Ireland, a Nation of Story Tellers and Poets (and Pubs)
‘This is my HOMELAND’, a home on the bleak landscape of the Donegal Peninsula in the Republic of Ireland. Ireland is a nation of story tellers and poets. It started early […]
Tag Archives: graffiti
Graffiti Textures from Around the World
A collection of graffiti textures from around the world. Rusty graffiti abstract on a hoarding in Madrid, Spain. Plaster wall incised with graffiti in Chittor, India. Not graffiti per se […]
In Search of Street Art in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver
My studio mate and I were moaning about how much we miss travelling. Then I told her about my project to go on photo walks around the murals of the […]
Vancouver Street Art in 2020
This week the Friendly Friday Challenge is Street Art. I figured I would find examples of illegal and unsanctioned Street Art from my early ‘safe’ COVID walks that took me mostly through […]
Protests on Old Stone Posts Lining the Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City
New protest graffiti springs up on the old stone posts that line the Paseo de la Reforma (Promenade of Reform) in Mexico City. Mexico, lindo y que herido / Mexico, beautiful and […]
Cosmic Challenge: Written in Stone
I have so many stones with writing on them that I don’t know where to start! Perhaps with two from the north India where Islamic design often features Arabic script. […]
WPC: Putting Your Name on Things
Is the need to place your name on a flat surface an universal phenomenon? Damaged arbutus bark at Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver, Canada. Graffiti on the wall of a cave […]
Mixed Media Struggle 1: Using Photoshop to Second Guess Myself on a Problem Painting
In my second class my ‘scribble’ painting had taken off in the wrong direction. My original plan was to feature a larger scribbled swoop on top of the scribble image […]
Albatz Travel Adventures 