hand drawn character with words too extra terrestrial,

behind Ossington

Moooo…. Hey there good looking!…  Here’s looking at you!  This was painted by Poser.  Usually he does bunny rabbits but I think that he’s pretty good at painting cows too!

street art mural of a black and white cow looking at you, on a garage

For a number of years now, there has been a lot of street art and graffiti in an alley that runs behind the east side of Ossington starting at Queen Street and ending one block north at Humbert. Some of it is interesting; some is not. A few garages and walls look the same as they did 12 or 13 years ago so some of these photos may look similar to older photos used in this blog.

below: In the background, an untitled piece by Caratoes.  It was one of 5 murals painted in Toronto in 2016 for the “Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans” series.  In total, there were over 500 murals in 20 countries in this series.

graffiti on a wall in many colours, with a large grey tones mural in the background.

below: Six lit matches ready to go.  This crazy cat is up to something no good…

mural on a fence, a grey cat with matches in his mouth, playing with a bottle

below: An early Birdo piece, although the scroll names or street artists too.  The first street art in the alley dates from 2012 when a group of artists painted some of the garages here.

older mural by birdo, two creatures standing together on a rusty garage door in an alley

below: A pink rose between two women.

pink rose sprayed painted on green wood, beside a figure dressed in white paste up

below: Another oldie – this purple guy has been blowing a gust of wind for many years.

old graffiti on a wall

below: Vintage Spud bombs, some cheerful and some menacing.

spud bombs street art, little grey bombs with cheery faces, on a wall in an alley behind ossington avenue

below: A funny looking green creature with big white eyes and lots of skinny legs.

street art mural

below: A couple, together in the stream, in a mural by Elicser Elliott with the title “Swim”

street art mural by elicser elliott of two people, man and woman, in purple stream, title is swim

below: Geometric shapes with a touch of rainbow colour, by Peru

on a garage in an alley, painting by artist called peru,

part of a street art mural, man that looks ancient greek or roman sitting, holding a large pot, wearing a toga and sandals

below: Large pink and white swirls and curls cover a wall. Any time that you see swirls like these, think Flips because that’s sure to be the artist that painted them.

pink and white swirls and curls, mural in alley

below: Only a small portion of this moose painting by Aaron Li-Hill remains.  I don’t usually show the original works but I am going to make an exception here.  See next image.

old street art painting of a moose partially covered with pywood

below: This is what it looked like back in 2012 or 2013.

old street art mural by aaron li-hill of a moose with full antler rack, open mouth,

below: A newer Catchoo sticker.

little daisy sticker by catchoo on a metal pipe in an alley

below: A couple of faces taken from many faces around a garage.

below: Part of a Troy Lovegates mural (as are the next three images)

part of a Troy Lovegates mural in an alley behind Ossington, two merged heads with necks that come out of the same hole in the red and blue sweater that they are wearing. One face is yellow and the other face is half grey and half purple

part of a Troy Lovegates mural in an alley behind Ossington Avenue in Toronto. In the middle is a framed recessed box in the wall with 3 egg shapes in it

part of a Troy Lovegates mural in an alley behind Ossington Avenue in Toronto

part of a Troy Lovegates mural in an alley behind Ossington

below: Looking south. The closest garage on the right has a mural painted by Spud.

alley, with garages on one side, mural on the wall of a building on the left

below: Durothethird paints peanut butter & (probably) chocolate

street art on a garage door in an alley, peanut butter,

below: Horus, “Well and good”

street art on a garage door in an alley by horus

garages covered with street art and graffiti, in alley on west side of ossington avenue in toronto, just north of queen street west

street art on a garage door in an alley pink polka dots on red

below: At the north end of the alley

buildings in alley covered with graffiti and street art

small part of a larger painting, street art, on side of garage in an alley, three fuzzy balls, each with one eye. Balls are yellow, and a red, and one blue.

weathered street art and graffiti on a wood garage in an alley

purple line drawing in spray paint of a man, with yellow wings, graffiti added to it, alley

below: Writing on black and purple

white line drawing on black line drawing of a man with glasses and a beard, mural in an alley

below: Portrait of George Sully, Canadian designer

portrait of a young black man, with a triangle behind his head, in a mural in an alley

below: Love yourself, over and over again, and in many different colours!

on a black wall in an alley, in cursive writing, the words love yourself written in many colours, many times

below: An old stikman in a frame, weathered but still there.

