“You make me dream, I sleep better.” (Translation is not 100% proof, but it works. Sort of.) Paris. Artist: Miss Tic. She died last year. Sadly. She was a geat artist. I have a post in the works to honour her memory. In addition to her art her texts were very good. Lots of play-on-words. In French…
Mother cat in a hurry. New York, near Leonard st.
The sound of silence. Bogotá, Colombia. Courtesy my niece.
Tear the walls down. Polanco, Mexico city.
The sky is the limit. Paris, Near Rue Caulaincourt, after attending the Willy Ronis expo. (Ring a bell, Don?)
World Trade center. New York. Ground zero is just around the corner to the left.
Cloud art. Paris.
The romantic ghost. Paris.
Marylin. Near Canal St. New York.
Frida Hayek. Or is it Selma Kahlo? Shotgun shot on the highway out of Mexico city. Artist: Duek Gonzalez. (Another great master.)
Liberty, Equality, Femininity… Paris. Would that be Linda Carter?
Les femmes-papillons. The butterfly-women. Mexico city
Catarina. Mexico city.
Catwoman. Heat wave in Paris.
New York. No further questions Your Honor. The defense rests.
Equinoxio 
J’adore les pochoirs de Miss Tic. Autant pour ses dessins que pour ses jeux de mots.
Mais j’aime beaucoup aussi le son du silence.
Merci pour le cocktail 🙂
Bonne soirée Brieuc
biz
C’est pas un mojito, mais c’est l’esprit. Je te rejoins tout-á-fait pour Miss Tic. Elle était géniale. Art et textes…
Le son du silence est très Bogotá. Ma famille là-bas m’envoie régulièrement de “la street”.
Bonne nuit Mélie.
Fais de beaux rêves…
Amazing art. Todo bien?
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.
Todo bien, gracias. Is your 7 year change working out all right? 😉
Thanks for asking. Work in progress. Dust may settle by July?
Good. July is just around the corner. And even if it turns out to be August-September, it’s fine. You have a time-frame to look for… 👍🏻
Thanks for your support, Brian.
Wish I could do more… Best wishes.
Thank you. Have you read my newest article? It is one of two that I am proudest of this year.
I haven’t. Hopping right over there…
Linda Carter, Indeed ! J’aime bien le bisou au travailleur à Mexico !
Merci pour le moment de culture, Brieuc.
La jolie Linda s’pas? 😉
Le bisou? J’ai dû revoir l’image. C’est très vrai… Comme quoi parfois on ne voit pas tout dans ses propres photos…
Merci à toi Gilles.
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PS. Ce doit être intéressant pour une artiste comme toi de voir ce que d’autres font, de par le monde…
C’est tout à fait ça, c’est intéressant pour les artistes, et surtout pour tout le monde, amitiés 💗
N’est-ce pas? Ayant repris le dessin et l’aquarelle après 40 de ne pas toucher un crayon, je suis plus sensible que jamais au style et aux détails d’autres…
Amitiés “back”.
Brieuc
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What an assortment – Marilyn looks like she’s been weightlifting.
Hahaha! Yes… You’re absolutely right. There might have been a gym on that street…
(Thanks for the laugh)
Love the Frida Hayek and Catwoman street art. Think I’ve seen Frida Hayek in another of your posts?
You might. I wasn’t sure whether I had not posted a slightly different shot before. I need to improve my filing system… 😉
(Catwoman was quite a find. IN a back alley in Paris… dozens of art pieces in a derelict wall…)
Ha, ha, nothing wrong with reusing images as it saves time. I do it… 😉
I’m not finding too much in Sweden yet but a lot of graffiti. Japan had the rare one.
Street art in japan? Hmmm. Sounds nice… (When? When? When?) No pressure. LOL
Ha, ha, not for a while and trying to get my Singapore posts out. Hope to have one for you this Sunday. 😉
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(No rush)
Great stuff!
Thank you my friend.
Wonderful post, with fascinating and seductive images💗
Grazie Luisa. It’s the magic of street art, and in different countries, The style is always different…
Buona notte
Thanks a lot for your kind reply!
Have a wonderful day. dear Brian🌹
Lo stesso cara Luisa… 🌹💕
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You have a keen eye for the unusual and for beauty. The Latin murals, colourful and often large, and the unsuspicious ones, the mom cat, the ghost, perhaps cat woman. I tend to rush past them, not realy paying attention because I’ve seen to much ugly grafitti. But this is not grafitti – this is art. This brightens up the cities! Tot ziens Brian.
