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Wangari Maathai remains a national heroine in Kenya, several years after her death and more than a decade after she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (2004) for her work to preserve trees, forests, and green spaces. She stood up for women’s rights and challenged the country’s president (Moi) and patriarchy, suffering beatings and imprisonment in the process. Her legacy is great, but at risk of fading in the face of political pressures and development forces. Symbolically, this graffiti image, which decorated a bus stop on a busy street in Nairobi, has now been covered with political posters related to Kenya’s upcoming presidential election.

Tulips on a traffic barrier in Amsterdam, just in time for Spring.

This bird brings a tropical touch to a wall near the Galata Bridge over the Golden Horn in Istanbul, on a street full of merchants selling colorful marine-themed goods (waders, buoys, ropes, etc.).

This is actually located on an old military building in the Marin Headlands just north of San Francisco. The property used to be a military base until 1974, when National Park Service gained ownership of the property.

Spotted this on a stroll in Valpo a few years back. Unfortunately, I can’t remember in which part of the city it’s located. I love the piece, and the blue jeans on the clothesline are a nice impromptu addition. Tag is signed “Anarka Brasil 2012”

Spotted this piece in Valparaíso, Chile back in 2014.

The North Lanes in Brighton are famous for graffiti art, with some pieces unchanged since I moved here in 2005, and others changing over the years. I was away for a year in 2015-16 and this new imagined landscape struck me as I walked through the North Lanes again, it’s deep yet colourful composition and tropical bird in flight in the midst of an English lane.

Graffiti in the Maboneng Precinct Street art by Sonny in the Maboneng Precinct.

Maboneng Impala

This prettily ornate snail smokes a cigar—why? Because it can.