my collection of wall/street art ..
all from the lanes of Lismore except the last which is from the Blue Mountains
street art
aroused
Aroused by Arête, a meditating logophile
Oh, I really love the one of the little girl up against the brick. That one is incredible!!!
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the artist painted his own daughter, his wife is in another … his the love shone through 🙂
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These are all good but the look on the childs’ face is more than good
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her Dad painted it … his love shone through 🙂
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That’s a fabulous collection of Street art Kate, these proper pieces outdoor art always fascinate me…..
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Lismore got a grant to do up their back lanes … it’s a major tourist attraction now so very clever 🙂
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I love it… A similar thing happened in Geelong…. they certainly enhance those areas….
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yes they turn dingy areas into scenic walks 🙂
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Wonderful
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grazie 🙂
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I have to agree with others, that painting of the little girl is really touching. Amazing how a battered brick wall can become something so special.
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I love street art and murals…even some well done graffiti. 🙂
All unique and expressive.
Of course, I especially love the little girl. She is pondering something.
HUGS!!! 🙂
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Wonderful examples. We’ve purposely in the past gone out to search out street art in Toronto and just awhile ago unexpectedly found an inspiring alleyway in a smaller community north of us the was WOW.
I believe in Toronto, the municipality puts out tenders for street artists(if that is a phrase) to undertake projects on underpasses and alike.
There was a CBC television program that recently finished a ten-year run, where the host did a political/social rant segment during each episode. It was done in a back alley in downtown Toronto that was much like the pics you’ve included. It ended up turning the alleyway into a tourist attraction.
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these were commissioned by council for that very reason … it’s actually more popular than the scenic river walk ..
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I bet it is. Such talent.
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I like street art. It not only covers boring places, but also conveys some thought. We have a name: mural. I admire murals, I value artists.
best regards
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yes it is indeed a mural and beautifies dark places 🙂
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These are amazing but do they make any income out of it?
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these artists do … council got a grant and then paid them to do these, so they are commissioned murals not graffiti 🙂
Local council also gets grants to pay artists to do murals on our large silos and they too become popular tourist attractions. It breathes new life into areas most would have avoided without the art 🙂
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I am so happy for them. They deserve it.
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Pretty awesome, too, that Lismore did this originally to promote beauty, and soon word spread, attracting tourists (and, of course, their money). That last part surely brings smiles at budget time.
Lismore encouraged beauty, an has been rewarded twofold. Encouraging to see good deeds rewarded.
Thanks for brightening the day, Kate, even from 10,000 miles away.
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do hope that you have some street art to beautify your area Keith?
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Not really, unless you count the stop sign one street over. That’s not very artistic, though, just teens writing something rude on it.
I’m sure there is art in the city around which our metro is built, but I have to schlep all the way into the city to see it!
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so how far out of town are you?
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That’s very impressive street art!
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Wonderful.
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These are beautiful collection of streer art Kate…i wish we can all do this to our street walls instead of vandalizing them.
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much prettier and so successful .. well worth replicating Mich 🙂
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These are awesome! I love such things… I shared mitch’s post as a reason to live, I think it’s just awesome! How people brighten the days with their talent. And this place that has lots of street art to make it cheerful. And happy.
Love, light and glitter
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yes there are so many positives when we look around 🙂
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Wow what an awesome street art. Such positivity shared by so many people. Lovely post, Kate.
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Reminds me of some of the old towns that used to take up the whole side of a building for advertising. A kind of an art – those old logos.
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yes the old logos were an art but this scenic stuff is far more appealing to me the advertising 🙂
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[…] response to CalmKate’s Friday Foto Fun, prompt : “Street Art”. Here’s my collection of Street Art, photos in Geelong CBD area […]
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Gorgeous art. Thank you.
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thanks, there are links to loads more on my Friday Fun post 🙂
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Wow!
This is really wonderful. Such an amazing art 🙂
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thanks so much!
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Love it, so creative.
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This is amazingly awesome!! It looks so cool!😯👍🏻
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it is truly amazing to see in real life, no idea how the artists do it on such a large scale 🙂
Very nice to meet you, welcome to WP!
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Brilliant!
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thanks, your work looks very creative too 🙂
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