Thank you Peter. I agree with you. A while ago, I had seen too much graffiti until another blogger (Paul Bell) did a post on street art. He lived in Den Haag then. And I was very surprised. Since then I am on the look out for street art. With the advantage that in Lat Am, there are many available walls…
Cheers.
Preciosos grafitis.
Muchas gracias. Muy amable. Que bueno que te haya gustado…
Fabulous street art, there’s so much anonymous talent out there ✨ I love the cotton wool cloud 💫
Thank you Cherryl. Yes, anonymous talent, mostly. But they do bring life to walls…
(Glad you enjoyed the cloud… ⛅️ )
All well I hope?
👌 All is well thanks – I hope the same is true with you too 🔆
All reasonably well. can’t complain… Good night my friend…
🙏 Best wishes
I never know what to expect from your street art selections! I’m looking forward to learning more about Miss Tic and her work.
Thank you Liz. That’s the idea… Hehe. To surprise the reader with each pic… 😉
And yes, Miss Tic was a great artist. I do have some material (Somewhere…) to make a decent post.
BTW “Miss Tick” was the French name for Uncle Scrooge’s Magica de Spell character. The witch who was always after Unc’ Scrooge magic “number one dime”. Another good example of the artsist’ way with words. Her real name was Radhia Novat.
Cheers.
You’re welcome, Brian. Thank you for the additional contextual information.
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Love the first photo, the cat, and the kitten girl w/ the milk and the cans. And I continue to love that you enjoy this kind of art as much as I do. I was kind of disappointed by the WideOpenwalls916 wall art this year. I dont even think I took a single photo this year. I probably need to take another look…cheers.
Great. You know how important the first picture is… 😉
Sorry about this year’s WideOpenWalls. It used to bring out good stuff. Well, better luck next year… (Still waiting for your next post… 😉) Hehe.
Take care Jenny. Hugs.
I need to get on that!!!
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I hadn’t realized Miss Tic died. I took all kinds of photos of her art all over Paris both times I was there. Shame. I hope she knows she gave lots of us joy.
Yes, of course, she was in her “prime” then.Lots of her art around. Yes, she did.
Fabulous. Loved the artwork.
Thanks Gigi. I know you like street art… 💕
I love it.
I know you do. That’s makes two of us. have a great week-end Gigi.
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Great share!
Thank you Michele… 🙏🏻
More of Brian’s gems
Thank you Derrick. You’re only too kind. As usual. Me? I’m just the messenger. I see some stuff on the street? Just click and voilà…
All well?
Yes, thanks, Brian. But you know where to find it
These are, artworks, not just, graffiti that the artists, spray-painted on the, walls.
Absolutely. There has been an evolution. In the right sense. Some still just “tag”. Others are real artists. There was one I saw in New York. Young woman. Bursting with talent. her name is “Elle” I think. The French word for ‘she’.
Thanks for your visit and comment
I think that street art has become my very favourite art form, thanks in no small part to Banksy! Some cool ones here, my friend. Update: a cardio appointment yesterday, no cardioversion, as he feels the risks outweigh the potential benefits, at least at this time. Awaiting blood work results, then a schedule for an echocardiogram, then we’ll see, I guess. A bit discouraging, but … time will tell.
Thank you Jill. We do agree on art. And many things…
Now, you had your appointment. Great. Might be disappointing, but at least something is clear. Did the Doc recommend some kind of – mild – exercise? Walking is always good… Setting goals? It seems to me you have improved. Slowly, but a bit… Surely A bit of walking can help? Hugs my friend.
All he really said about exercise was to try to do a bit of walking, so I shall. Last time I took the trash to the bin at the end of the street, I had to sit on somebody’s car hood to catch my breath, but I shall keep trying. Hugs, Brian
A bit of walking is good. You may want to try a block length a day for a week. Without carrying anything and see how you feel after a week. If you feel well after a week, you can increase the distance a bit. And so on… have a great week-end Jill.
I think you’re right, Brian! I’m going to do just that, starting today! Without carrying anything, such as a heavy bag of trash! Maybe by the end of summer I’ll be back up to my 3-4 mile morning walks … who knows? I think I need an attitude adjustment … I’ve been so used to saying “I can’t” that maybe I’ve convinced myself. So, starting today, I’m saying, “I can … I will … ” You have a great weekend also, my friend. And thank you.
If you did 3-4 miles before you can possibly go back – slowly – to that. Small distances at first, then increase a bit… I think you know the drill.
