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Monday 6 December 2021

Monday Mural - Turtle

I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme is for you.  Just follow the Linky steps below.  Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere.  The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. 
Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.  
Thanks, Sami.

This was one of the murals I first spotted from our hotel room in Darwin upon our arrival (last photos).

It was painted by local artist Shaun Lee*, AKA Hafleg, for the Darwin Street Art Festival of 2018, and can be found at 32 Mitchell Street, in Darwin's city centre.





























The mural is also one of 3 murals in Darwin with Augmented Reality, which you can check via this youtube video:


*Shaun Lee, Gwarkabah (Saltwater man), is a Larrakia, Wardaman and Karajarri contemporary freelance artist born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Shaun started painting as a young boy, learning from his large artistic family that includes his mother Danella Lee and his sister Mim Cole. Known by his artist name, Hafleg, Shaun specialises in murals and logos using traditional and contemporary designs. Shaun especially enjoys creating one-off pieces and his murals which feature as part of the Darwin street landscape.


View from our hotel room - can you spot the blue mural in that building in the middle?


48 comments:

  1. Oh wow. That's a large mural and a real beauty. The close up of the sea turtle looks like fabric. Stunning.

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  2. Sea creatures are often featured in murals that are linked here -- the turtle and jelly fish really make this a neat picture.

    best... mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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    1. Thanks Mae, sea creatures seem to be popular mural subjects :)

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  3. ...the turtle and its rainbow colors is fabulous, thanks Sami for hosting the party each week.

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  4. Dearest Sami,
    That was a size of mural not to be overlooked and right from your room you got a good view.
    Hugs,
    Mariette

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  5. A turtle is very appropriate for Northern Territory and great that it was painted Aboriginal style by an Aboriginal. Nice work.

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    1. Thanks Andrew, I like their Aboriginal style of painting too :)

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  6. Beautiful turtle, but eeeeek, the "sea wasps"!!!
    I remember in the museum in Darwin they had the box-jellyfish as a wasp on the ocean, hehe, "funny".
    Cool video, too.
    Oh, how time flies by. It´s as if we´d been there but yesterday. And then, count... 1999

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    1. Thanks Iris, the video is great. "Sea wasps" never heard that one :)

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  7. That turtle is spectacular, maybe one of my favorite, Sami!

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  8. Beautiful turtle and jelly fishes mural. Nice close up details on the turtle. Yes, I can spot the mural in the distance.

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  9. Amazing mural, Beautiful clicks.
    Have a nice week ahead.

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    1. Thanks Rupam, glad you enjoyed the mural.

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  10. Love the turtels! Thanks for hosting.

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  11. Wow that sea turtles are really well done. Great work by the artist.

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  12. I think it's really interesting that the indigenous people of Australia have transferred their skills at cave art to modern murals. Fine work in both instances.

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    1. I think the murals are better than the cave art done centuries ago. Thanks David :)

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  13. https://mywanderings.travel.blog/2021/12/06/colourful-murals/

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    1. Thanks Jackie, I like the soft colours too.

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  15. That's a great mural and seems perfect for a city so close to the ocean.

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  16. Sorry, I tried several times, it doesn't work, even with different addresses: https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2021/12/06/streetart-projekt-an-der-heinrich-lanz-schule-mannheim/
    Love the turtle!

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    1. Same here, I can’t put my link too. I don’t know why.

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    2. Thanks Tradel, I've added your link.

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  17. The turtle and jelly fish mural looks great.

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  18. So colorful. I like how you show it from different distances.

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  19. Beautiful mural. Have a good week!

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