The growth-stages of the flax plant, from seedling to flower are illustrated from right to left on four unused shop-fronts along Linenhall Street, Belfast (next to the British Heart Foundation mural).
The official title of the piece, painted by Visual Waste (web) and sponsored by the Linen Quarter BID (web) is “Seeding Success”. After flowering, the plant produces fruit/capsules which contain seeds (WP image).
These are images of a “legal” spray-paint wall, in Little Patrick Street. The wall was launched on July 4th (Belfast City Council) with FGB (web) from Seedhead Arts on hand to welcome those who braved the rain (including Codo (ig), Feoiliteach (ig), and Dash (ig)).
One writer got there a day earlier, however, to claim “FIRST” and note that “great minds think alike, apparently!!!” – perhaps meaning that the wall is generally covered with tags and writing, and might well return to that state. The comments to posts by Seedhead Arts (ig) and Belfast City Council (ig) contain some reaction from writers to the claims that the wall is the first legal wall and that is might “help deter graffiti and tagging”. An Instagram account has been set up for the wall and any other legal walls that are so designated.
CS Lewis’s mother was Florence “Flora” Augusta Lewis. She studied arts, logic, and mathematics at Queen’s College (which became the Royal University during her studies, and is now Queen’s University) and taught Clive and his older brother Warnie Latin and French at home. She developed cancer when Clive was nine years old and died at age 46 on August 23rd, 1908, at the family home in Strandtown, east Belfast (Christian History Institute | Lifelong Learner | CS Lewis Institute | WP). Her grave is in Belfast City Cemetery (FindAGrave).
The Lewis family previously lived in the Dundela Villas (now the site of Dundela Flats) a few streets away from this new work by emic (web) along Belmont Avenue, which draws inspiration from Flora for its subject, and the local shops (The Secret Day Spa | Murphy & Bailey) for its palette.
The image above is from June 15th; the image immediately below, of the full, completed piece, is from June 20th. Two in-progress images are also included.
The quick turnover of street art on Queen’s Parade, Bangor, (including the Project 24 space) continues. Here is a gallery of recent work from Cha Cha (ig), Keyto (ig) (three frogs, one in a Dan-Kitchener-style background, and one riding a shark), Ana Fish (web), and TMN crew.
Here are only three of many painted utility boxes that have been recently painted as part of the on-going Belfast Canvas project, begun in 2020.
These three pieces are … ‘Hang In There’ by CG Chimp (Chaingun on ig) on the Holywood Road in east Belfast, ‘I (Heart) Pool!’ by PaperSleeve/Niamh McWilliams (web) on Donegall Road in south Belfast, and an abstract piece by Bláthnaıd Ní hAogáın (ig) in University Square, Belfast city centre.
For about 140 painted boxes, from the Belfast Canvas project and otherwise, see the Visual History page for the boxes.
Love’s 1967 album ‘Forever Changes’ (listen on youtube) features the faces of the five band-members pressed together into the shape of a heart, or Africa. The bottom face was originally drawn (by Bob Pepper) without a smile (WP).
By Graffic (ig) on Hollywood Road, east Belfast, on the shutters of the Bill Harris hair salon.
Boombox-head, computer-head, and light-bulb-head are having a good time in this new piece by Leo Boyd (web) on the Cupar Way war-wall (or: “peace” line), riffing on a vintage Keith Haring piece, 1986’s Crack Is Wack.
This is an old piece by Friz (web) on the T13 building between the Titanic centre and the H&W cranes, originally a warehouse, then an indoor skydiving venue, and most recently an “urban sport park”.