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Yep, and starting today … a trip to the end of the street and back! Mind over matter! I’ve got this … I think I can, I think I can …
Yes, you can… Slowly at first. Just a short pleasure walk…
Another marvellous medley
Thank you derrick. I would have called it a “pot-pourri” a few years back, but it seems the English/American sense is different… 😉
I hadn’t heard that Miss Tic had died – how sad, I really like her work (very witty). Also here I love the piece near the Rue Caulaincourt (we were in that area last year but I don’t recall seeing this one), the cat woman and various of the Mexico City ones.
Sorry to bring you the news. She died last year in May actually. Cancer. Very sad. She was from 1956. Just like my little sister…
Well, her art survives. And strangely enough, last summer in Paris, I still could see a few of her art on the walls. Nobody cut out the walls yet…
Rue Caulaincourt? Street art is tricky. A street might be totally “clean”, then you turn left and it’s an explosion. Sometimes I turn around just make sure there wasn’t a great piece behind me… 😉
So much here to soak up, Frida/Selma either way … Marilyn – always, but most of all I just adore Sky’s the Limit.
Soak up? Hmmm. That’s a nice comment. And I agree with you. I try to put together very different stuff, styles, places… Don’t want you guys to get bored. 😉
And yes, “the sky is the limit” was a very good piece of art. Quite lovely. I also love the idea that the building owner(s) fund an artist to decorate the building…
Progressive owners. Here it is catching on, but we have a slightly more glam version of East Berlin, lots of aluminium, steel and concrete, and manicured architecture (the glam bit)
I hear Melbourne has some good art too? (Where are you exactly?… 😬)
https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.6f5cce5dc3f18ccad15461bddc0e24cd?rik=dU4%2bI50TfEaP%2fw&riu=http%3a%2f%2fontheworldmap.com%2faustralia%2fstate%2fwestern-australia%2froad-map-of-western-australia-with-cities-and-towns.jpg&ehk=Ky2PmuKnstPG8UzEMFe%2bUA%2bz1oxeE7Irqq%2fEtwH0p4A%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0
Hope the link works – look for Augusta on the bottom left. If the link works you should be able to click the map and it will enlarge a little.
Got it. And it worked. Near Perth then. In the West. Must be beautiful. Thanks for sending the map- Maps are magic. This one took me to the Land of Oz for a few secs…
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It is indeed a beautiful place, one of the special biospheres according to the UN. We are about four hours from Perth by road our main centre is Bunbury on the coast it’s half-way between. Margaret River is our famous wine district so we are in teh right place 🙂
Still 4 hours? Wow. It looked so close on the map. 😉
And yes, you’re in the right place. 🍷
🍷 cheers Brian
A great collection including the cloud art … 😉 … yes, art still exists … 🙂
Thank you “Brigitte”. And yes… That last piece keeps the flame of hope burning… 🙏🏻
Love the murals you posted! Do you travel frequently equinoxio21?
Thank you. I do. Or try to. COVID did put a spanner in the works. A couple of time a year on good years? Haven’t really made up our minds for this summer… Which is unusual. Normally we should have everything booked… We’ll see…
You’re welcome. Yeah I see how Covid made a real mess in many ways. The last time I checked on air fair the base was $600.00. Is air fair really high now?
It is. High. The airlines nearly filed for bankrupcy. And I’m not sure the traffic has gone back up. Also in Paris where we normally go in the Summer, Airbnb prices have gone through the ceiling… 😢
WoW! Didn’t know some of the airlines considered filing for bankruptcy!
Air France, the French airline was massively aided by the French gvt. Don’t know about the others.
That was a nice and colourful stroll! Enjoyed it.
Good. That’s the idea. Have you gone home recently?
I did indeed.
Beautiful dear Brian. I wonder why the artist neglected to paint Fridas eyebrows as they were in life. Anyway, love them all, Marilyn looks fabulous too. 🌼🌿
It’s a good point. I think Duek Gonzalez, the artist really did more a portrait of Selma Hayek than of Frida…
Marylin looks too.
Au revoir Coeur de feu 🔥
Au revoir , have a lovely weekend !
Likewise. Enjoy the house on the beach
I shall. 🏝🏖☀️🌊
Here’s for you, from a great one who just left us:
He will be missed. I’ll be listening to this on my island tomorrow. Thank you. It’s so beautiful!
Pleasure Holly. The song is beautiful. The French version was very important to me when I had “my” island in the sun (in Africa) 🙏🏻💕
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An amazing collection of street art. I love them all but I especially like the reach for the sky one. I like the concept.
