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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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Full Spectrum

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Here are five pieces of street art by Glen Molloy (ig) at Clarawood flats. The first three are new; the pair following is from earlier this year (Jan and Feb). The artist of the sixth piece is unknown. The seventh piece is by “The Spermer” (web) from 2020 and already in some disrepair – it was painted at the same time as Glen’s spitfire, shown last.

Demolition of the two blocks of flats was approved by the Housing Executive in May 2021 (Belfast Live) and by the Department Of Communities in September 2021 (Belfast Live). Demolition of Kilbroney is scheduled for the autumn and Clarawood (the tower block) for 2024 (Irish News).

(See also the Housing Executive’s ‘Action Plan’ for all tower blocks (pdf).)

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