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Nook Of The Ferns

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Here is a gallery of the larger pieces of street art in Coleraine, starting, above, with Others by emic (ig) in New Row West. Below is Flora And Fauna by Karl Porter of UV Arts (ig).

Many of these pieces (not including the piece above and Hilken’s Salmon Fishing) are part of the ‘Revitalise’ programme from Causeway Coast & Glens borough council (press release | map). There is a separate entry for some of the very many smaller pieces – see Voyage Of Discovery.

Hope (Hope Macaulay knitware (ig)) by Rob Hilken (ig) in Church St

Nook Of The Ferns (from the Irish “cúil rathain”) by emic (ig) in Queen St

Spacer by Shane Sutton (ig) in Queen St – a reference to Alexander Anderson’s work in 1920 on black holes (WP).

Sara O’Neill [ig] And The Fates Of Destiny by Friz (ig)

Willie Stewart by Meadow Toye (ig) in Park St

Salmon Fishing by Rob Hilken (ig) in Circular Rd

Illuminate by Friz (ig) in Abbey St

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Portrush Street Art

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Here is a small gallery of Portrush street art. From top to bottom, the pieces are by surfer by Aches (ig), Graeme McDowell by an unknown stencil artist (perhaps for the 2019 Open golf Irish News) on the side of the Springhill Bar, a surfing seagull in Eglinton St by FGB (ig), ‘Get Portrush a skate park’ and ‘Largey’s Lane’ by KVLR (ig) in Mark St Ln.

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Portstewart Street Art

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Here is a small collection of street art from Portstewart. Above, is Dan Leo’s osprey in Strand Road. Below, a boy playing hide-and-seek by an unknown stencil artist; and finally, a number of images of JMK’s ‘A Tribute To Henry’ on The Crescent — “Henry” denotes Henry McCullough, Portstewart native and guitarist for Joe Cocker and Wings, who died in 2016 (WP).

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Voyage Of Discovery

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All of the pieces shown here were produced in the summer of 2023 for Coleraine’s ‘Revitalise’ programme, co-ordinated by Michelle McGarvey (ig) for Causeway Coast & Glens borough council with funding by the Department Of Communities. They are on utility boxes and planters all over the town centre.

For some of the large pieces of street art in the town, including many produced for ‘Revitalise’, see Nook Of The Ferns. More information and images can be obtained from Causeway Coast & Glens borough council (press release | map).

The first four are from Marc Holmes’s (ig) Voyage Of Discovery series.

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Guess How Much I Love You

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Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare use the landscape and the limits of their attributes to express how much they love each other. Parts of Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram’s book are made large for the walls of Haslem’s Lane in McBratney’s home town of Lisburn. The murals were painted by Visual Waste (ig) as part of a new public art trail from Lisburn CC.

“”Guess how much I love you,” asked Little Nutbrown Hare. “I love you as high as I can reach.” “I love you as high as I can hop.” “I love you across the river and over the hills.” “I love you right up to be moon,” said Little Nutbrown Hare. “I love you right up to the moon — AND BACK.””

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