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
On Monday 23rd February I had met up with Iris in Fremantle to go and photograph murals.
I knew from social media that a Portuguese artist - Bordalo II, had been painting a mural in Fremantle in the last few days of the previous week, so I hoped to be able to catch him still painting.
The mural was finished, still fenced in, but we found the artist, Artur Bordalo and had a quick chat to him and learned that this was his first artwork in Australia and that he will be coming back towards the end of the year to create another mural for the Swan Valley Art trail.
Bordalo's grandfather named Artur Real Bordalo (1925–2017) was a well-known landscape artist in Portugal.
Another one of his 3D Big trash animals, using plastics and other discarded materials to highlight environmental pollution, can be seen at The Piazza Fremantle (South Terrace). This time a mom and baby quokka - the little marsupials native to Western Australia, mainly seen in Rottnest Island.
The Piazza was looking quite unloved, and is now going through a revival, with further artworks being painted later in the year in a mural festival to take place in November.
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| The start of the mural (photo from the Fremantle website) |
And to show how lovable they are, here are a few pictures of the little quokkas taken at the small Rottnest Island , 19km from Perth.
Marsupials always look very cute. I think it’s because of their bright eyes. Nice murals you found.
ReplyDeleteThank you Mae. The quokkas are even cutest being so small.
Delete...Sami, this is an interesting mural style with an important environmental message. Thanks for sharing and hosting today. Be well.
ReplyDeleteThank you Tom. Have a good week
DeleteI've never seen one in person, of course we do'nt have them here in NZ but they look very cute.
ReplyDeleteThey are cute :) The island Rottnest was so named because the Dutch that discovered it thought those were giant rats.
DeleteWhat dear creatures! Aloha
ReplyDeleteThanks Cloudia :)
DeleteI like the mural and sweet pictures of the little quokkas.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Thank you Jan :)
DeleteNice work by the artist.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen a quokka in a pouch. Very cute.
Very sweet when I saw that, I had to take a photo.
DeleteBordalo II é incrível!
ReplyDeleteUm excelente artista, obrigada Pedro
DeleteTruly Awesome mural works. Loved cute Quokkas :)
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for hosting. Have a nice week ahead.
Thank you Rupam, have a great week too :)
DeleteFirst off: The Indiana :-)
ReplyDeleteYes, he did some wonderful work and aww, yes, this time it was not enough of it to revisit Rotto. They are soooo cute. My big Niece, when I showed her a pic, "A big rat?! You visited rats?!"
Well, close ;-)
The Indiana photo taken when both of us and Grace visited Cottesloe to see if the sculptures were there yet. I visited yesterday as they were closing today. They are a little nice than rats, but the Dutch certainly thought they were rats, hence the name of the island - Rats nets. Maybe next time you can visit.
DeleteI think this bas-relief, made from natural materials, is absolutely brilliant. It’s a very original and truly astonishing piece of work. I didn’t know these little marsupials existed – they’re so cute.
ReplyDeleteThank you Kwarkito. Quokkas basically only exist on Rottnest Island and then in zoos around Australia. They are cute and very enquisitive.
DeleteLove your new header! We have a Bordalo here in Toronto. And we were lucky to see some of his work in Portugal and Fort Smith Arkansas!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jackie. That is Cottesloe beach. How nice that you have seen some of Bordalo's murals.
DeleteAgain marvellous murals dear Sami, but this time they are by far beaten by these so cute quokkas. Never heard about that...I had to consult Dr.Google and in german they are called :"Kurzschwanzkangaroo" (short-tail kangaroo).
ReplyDeleteThanks for showing these wonderful critters
Have a good time
Violetta
Thanks Violetta. I like their German name, they would be miniature kangaroos :)
DeleteHow awesome that the artist uses recycled materials in his murals! That really makes a statement. I love this 3D mural of the quokkas!
ReplyDeleteThanks Debra, have a great day.
DeleteThose quokkas are adorable. I've never even heard of them. Those murals are delightful. I like the realism feel. So many are almost too abstract to me, though colorful. These have wonderful details and personality.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jeanie. The quokkas are adorable and such curious creatures. I think at Rottnest Island they got used to all the visitors and are always looking for some crumbs, which they shouldn't have of course.
DeleteThat is a wonderful mural, Sami.
ReplyDeleteThank you Pat, have a great week.
DeleteWonderful detailing of the mural!
ReplyDeleteThank you Magiceye :)
DeleteThese are fantastic! I didn't realise the scale until I saw the tyre! But the quokkas are the cutest!! So gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteYes, it's a huge wall. Thanks Lydia
DeleteAww, cute creatures!
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda :)
DeleteThis is so amazing! What a great idea -- look at those textures! So interesting. What a great find! And you got to meet the artist? So cool!
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you for showing us real quokkas, Sami. :)
Thanks Dee. I loved meeting the artist :) Not many people outside Australia know quokkas, so I thought it a good idea to show some photos.
DeleteSuch fascinating animals.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE those 3D trash animals!
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