That was a great piece of art. Most certainly sponsored by the building owner(s). A great concept indeed.
Bon week-end Robbie.
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I love that first piece you have, both the art and the translation, as this alone makes me relaxed “You make me dream, I sleep better.””
Hi Dalo. The artist was very good. And most of her texts are hard to translate…
Thanks for visiting.
Have a great week-end.
It is a bit sad that the artist, Miss Tic, has passed ~ look forward to seeing more of her work in your future post. If there is a favorite one, it has to be “The sound of silence” in Bogotá that comes the courtesy of your niece. I am impressed with the younger generation, they are a smart & creative lot 🙂 If there is one that summarizes my mood today, it would be “The Sky is the Limit” as we are having our first true spring days here in Czechia and so a little optimism and sunshine makes me feel this way 🙂 Wishing you an incredible weekend ahead, Brian!
Agree with you Dalo. She wasn’t that old. Born in ’56 I believe. The darn Big C. Sigh.
Compliments on your first day of Spring! And yes the young artists seem to be creative… Good. And likewise a great week-end to you Dalo.
definitely more Linda Carter than Carole B (Bouquet I presume). Lovely shots, and I love the inclusion of the cloud. Much like beauty, Art is in the eyes of the beholder 😉
Very much so. But then the beholder must be looking for Beauty, right? 😉
(Yes I think Linda rather than Carole)
Biz
absolutely! it’s a mindset 😉
Absolutely.
et pour ajouter a la collection, voici celui que j ai decouvert recemment à Paris et j’adore https://www.luzycalor.com/2019/01/in-love-je-ne-me-revendique-pas-street-artiste-je-me-revendique-amoureux/
J’y vais. J’y cours. J’y vole!
Très sympa. On voit souvent ces petits ♥️ dans les rues à Paris. 🙏🏻
You make me dream, to better put me to sleep 😉
Definitely Lynda Carter (my late husband’s “babe”)
What a great selection. I love how you put all these different pieces from different places together. You are definitely an art curator at heart!
A pretty “babe” indeed. 😉
Glad you like the selection. I’ve always done a lot of “lateral thinking”. (Very useful at work) which helps also pulling different stuff together. (I don’t want the reader to get bored…😉)
“Curator”? J’aurais dû faire l’École du Louvre… LOL
Yes, indeed.
I do. I love that you use “lateral thinking”. We are never bored with you!
Effectivement 😉
Thank you Dale.
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👍🏻 (Allez. Le troisième!)
J’ai une aversion ridicule du thumbs up 😉
Ah. Pardon. J’essaierai de m’en souvenir. Pour moi ça veut juste dire “okay”… Sorry.
Bien non! Je le sais que cela veux dire okay! Do not be sorry. I told you it was stupid of me 🙂
Chacun ses goûts. Remplaçons le pouce par un 💕.
Tu es trop sweet!
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du? au? whatever…
Le 3e pouce en l’air. J’ignorais ton aversion. J’essaierai de m’en souvenir.
Allez, bonne soirée.
Allez, ne vous en faites pas, mon cher ami!
Biz!
(Et on est bien d’accord que “m’endormir” n’est pas tout-à-fait “make me sleep”.) 😉
Hahah! Je voulais dire Help me to sleep!! LOL
Ipélai…
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Haha! You put up a very good case, Brian! There’s so much talent in this world. May it flourish forever. Thanks for sharing your journeys and findings! 🙂👍
Dhanyavaad Terveen.
Khush Raho… 😉
The cat, the cat wrings my heart.
Oh yes, yes… It hit too… (hence the post)
Nice to see you. Hope all is well with you in crazy Paris?
I love the colourful tree mural.
I do too. Quite unique. Haven’t seen that artist anywhere since… Almost didn’t see it, I was coming down from up the street, then turned around… Pfff…
Do you think they got paid to do it? I hope so. I’d love something like that on the wall of the hotel block next to me.
Best wishes
Charlotte
All fabulous art! Love this post. Thank you, Brian!
Thank YOU Resa for visiting. I thought you might appreciate the art. You are the expert in street art. I can’t “emulate” you in gowns but on the street yes…
Be good.
I believe some get a commission. From the city, from the building or some sort of cultural fund. In the 13th “borough” of Paris, more than a dozen buildings have sky high paintings. They must have had some funding. In New York at Hudson yards, there is a spectacular mural done by a young woman called “Elle”. She must have had some sort of funding. Others… probably paint at night and on the run…
Maybe you can make a suggestion to the hotel? A Banksy maybe? 😉
Cheers