Crocodiles, Portraits and Bright Walls (20 Photos) — Vol. 63
By Vidar
A crocodile lunges from a car park wall while portraits take over whole buildings
These twenty works include weathered interiors, blue portraits, fighting gulls, long braids, bright flowers and tall graffiti letters. Seven are in Southend-on-Sea.
🧱 A Face Emerges From a Crumbling Wall — By ORID
ORID places a pale face low on a heavily damaged wall, letting cracked plaster, exposed brick and fallen rubble become part of the portrait. Blue stone-like forms crowd around the eye while dark paint drips from the mouth.
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🍟 “Zero Sum” Turns a Fight Over Chips Into a Giant Wall — By Jack Lack in Southend-on-Sea, UK 🇬🇧
Two gulls collide around a shower of chips in Jack Lack’s “Zero Sum.” One bird lunges with its beak open while the other dives into the scramble from above.
Painted at 1 Nelson Mews for Southend City Jam. Photo by The Reves One.
💡 Nerd Fact: A Royal Society experiment found that urban herring gulls were significantly more likely to peck food they had watched a person handle. The researchers concluded that the birds use human handling as a cue specifically when identifying food.
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🔴 A Red Band Cuts Across a Monochrome Portrait — By Saim in Bytom, Poland 🇵🇱
Saim builds the portrait almost entirely from black, white and gray, then sends a vivid red band across the eyes and nose. A large circular earring and long feather sharpen the profile against the dark background.
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🎧 Headphones and Neon Color Fill the Wall — By Just Annie B in Northampton, UK 🇬🇧
Just Annie B surrounds a close portrait with deep blue, electric green and orange marks. The woman wears oversized purple headphones and a beanie, with one finger resting against her lower lip.
Created for Wall Games 2026 in Northampton.
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🌺 Red Chrysanthemums Frame a Purple Portrait — By Matley Hurd in Great Falls, Montana 🇺🇸
Matley Hurd paints a calm purple profile between two clusters of red chrysanthemums. Turquoise circles and curved marks spread behind the figure, while the real branches above cross the painted background.
Painted on the Sixth Street North side of the Times Square Building for Great Walls Montana, formerly ArtsFest Montana, curated by Talking Walls Art.
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🧢 A Violet Portrait Rises Above Wrecked Cars — By Smug One in Northampton, UK 🇬🇧
Smug One fills the gable with a bearded man in a backwards cap, modeled in violet and cool blue light. Wrecked cars and scattered sparks recede behind the figure.
Painted at Greyfriars for Wall Games 2026. Photo by Northants Mag.
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🌸 Flowers and Geometric Patterns Surround an Upward Gaze — By Drapl in The Gap, Australia 🇦🇺
Drapl places an upward-looking face beside a field of turquoise geometric patterns. Pink flowers fill the lower edge while dark hair sweeps across the green background.
Painted in The Gap, Australia. Photo by Street Art Australia.
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🪡 Stitching Becomes a World of Tiny Figures — By Guachell in Cartago, Colombia 🇨🇴
Guachell paints a girl and an older woman working with thread and embroidered fabric. Small blue figures stand on the embroidered cloth and hoops.
Painted at Cartago’s Casa de la Cultura with Trocadero Vaudevilles and Morada al Sur. Guachell describes the mural as a tribute to local embroiderers and the knowledge they pass between generations.
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🪽 Portraits and Letterforms Share One Long Wall — By Miguel Klos + Evaaone + Cerouno4 + Shartyone in Guayaquil, Ecuador 🇪🇨
Four artists stretch portraits and interlocked lettering across one long wall. Wing-like forms, luminous faces and angular pieces move through a shared palette of blue, violet, silver and orange.
Created in Guayaquil for Outdoor Graffiti Desafío 10 with Road Paint.
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🤍 An Embrace Wraps Around Pale Tulips — By Doppel in Southend-on-Sea, UK 🇬🇧
Doppel folds two figures into a close embrace across stacked wall panels. Pale tulips pass between their arms and shoulders, standing out against the warm orange ground.
