It is too late to write about this festival, but I wasn’t in the country in August and took my pictures only last week. An artist from Toronto created a mural for this festival, and I am happy to mention one of my favorite blogs Graffiti Lux and Murals that belongs to amazing Resa from Canada. If you want to see breathtaking street art, please visit and follow her blog.
The first two images are the most impressive. Smug One, a Glasgow based artist, created these two photo-realistic works just a block from each other.
Very detailed artwork by AOW, Ireland.
Work by ESTR, Ireland
Blue Tit by Danleo, Ireland, is about to snatch a student 🙂
More works in the New Street Park. I am pretty sure the Fox is created by Brendan Butler, but have no clue who is the author of that Happy Girl mural. Lisa Murphy, may be? Her work was in this exact spot last year.
This is one of my favorite works by Serbian artist Vunik.
Two fantastic murals by London-based artist Louis Masai are dedicated to preservation of wild life. Hammer sharks in Barrack street…
… and Elephants in Barker street.
Around the corner, there is a dreamy work of Kathrina Rupit (KINMX) from Mexico.
Next to it is a surreal piece created by Jerry Rugg (Birdo) from Toronto, Canada (sorry for the obstructed image!).
This work of Joe Caslin is dedicated to mental health. You can see it in the previous image, far in background, because it is on the other side of the river. I shared two of Joe Caslin’s works in my blog last year. In my next blog I will tell you what is hiding under the mural 🙂
I am sorry I didn’t share all the murals scattered around the city centre. There are more, and they are all beautiful. Murals often cover unattractive walls, but some buildings just have to go. We will talk about such buildings in my next blog 🙂
Have a wonderful weekend!
Making memories 
The last time I went about town painting on walls the police arrested me! Having said that I can’t paint at all…probably got what I deserved. Wonderful stuff though, brightens up dreary buildings; brightens up the day for the folk who live there; brings with it a little magic.
Thank you Mike! These paintings brightened up our mundane life 🙂 Thank you for sharing a piece of your personal history – there is no great artist whose works were never rejected or booed. Great artists are always ahead of their time, you know.
Very cool, love the elephants!
Thank you! Love them too, they are looking fantastic on the black background.
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They are so cool. I really like the animals one. They are cute and are delightful. I am quite sure young kids love them. The elephant eyes look are the only one that look real and definitely make them look alive.
Thank you so much for your comment! The paintings are delightful, and I love the animals too. There two works are dedicated to the animals who are suffering the most from us humans – African wildlife, and the Ocean.
Excellent !
Thank you! 🙂
I love art like this! Thank you for sharing fantastic photos. Loved them all but especially the elephants. You have a wonderful weekend too!
Aren’t they lovely? 🙂 Have a wonderful weekend you too!
Good stuff! That first mural is so realistic it looks like you could get caught in his beard as you walk by.
It is. You can google Sam Bates or Smug.
wow Amazing!
Thank you!
Inese, love the elephants. Intrigued to see what lies in the shrubbery
I too love the elephants! They added the needed color to the boring street 🙂
I love these murals. When I saw the first image I thought “Looks like Smug” and so it turned out to be!
Oh yes, you are from Glasgow! 🙂 So cool you know him. He is Australian, travels around the world. Stunning talent.
Fantastic art! I love it!
Thank you Gunnar!
Those are all super cool! Public art should be encouraged in more cities.
Thank you! These are the works from an annual festival. Next year they will be replaced with the new ones, I think.
That’s cool. 😃
Nice. I always wonder how the artists do such large pieces and maintain perspective. It seems like they’d have to be constantly running up and down ladders and stepping back 20 meters or so to look. Or maybe they project an image and do outlines, then fill in later.
Thank you for stopping by! They paint on a grid, and they have a small painting to look at 🙂
A great tour Inese….I am conflicted about so-called public art because the very size of it means you are forced to look at it, whether you want to, or not. A building being a building…whether inspired architecture or simply a historical testimony to some human function… is preferable to me.
Oh you are so right about being forced, Cynthia :). These works were planned and painted with permission from the City authorities. Most of them will be taken off next year. An international art festival in Waterford is a new tradition, and these buildings have no historical value – mostly cement walls that are actually quite ugly. Last year two short-lived works made of biodegradable materials were exposed in the centre, but they were gone in two months.
They are all wonderful, Inese! I was already thinking there were so many — and then you said there were more. I really enjoy murals and these are superb. I’m so glad you shared them.
I hope this finds you well. Mega hugs
Thank you so much, Teagan! Some of them are superb. They give a personal touch to our streets. Many hugs!
Lovely post, Inese. Waterford Walls spread out to Tramore as well which is great.
Yes, I know, I just had no time to visit 😦 Can you believe – I bought a parking disk in Tramore last year, and have never used it. It started raining, I came back to my car with the disc in my hand, and went home 🙂
Ah well, you’ll get full value next Summer. Great to be rid of the disks for now.
I can keep it for another two years, but I hope to use it next summer, finally 🙂
Next year, of course!!!
stunning, impressive, elegant mixed of colors and words, like a journey!
Thank you so much, Mihran! Glad you are back. Visited your blog, lots of beautiful music there.
These are stunning murals, Inese. Very interesting post!
Thank you so much! Some works from the annual festival. It is getting popular 🙂
Simply beautiful
I love that kind of art
Thank you Sheldon!
These are very well made Inese 🙂
Usual I’m not into street art of this kind because I find it destroyed by tags.
Thank you Irene! This is from the Annual international festival, so they are done with permission from the authorities, but in my next blog I will say a few words about the people who are painting on the walls in the dark of night 🙂