weathered street art paint on wood, with a tiny wood frame, inside frame is an old stikman graffiti piece

below: Too extraterrestrial, which someone seems to love

black wall, with graffiti, hand drawn character with words too extra terrestrial,

below: And one last look ….   Looking north

alley behind ossington, on the west side, garages covered in street art and graffiti

garage in alley covered with paintings of bright flowers

Around Fairgounds

Fairgrounds describes itself as an immersive arts and technology experience. It is located near 28th Street S and the 275 freeway in St. Petersburg. You’ll find the Pinellas Trail nearby. The area around it is home to some interesting street art.

below: Derek Donnelly’s Fairgrounds mural on the outside of their building.

postcard style mural with the word fairgrounds, each letter has an image in it

below: “Girl Power”, is a mural of a girl and her horse among the sunflowers. It is a project that involved both the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida and the The Happy Mural Project.

mural of a girl wearing a cowboy hat, with a horse, with many sunflowers

below: Straight Edge Creative is responsible for the bright and cheerful music themed painting of the front of this building.

mural in bright colours, music theme, microphone, record album, by straight edge creative
mural in bright colours, music theme, microphone, record album, by straight edge creative

below: Einstein, and “Seek knowledge”

mural of portrait of einstein, with words seek knowledge

below: Gibbs Mural Club, “Local Bounty”  A woman with a crown of flowers surrounded by blueberries, mangoes, lemons, watermelons, and other fruits and vegetables.

a tree in front of a mural on the side of a building, of a woman surrounded by fresh fruit, lemon, watermelon, blueberries, mango

below: When two faces merge together, one canine eye and one human eye but two noses and two mouths. An interesting concept painted in blues by Marcus Debie aka GOMAD

mural in shades of blue, a woman's face merges with that of a dog, two eyes, one human, and one canine, two noses, two mouths,

below: Butterflies and bright words, “Go Outside” and hiding behind the palms are more words, “Look Inside”. This mural was painted by Sydney Prusso as part of the 8th SHINE Mural Festival in 2022.

bright colour mural on the side of a building, purple background with words go outside, also butterfles

below: “The Siren” by Sarah Sheppard

below: As part of the 2021 SHINE Mural Fetival, this was painted by Aurailieus

below: Abstract seaside scene in waves of blue and orange gradients.

below: More abstracts – Designs and patterns using triangles and colour variations.”

two storey house painted in design of blue triangle patterns
two storey house painted in design of blue, pink, and purple triangle patterns
bird with curved beak and blue eye, painted on side of house, using triangles and squares in different colours
a fence on a corner lot, painted on two signs with bright colours and different shapes, all abstract, patterns

a little black stencil of 5 rabbits in different positions, on a fence already covered with blue street art

below: Blue headdress on a cute little creature.

on the side of an orange building, a painting of two animal creatures, one is wearing a blue feather head dress

below: “You are beautiful”, “You are amazing”, and other positive messages.

wall covered with words and messages such as you are beautiful, stand for peace and love,
wall covered with words and messages such as you are beautiful, stand for peace and love, you re amazing, believe, you're the best
abstract street art mural on the side of a building, grass in front, all behind chainlink fence
street art mural, abstract shapes and colours

below: A 3-D cube and other shapes on the outside of the Hideaway Cafe

three dimensional cube, mural, exterior wall of cafe

below: The long neck of a flamingo reaches around the corner towards a bit purple crab and an octopus

mural with flamingo head and neck, a big purple crab, and an octopus

below: A pelican taking flight, part of a larger mural for the Florida Wildlife Corridor by Ernesto Maranje.

mural, pelican about to take flight

mural, exterior wall, a fish in the shape of the letter S swims through green long finger like seaweed

below: Words on the wall, “Haleakala, Our patron saint of perpetual street art”. I may have misspelled the first word – it’s actually the name of a volcano on Maui.

words street art, about the patron saint of perpetual street art

below: Skateboarder with one oversized eye, the work of r2romero aka Arturo Romero

street art painting on the end of a metal container, a person in jeans and yellow t shirt skateboarding down an inclined surface

graffiti stickers, a pick up truck, little kitty

graffiti stickers including mean mom mafia, and the white cat, and the hungry howlers

tree in front of a whitewashed concrete block building, with a small black drawing that looks like a face peeking out from the ground

Photos taken March 2024