Created for Southend City Jam at Victoria Station Interchange, by bus stop VL. Photo by Rian Nijssen.
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🐺 A Blue Canine Fades Into the Brickwork — By David Lee Pereira in Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺
David Lee Pereira paints a translucent blue canine in profile, its body dissolving softly into the turquoise brickwork. A small leafy branch hangs from its mouth.
Painted in Melbourne. Photo by Street Art Ninja.
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🎤 Dolly Parton Glows in Blue and Pink — By Eyesaw in Southend-on-Sea, UK 🇬🇧
Eyesaw gives Dolly Parton a split wash of electric blue and hot pink. Her curled hair fills most of the black wall while a bright outline makes the portrait glow at the edges.
Created for Southend City Jam.
💡 Nerd Fact: Parton has called “Coat of Many Colors” her favorite of the roughly 3,000 songs she has written. The Library of Congress added the 1971 recording to the National Recording Registry in 2011.
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✂️ “To Let Go or Not” Holds the Scissors Near a Long Braid — By Malakkai in Eslöv, Sweden 🇸🇪
A red-haired woman faces away as a hand holds open scissors beside one of her long braids in Malakkai’s “To Let Go or Not.” A pale bird stands above against a dark, star-speckled sky.
Painted for Artscape Eslöv 2026 on the gable beside Handelsbanken on Bastugatan. The festival describes the work as a reflection on the difficulty of untangling some relationships.
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👹 “誘惑 Y Ü W A K U” Brings Two Faces Into a Tense Encounter — By Elrond RFK + Mawe Arte in Southend-on-Sea, UK 🇬🇧
A woman and a blue horned oni meet face to face in “誘惑 Y Ü W A K U.” The figure lifts her chin as white hair, red eyes and curved tusks press into the narrow space between them.
Created for Southend City Jam.
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🖤 “Postcard from Balkans” Places Hooded Figures in an Empty Interior — By Monos Sotos Studio in Pyrgos, Greece 🇬🇷
Monos Sotos Studio uses a near-black wall for a standing hooded figure in a striped jacket. A smaller seated figure appears inside a pale rectangular scene beside it.
Created at 2001 Art Space in Pyrgos, the installation combines wall painting, canvas and light.
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🐊 A Giant Crocodile Lunges Out of the Car Park Wall — By Scaf Oner in Southend-on-Sea, UK 🇬🇧
Scaf Oner pushes a huge crocodile through a broken geometric frame, with one claw and the open jaws reaching toward the car park. A person beside the wall emphasizes the animal’s scale.
Created at Alexandra Street Car Park for Southend City Jam.
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🪣 A Bright Bucket-Hat Portrait Meets Heavy Black Letters — By AP.Set + Resoner in Marseille, France 🇫🇷
AP.Set and Resoner combine a brightly dressed figure with broad black letterforms. The bucket hat, oversized yellow jacket and turquoise straps stand sharply against the deep blue wall.
Created for L’Aérosol Marseille with Expo Mister Freeze and Maquis Art.
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🌿 Flowers and Leaves Turn a Facade Into a Symmetrical Garden — By Philth Blake in Southend-on-Sea, UK 🇬🇧
Philth Blake covers the facade with a symmetrical arrangement of dark green leaves, red blossoms and pale lilies. The real windows sit inside the pattern without interrupting its mirrored structure.
Painted on the back of 46 Alexandra Street for Southend City Jam. Photo by Pippi D.
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🏢 Pink and Green Letters Climb an Apartment Block — By Meskito in Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪
Meskito stacks pink, green and white letterforms vertically between rows of apartment windows. Dark painted shadows make the angular sections project from the narrow facade.
Created at Rue Edgar Degas 6 for Racines Festival.
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🪑 A Tattooed Figure Sits Within an Ornate Stone Illusion — By Tech Moon in Southend-on-Sea, UK 🇬🇧
Tech Moon centers a tattooed woman on a monumental seat, wrapping her in white drapery against an ornate gray frame. Small turquoise panes add the only strong color to the mostly monochrome wall.
Created at 23A Pleasant Road for Southend City Jam.
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