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Bit by an eight-bit bug

21 Thursday Apr 2016

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, art, Calgary, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Eight-bit bug

Someone is sticking cut-outs of images, reminiscent of eight-bit video games, on walls in parts of the city. I’ve seen two around Kensington Rd. and 10 St. N.W., including the one above, and there was one on a wall on Memorial Dr. under the Centre Street Bridge, briefly anyway. I’m intrigued and will keep an eye out for more of these …

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Fireball on wheels

17 Sunday Apr 2016

Posted by Ricky Leong in Arizona, art, Phoenix, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel

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Fireball on wheels

Downtown Phoenix can seem a little sterile at times … but slide into an alley here and there and you might find something as bright and colourful as this, which I spotted not too long ago at the (very discreet) entrance to a bicycle maintenance shop.

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Bright bloom

13 Wednesday Apr 2016

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, art, Calgary, Canada, random, urban

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Not-so-standard art

This seven-storey sculpture called Bloom graces the public space on St. Patrick’s Island in Calgary. The assemblage of street lights conceived by Montreal-born artist Michel de Broin was unveiled last year.

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Buffalo

29 Monday Feb 2016

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Calgary, random

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Buffalo

A very small portion of some wall art mounted in Calgary’s Kensington business district.

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Fluid movement

22 Monday Feb 2016

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Fluid movement

A colourful, abstract display on one of the walls on 10 St. N.W. in Calgary.

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Artistic rodent

16 Tuesday Feb 2016

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, montreal, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel

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Souris, artiste

While wandering around Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal district last week, I came across a very busy-looking mouse crafting some street art.

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Just chillin’ in the alley

15 Monday Feb 2016

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Hommage à Fido

Some very happy-looking characters on this garage door, hidden away in a back alley in Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal neighbourhood.

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Under moonlight

14 Sunday Feb 2016

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Au clair de la lune

Some more cool street art spotted on my recent trip to Montreal.

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Dream big

01 Monday Feb 2016

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Vers les cieux

This is a larger-than-life, two-dimensional astronaut drawn into in a huge space travel dreamscape on a wall along Mont-Royal Avenue E. in Montreal, as seen last week.
How much larger than life is it? The photo below gives you a hint.

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Chihuly Garden and Glass

27 Sunday Dec 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, photography, random, Seattle, Travel, urban

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Garden of glass 2

Visiting Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle is like immersing one-self in an other-worldly experience. So many delicate pieces of glass art created in funky shapes and bathed in just the right kind and right amount of light … it’s almost magical.
Snapped these images back in November.

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