Catching stars

11 Wednesday Apr 2018

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This huge mural adorns the side of a building in downtown Portland, Oregon. Spotted back in April 2016.

Confined

05 Thursday Apr 2018

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Some meaningful wall art spotted in the Alberta Arts District in Portland, Oregon, about this time last year.

Union

31 Saturday Mar 2018

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Here’s another giant mural in Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal area. This one’s behind Moishe’s steakhouse (if I remember correctly), spotted back in February.

Agri-art

12 Monday Mar 2018

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This pretty mural adorns the side of a shop in Montreal that sells poultry and game.

Release the Kraken!

11 Sunday Mar 2018

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This depiction of the Kraken from Clash of the Titans, at Avenue Duluth and Boulevard Saint-Laurent, is among the more-elaborate works of wall art spotted on my recent trip to Montreal.

Two towering tributes to Leonard Cohen

27 Tuesday Feb 2018

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Montreal artists have painted two giant portraits of singer Leonard Cohen as tributes, after his death in late 2016. The one above is on a building at boulevard Saint-Laurent Boulevard and rue Roy while the one below is found on rue Crescent below boulevard De Maisonneuve Ouest.

The power of light: A Montreal mural

18 Sunday Feb 2018

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This mural at Jeanne-Manse and President-Kennedy streets in Montreal has been around at least since I was a kid. I tripped out at it then … and it still makes me trip out now.