roma pink

Rome is pink.

picture-perfect aveiro

peeling blue

oudaïa blue

Oudaïa is almost as fun to say as it is to get lost in its maze of blue and blinding white. We took the long way home after a visit to the art supply store, my spine bending with the weight of several large tubes of oil paint tucked carefully into my satchel. There were canvases and sketchbooks, gouache, two wooden spoons, and a hand-woven blanket that also made their way into our arms.

But the blue, oh the blue... I could forget so much in that blue.

a wall in thamel

end fgm

"The END FGM Mural is dedicated to Aissato Djalo and to all women, especially to those survivors of Female Genital Mutilation. An APF project- Associaçao para o Planeamento da Família (Family Planning Association) with the support of the city hall of Lisbon and GAU (Urban Art Gallery)."

This beautiful work of art was painted by Fidel Évora and Tamara Alves in association with APF, to help raise awareness in protest of Female Genital Mutilation. I caught it in passing while Pedro and I were walking through Largo Intendente in Lisbon, and feel that my photos do not do it justice. Stick2Target, a website dedicated to documenting urban art in Portugal, has much better images of the mural here.

urban

Porto is moody, gritty and grey, with gems of brilliant colour.

where to now?

Now that the exhibition is over and I won't be travelling for a while, I can try and get Harika all caught up. There's so much I haven't shared— the dark alleys of Porto, the moonscape of Cappadocia, and a lovely little visit to Sweden. I don't know where to start...



Where would you like to go?

colourful creatures

The last thing I expected to see at a natural history museum was the wonderful work of famed Italian street artist Ericailcaine. I have long been a fan of his colourful creatures, and was thrilled the first time I saw one of his pieces in real life on the streets of Lisbon (the crocodile). Imagine my surprise and delight in discovering more of his work here! In a show titled Potete di Fuoco/ Puissance de feu, the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse is currently showing a series of drawings by Ericailcane that recreate his childhood artwork.



As an added bonus, one of the stairwells is beautifully painted with a mural of beasts, and you can watch the process of their creation on Vimeo. The show ends in May, so if you happen to visit Toulouse and want to fill an afternoon with science and art, you know where to go!