“I love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness.” – Ric Ocasek Chapel Street, Melbourne is known for its retail outlets, restaurants and cafes. It also is well known for its different types of artistic endeavours like public murals and sculptures. But for this week…
Tag: mural
A New Street Art is UP
“Begin at the beginning, and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” – Alice in Wonderland The “New Normal” for the restaurant business in Melbourne is outdoor seating. Rutledge Lane, a street off the famous and ever busy Hosier Lane, has opened UP two new Pop UP restaurants for Covid safe dining….
In my BackUP file … USA
“In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt This wasn’t supposed to be my post for today’s SquareUp Challenge…but then I was moved by a fellow blogger’s view of anger, of doubt, of sadness and then with the Inauguration … finally being able to breathe a sigh…
pUPil
“The eyes tell more than words could ever say.” – unknown Part 2 of the series about the pupil of the eyes. And this is another streetart in Hosier Lane. Thanks to theartblogger54 I found out more about this mural and the artist behind it. This is Shine of the Moon piece painted in December…
pUPil #1
“There’s a story in her eyes.” – unknown A streetart in Hosier Lane (Melbourne) by Cax One, a street artist from Ballarat, Victoria. Monday Murals SquareUp – pUPil First time doing this WP slider, hope it works.
UPdated Hosier Laneway
“Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.” – Banksy, Wall and Piece I have not visited Hosier Lane (Melbourne’s most celebrated lane for Streetart) for at least a year because of the pandemic. Last November was the first time that I was able to walk it’s cobblestone streets again once the restrictions have eased….