Wall Art in Frankston with Sis

I hadn’t originally planned any activities for my sister and niece on their first day in Melbourne, but it turned into quite a busy day. We ended up heading to Frankston beach to admire the stunning wall art from the recently concluded 2024 Big Picture Fest. I am linking this to Natalie’s Photographing Public Art…

Murals and Seats in the LX Factory

LX Factory is in Alcântara, a cool part of Lisbon. It’s got over 50 shops, cafes, and restaurants, both indoors and outdoors. You can spend a few hours or even a whole day there, checking out stuff to buy or just looking around. It’s also fun to see all these Public Art. Near the entrance…

Barcelona and Banksy

So, who is BANKSY? Not much is known about him, not even his real name, his date and place of birth. His works are mainly satirical takes on politics, pop culture and morality but he hides his real identity from the general public. Last October 2023, Jack and I decided to visit the Banksy Museum…

Tuesday Streetart Trompe l’oeil – 24

BARCELONA, SPAIN Trompe l’oeil is a technique used in art in which objects are painted their normal size in a very realistic way, to make people think that the objects are solid and real. (As defined by Collins dictionary). I saw this building in front of the Mercat de Santa Caterina in which this technique…

Tuesday Streetart Gillespie Park – 22

FINSBURY PARK, LONDON This is a passage going to the Gillespie Park. Beside it, I found this pretty Street Art in the entrance to the Gillespie Park & Nature Reserve.

Tuesday Blue Streetart Window – 16

BRISTOL, UK After weeks away, I am back with my weekly streetart post linking it with Ludwig’s Monday Window Challenge. This is a fun challenge for me because I love searching for Streetart everywhere I go. It is not hosted by anyone, so if you want to join in, just post a photo. I found…

Paris, here we come…

TRAVEL DIARY: PARIS 1 We took the Eurostar from London to Paris on the 8th of October. The moment we emerged from the bustling Gare du Nord station in Paris we were greeted by a spectacular view and sunshine. The hotel we reserved on Belleville turned out to be small, but it wasn’t as tiny…

Tuesday Eyes Streetart – 14

NEW YORK, USA More mural photos taken by my son, Tim, when he went to New York. Eyes are a central theme of these. Some funny and weird ones.

Tuesday Streetart in Oakleigh – 13

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA Oakleigh is a suburb in the southeast of Victoria, 14 km from the CBD of Melbourne. In one of the hidden corners in Oakleigh are these street art on both sides of a laneway done by the AWOL Crew which is a team of well-known street artists. Some crew members include Adnate, Dreams,…

Country town of Yarragon

The Queen celebrated two birthdays each year: her actual birthday on 21 April and her official birthday on the second Saturday in June. But now, for the first time, we are celebrating the King’s Birthday Long Weekend which takes place from Saturday 10th June to Monday 12th June 2023. It is a public holiday today,…

Tuesday Streetart – 6

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA One only has to use ones eyes to discover more murals on the wall… at Flinder’s Ct in Melbourne CBD. “It is in their eyes thattheir magic resides.” – Arthur Symons The two murals below are by the Melbourne artist, Lukas Kasper. You can join me, if you like, with some of your…

Tuesday Streetart – 5

BLACK ROCK, VICTORIA, AUSTRALLIA Found this tribute wall in Black Rock… a suburb of Melbourne. Please click to enlarge the photo. You can join me, if you like, with some of your Street Art photos. You can tag me on Teresa’s Tuesday Streetart

Tuesday Streetart – 3

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA I saw these murals during my walk in the city of Melbourne on the 1st of April. These murals are by John ‘Mort’ Murray who is a street artist from Lightning Ridge about 800kms inland from Byron Bay in Australia. You can join me, if you like, with some of your Street Art…

Tuesday Streetart – 1

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA I have always loved Streetart from since I can remember. Whenever I walk the streets of Melbourne or London or Prague… I can’t resist taking photos of murals. I appreciate these amazing artists, though their works are not in galleries or museums but it is definitely for me on the same level. I…

BGC Mural Walk

TRAVEL DIARY: BGC Bonifacio Global City also known as BGC is known for its stunning skyscrapers, its many restaurants catering to all types if cuisines, its colourful surroundings, and now for its many instagrammable murals dotting the city. BGC is a financial district in Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is located 11 km south-east of…

Museum Street in Angono

TRAVEL DIARY: ANGONO 2 Our Art road trip to Angono continues to Doña Aurora Street in Barangay Poblacion Itaas. It is home to the late National Artist Carlos “Botong” V. Francisco.. As a tribute, murals made of cement were installed on the walls that lined the street. These concrete murals were based on the actual…

Road Trip to Angono

TRAVEL DIARY: ANGONO 1 Angono, Rizal is said to be the art capital of the Philippines. It is about an hours drive from Makati CBD (depending on the traffic… which I know is very unpredictable). The town traces its artistic roots to Angono Petroglyphs in Binangonan, the oldest rock art in the Philippines, with over…

Near & Far

The windows of a Bar and Bottleshop called Near & Far in the corner of Brunswick Street and Rose Street in Fitzroy, Victoria. Inspired by Ludwig’s Monday Windows Challenge

Swan Hill

“A good photograph is knowing where to stand.” – Ansel Adams While I was looking for images in my gallery to post for some of my favourite images in 2022, I happened to chance on this album of my son’s trip to Swan Hill. So instead of posting my own images, I decided to put…

Public Art in Budapest

“My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece.” – Claude Monet You’ll be surprised with the number of Monuments, Statues and Streetart all around the streets of Budapest.…But if you’re like me and my husband, every time we look for a place in google maps, we get lost. Why is it that my kids can find…

Dune at Caledonian Lane

During the release of the 2021 American epic science fiction film, Dune, 10 artists created a gigantic mural over the whole of Caledonian Laneway in Melbourne. It was done in 6 weeks and used about 1000 litres of paint. Painted over brick walls, warehouse windows and back doors, is this one massive art mural. You…

Odd Three in the Cockatoo Gang

A mural that I saw in Hosier Lane in Melbourne, painted by Carlos Mejia @el_rolo.art and is in the instagram page of @cockatoogangnft. It is entitled Cockatoo Gang. for Sami’s Monday Murals and for Becky’s SquareOdds Three

Laneways

“Laneway culture is the beating heart of Melbourne.” – Karl Quinn Doors in some of the Laneways in Melbourne.

In an Alleyway

“Always follow your dreams, even if they lead you down a few dark alleys.” – Teresa Mummert Doors and Public Art on one of the Alleyways in Northcote in Melbourne. Patricia being silly on the corner of the alleyway.

Round the Corner

”Still round the corner, there may wait, a new road or a secret gate.” – J.R.R. Tolkien According to Wikipedia, Trompe-l’œil is an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions. I have posted this previously (see here the complete post in Squares Perspective)…

Doors & Murals

“Doors of the future are open to those who know how to push them.” – Coluche It has been a few months since I have roamed the city and seen its murals. Here are some photos of doors and murals that I have stored in my archives but haven’t posted yet. These were taken in…

What do you see?

At the entry of the Art in Island in the Philippines which is a fun interactive 3D museum for the young and not so young. For Sami’s Monday Murals Challenge Also known as “optical art” or “3D art”, “trick art” are mostly two-dimensional images that give the illusion of the third dimension: depth. Art in…