I”m so pleased to see that the subject of this week’s Thursday’s Special is Urban Art. Wandering through the back streets of Faro a few weeks ago, I came upon this down-at-heel, ramshackle building. It stopped me in my tracks. I’ve been wanting to share it ever since.
It’s a total jewel, transforming the corner of a drab street. I hope Paula likes it. I love a bit of drama. Don’t you?
restlessjo 
beautiful street art! lovely images, Jo. drama on the streets indeed! thanks for sharing! 🙂
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Isn’t it great, LolaWi? I really love it 🙂
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Wonderful. It’s the angels that pulled me in – they have the look of decoupage, made of scraps. What a great find.
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Slightly raggedy angels! Always a good sign 🙂
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Oh yes, some great drama there. i love your first shot – a striking face and you have captured the texture of the wall and paint so well. We seem to like the depiction of female faces in large scale!
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Hmm- I thought that too, Debs 🙂 Thanks, hon!
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Wow! They sure know how to jazz things up. Great shots, Jo!
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Making the ugly beautiful! 🙂 🙂 Thanks, Jill!
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Wow! This is wonderful!
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Glad you like it! 🙂 Many thanks for your company.
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My pleasure 🙂
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How wonderful!
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Makes me feel like stomping about with my castanets! 🙂 Or is that just me being peculiar, Anna?
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You’re not peculiar, Jo…
I know what you mean!
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Wow, what amazing artwork on that building. Love it when we stumble across something like this, it transforms everything around it.
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I love the surprise element, Miriam. On a perfectly bland street- pow!!! 🙂
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I love this so much too ! Thankyou my friend ! love , megxxx
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Transforming the drab and ordinary, Meg 🙂 It’s a talent! Glad I could share.
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That is definitely dramatic. What a find!
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I love it, Heather! Such a shabby street too 🙂
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Ich mag es…
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Danke, Ernst 🙂
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Splendiferous.
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Makes me want to stamp my feet and flounce around, Viv! (I’m a bit peculiar like that 🙂 )
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It is very nice this kind of art.
Have a wonderful day! ❤ 🙂
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A lot of street art is ugly in my eyes, Stefania, but I really loved this. Many thanks for your company 🙂 A good week to you too!
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That is such wonderful art on the building. Very eye catching, not to mention colourful. It looks as if the roses are blending with sky or sea, and all around happy creatures and people play. But the woman in the first photo looks rather pensive. Wonder what’s the story behind all of this. As Paula said, it could have something to do with love 🙂
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I suppose if I dig about a bit in Google I might find some references to the back story, Mabel, but I don’t really have time. I’m happy just to use my imagination for the moment. Hope you’re having a good week? Many thanks for your visit. 🙂
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Me too. Imagination is always good, and sometimes, imagination is preferable over reality 🙂 It has been a busy week. Always like dropping by to see where you’ve been, Jo. Hope you have a lovely weekend.
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Who knows. I especially love the concept of a key lock looking into the sky and that little cherub or whoever he is.
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So many details to play with. 🙂
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Great images to brighten a drab building. You could sit and analyze a meaning from all the different elements — roses apparently always symbolise love (whether this artist knows that or not I have no idea), the dove is the symbol of peace, the two different drinks, cupid, a lady in blue, the bird in a helmet. I wonder whether the artist was telling a story and left it for us to interpret or did he simply paint an image to cover an old building. Great street art. Glad you could share it.
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I agree! My husband was away off down the street and I would have loved to spend longer just looking. At least I can now enjoy my photographic evidence. 🙂 Thanks, Irene!
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Always! Portugal has the most imaginative street art. I saw some wonderful examples while I was there, but this is even better. Is the lady a Fado singer?
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I thought it was a Picasso reference but I could well be mistaken, Paula. You know how often I am 🙂
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This so beautiful
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I think so too. 🙂
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That dove with the helmet…!
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I know! How clever are some people? 🙂
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Ha, that’s great: the window shutters have been covered with graffiti, but not the wall art!
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I just love the images, Denzil. My kind of street art. 🙂
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