Windows make the murals more exciting and murals make the windows more interesting! And I believe that is the case here in the following images from an area in Fitzroy near Melbourne. These were taken a few months ago when I had lunch at a cafe with Jack and Pat. This was in one hidden…
Tag: Murals
Pinocchio
This Pinocchio mural in Thornbury is a work of Preston artist, Hayden Dewar. He has painted six murals in Darebin, including this giant Pinocchio-themed work on the wall of Thornbury pizza restaurant Son of a Pizzaiolo. Darebin Council in Victoria commissioned street artists to create wall-size murals at 10 tagging hot spots for a program…
Trams
“A tram cannot discover every road! To discover every road, one must leave the predetermined roads!” -Mehmet Murat Ildan I am going on a different direction for this post and I am featuring some murals or designs on the walls of doors and windows of a tram. For Sami’s Monday Murals and for Ludwig’s Monday…
Avignon Windows
“Keep creating new windows from which to look at your world.” – Don Shapiro This is in connection to my travel post Boomer Travel. This is for Ludwig’s Monday Windows Challenge and for Sami’s Monday Murals Some random mural windows of a building in Avignon, France.
Aboriginal Art behind a leafless tree
“We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home.”– Australian Aboriginal Proverb This is for Debbie’s Six Word Saturday I saw this public art behind a tree as we were walking from a…
On covered Windows & Murals
“The public has a right to art … Art is for everybody.” – Keith Haring For Sami’s Monday Murals Challenge and for Ludwig’s Monday Windows Challenge A collaboration work of Miles Toland, Makatron, Itch and Chuck Mayheld at the Thornbury Food Truck Station in Northcote.
From Orange Trees to Orange Beanies
“There is no blue without yellow and without orange.” – Vincent Van Gogh This is my entry for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – CFFC – Orange, which incorporates a few other Challenges. These are some orange trees during the past autumn season at the Rhododendron Botanical Garden. For BeckyB’s #TreeSquare Orange variety of flowers for…
Mahatma Gandhi in Dandy
“LIVE as if you were to die tomorrow. LEARN as if you were to live FOREVER.” – Mahatma Gandhi The word “Dandy” has been taken from one of the southeast suburb of Melbourne called Dandenong which has been identified as one of the most multicultural suburb in Melbourne mostly populated with people from different communities….
One More Time … from London
“Life is a one way street, and we are not coming back.” – Anon I have posted photos of murals that my son has sent me through a span of several weeks. This is the last of the series but hopefully he will send me again soon. I think this is in Shoreditch or in…
Murals from Tim’s Lens
Not sure if this is from Brick Lane or Shoreditch but is definitely in one of those places in London. Photos taken by my son Tim. This is for Sami’s Monday Murals. Please click image to enlarge.
Windows and Murals in US of A
“Listen to the colour of your dreams.” – the Beatles Patricia sent me this photo from one of her travels in America. This was in 2019…. It seems so long ago now. Awesome windows incorporated with a building full of mural. Sami’s Monday Murals Ludwig’s Monday Windows
Dalai Lama
“What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful.” – Dalai Lama Australian street artist Matt Adnate or just “ADNATE” painted this endearing mural of the Dalai Lama in the rear of a building in Fitzroy, a suburb of Melbourne. The three storey mural was painted a few years ago to pay tribute to…
Photos from London
“Art is too important not to share.” – Romero Britto Tim took a photo while he was having his bike serviced…thanks son! This is a streetart by Thierry Noir in Shoreditch, London. I believe it is fairly new and this one can be found in Holywell Lane, if any of you may be around that…
Going Around the City
“There was nowhere to go but everywhere.” – Jack Kerouac It is almost winter so Jack and I took this opportunity to go everywhere this weekend. We decided to take the train to the city just to be different. But wrong move… the trains were not running direct from our place so we had to…
A Walk in Emerald Lake Park
“Take short walks in the park down a happy trail.” – Frederick Lenz This is Emerald Lake Park, a 52 hectare gardens and bushland, featuring the beautiful Lake Treganowan. It takes just a little bit more than an hour drive from Melbourne CBD. The park is a good place to go for a stroll, a…
Two doors, a mural and a signage
“Old ways won’t open new doors.” – Anonymous For this week’s CMMC – May Pick a Topic from my Photo, and Dan’s Thursday Doors Challenge This is just an amateurish mural that my daughter saw in one of her walks. It also shows a roller door on one side, a wooden door on the other…
An Afternoon Walk on Mother’s Day
”Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.” – Unknown First of all, Happy Mother’s Day to all of you great mothers out there. I am wishing you more blessing, more love and more happiness in your lives! It is Mother’s Day today, but I had an early celebration yesterday….
Getting to Know … Me!
To get to know me is to know my heritage. Both my parents are Filipinos. My mother was a stay-at-home mum and my dad was an artist and an Advertising man by profession. Please click images to enlarge. I got my artistic gene from my dad. Back in the Philippines, immediately after graduating from Bachelor…
Bright Mural in the Mill Castlemaine
“It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.” – Nelson Mandela In the 1870s the Mill in Castlemaine was once a woollen mill and carpet factory. In 2013, the new owners brought it back to life and is now evolving as a creative hub. Back in…
Bright Mural in Chapel Street
“The object of art is to give life a shape.” – William Shakespeare This is Beastman’s work in the corner of Chapel Street and Grey Street. It is made up of geometric patterns with bright colours. Sami’s Monday Murals – Beastman’s Chapel Street Mural BeckyB’s Square Challenge- Bright Mural Ludwig’s Monday Windows
Man with Moustache, Beard & Sunglasses
“Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.” On one of the corner buildings in Chapel Street in Melbourne there is this mural on a Bailey Nelson building by Tom Gerrard. Gerrard started out his career on the streets of Melbourne and now he is already known worldwide. His characters are simplified and it…
I Wore my GREEN shoes today
“Ooops I spent grocery money on shoes again.” – a quote from google and that’s not me talking Bought this shoes on the weekend and it is so comfy! Let me take you on a walk while I am wearing it today 😂😂😂 Some greens here: Store window display in Mornington Peninsula From an antique…
Mural in a Fitzroy Alleyway
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see it.” – unknown In a small alleyway in Fitzroy … thankful that my husband stopped the car when I told him to. I saw this face of an aboriginal man which I noticed to be the work of Adnate. It is a part of a larger mural…
Nature on a Wall
“Make each day your masterpiece.” – John Wooden Sometimes you can just walk on this beauty on the side of the road. Monday Mural
Murals on Doors on an Alleyway
“In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between there are DOORS.” – unknown I am back to what I love doing … it is walking around the streets of Melbourne and capturing whatever I find interesting. This week I am featuring Murals on Doors in one…
Window Wall Painting
“LIFE is a great big CANVAS, throw all the PAINT you can on it.” – Danny Kaye Monday Windows
Doors by the Beach
“Give me coffee to change the things I can And the beach To accept the things I can’t” – unknown At the Shire Hall Beach in the Mornington Peninsula, near the colourful bathing boxes, I found this lovely tiny house with doors and murals on all four sides. I later on found out that this…
A Robot in Pran Central
“Art is too important not to share.” – Romero Britto This is called The Phlegm Robot and can be seen only if you look up on one of the five story buildings in Chapel Street in Melbourne. Phlegm, a UK based artist was commissioned to paint this robot on the Love and Lewis building attached…
A Glimpse into MY World
“We live in a world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventure we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharial Neru Before 2020: For as long as I can remember, travelling was my world, it has always been on the top…