my excuse for the blog being so quiet for so long is that i went to bali, took a whole pile of photos, came back, and then couldn't get my shit together to go through them and do a post. thus if all this seems a little nonsensical and muddled, welcome to my world. all of this work is in bali, and infact all of it, except the last few photos from seminyak (which is only up the road anyway) are taken in kuta. many of them are more than likely to have been done by foreigners and/or expats i would think. both of which the place is crawling with. needless to say i don't recommend it as a holiday destination, but then you knew that already....

there was hardly any stencil work around, but this is awesome, and it went for about 3 metres!

an admirable sentiment, but kuta isn't really a place for respect of any kind from what i saw. no respect for women by anyone (including many of the women themselves), no respect for tourists by the locals, and certainly very little respect for the locals by the tourists. fairly hideous all round really.

these monkeys in black and red, along with the angry worm, appeared in kuta while i was in ubud for 4 days....

red monkey (with annoying flash)

the angry worm

crazy bull

love the samurai stencil

boys, boys, boys.....

this whole wall (and the next 10 images) seemed to have been done as a tie in thing with one of the local tattooists. lots of very non-graf amateur old school flash art tattoo type images. and they looked like they had been brush painted onto the concrete. it's somehow related to a tattooist in sweden. go to www.circletattoo.com if you're interested.

indian guy with eagle

creepy eyes

um...lots of things all at once

stuff

i don't know about samurai, i think there is something distinctly anakin skywalker going on here.

facing the moon

when i took this i thought it said tattoo, now i'm not so sure

croc/lizard type dude

same wall

unfortunately there was much crappy tagging

perky nipple on breast stencil

somewhere in kuta

this is quite a cool piece, it just looks hideous because the photo is rubbish.

hey look, apparently i went out in daylight ocassionally!!

this is sweet. i probably like it because the colours match the crappy dilapidated concrete surrounds.

this was painted on (as in with brushes)

tex

front of a restaurant

more kuta

i know this photo is totally shite, and possible even harder to see after i messed with it, but really....rad kids?? oh how we larfed.

from what i can recall this is on the wall along the beachfront just north of kuta (but don't quote me)

dunno

love that fish!

mr spray-can

cool

pretty sure this is the only political one we saw 'aceh community says we don't need freedom but justice love and yes peace!' note the poppies laneway directions, which are actually necessary when you're in a narrow winding seemingly directionless alleyway in the middle of the night.

l'orange

love that beetle

many of these were taken in complete darkness on my rather minimalist digi, hence the approximate framing.

power

is this signed by someone from sweden or am i halucinating?

no idea what this one says

sorry about these angles but the lanes were tight (and i was more than likely a little drunk also)

i really wish the car wasn't in the way (note the offering on the bonnet)

this is sort of bling (being presented by megan in best 'wheel of fortune' fashion.

so diupo was born in 1980. i'm not sure if adventure is his middle name however.....

diupo

duipo?

so the next 6 photos were all taken in one of the gangs between poppies 1 & 2 in kuta.

wide shot

this is pretty cool

next panel along

kuta

this is the first piece i saw.

ak47? this is kind of cool.

whatever and flying spray-can

whatever again

abandoned building in seminyak

ny/uk?

fly my pretties

bzzzzz

great big troll

just past the window faces

these are hard to photograph. check them out on the left as you drive down fitzgerald street, just before you get to the newcastle street lights.

oh yes, the silver rocks!

she's so pretty. i think troll may have noticed.

ascending anarchy

an extinct creature

i'm not sure why i like this, but i do.

this is just wrong

probably not

she is just adorable

mandy on a pole

not the best photo but it's gone now

round the back of the empty turkish place in highgate

there is something about this that makes me think of south park. where did they get that mail order african kid from, kenya?

tree closeup

he sure does!

there was one more!

more french

awb kick backs. that old chesnut.

so now the wanjina's just scaring the crap out of skinny people from highgate to mount lawley.

quick, i think he saw us!

run, run, ruuuun....

the boys are a tad clearer here

a short stumpy hypnotised orange one!

i love the floating hand

data strikes again

blah!

dali can also be purchased in greeney black!

somebody likes auden

yeah well, so were you is what i heard.

this bloke snuck up on me in the old outdoor laundry! it happens. this whole area is minutes from destruction. urban renewal don't you know. i popped in to take as many photos as i could before it all becomes rubble and memory. it was fun while it lasted.

closeup

yok

charming (and mature)

yok eye

yok

i like this

wilm?

sweet

blue action

love his hair

so pretty

geeky boy

greenish window

random door

respectful coexistence

the light was a bit pear shaped here.

oh the pink is sooo working for me!

why doesn't anybody listen to me?

sleep

fair call

i have no love for bob himself, but i like the sign/tree dynamic.

alrighty

compared to what?

.......like a tiiiger

pretty birdies

is this kid holding a tuning fork?

truck in leederville

these screws have been around the place for ages. 3D and as cool as you like. no idea who is responsible. hardiest mothers i've ever seen though!

pelican head

i love this!
i have no idea why, i just do.

physio?

boy fishing. it might have been clearer if i'd gotten there earlier.

oh my god...is this the cutest creature you've ever seen???

invert tips the velvet

white povo

george loves terror!

mary jane's blackie (with love heart beauty spot) hanging out with a boy who looks very familiar. anyone? they're outside the blue room waiting for the show to start.

look how faded she is, why didn't i see her before??

mandy in the corner

thumbman lives!!! (i think he's lost some weight though, i hope he's ok)

why the hell not?

i love the fact that this laundromat is open until all hours completely unattended. it makes for some fun things cropping up on the walls.

so for once the blur isn't my fault! overspray, as opposed to bad photography.

snap!

subtle sillouette ball holding girl

what the hell is this thingie?

blue invert, leederville

i've always had a soft spot for the asexual bipeds of this world.

they're still trying!

eeeuuuw. the yellow teeth are hideously fabulous.

grrr

invert gets romantic

faceless squirrel

we've seen this amputated finger before, but who knew it would become the new mascot for reiwa?

evil tim burtonesque skull creature

love that spam

dali visits mt lawley

nanna on a donkey

er der.

5 jack blacks?

don't take life too seriously

this looks like a singing and dancing peanut in a top hat. but that's just my opinion.

no junk

spreading the love

i'm pretty sure these have been here for a while. corner of mary and beaufort streets in highgate.

so someone went smiley sticker crazy in mt lawley. although the one sliding down the pole doesn't look quite as happy as the others.

gold smiley, beaufort street.

triple smiley

obey

jazz on the downpipe, highgate.

si senor

lerrv gun strikes again! mt lawley somewhere.

pssshshshshshshhsht

i love this 3D supreme! i know it's messy but it just looks so cool jumping out of the wall like that.

my brain hurts

red things

looks a bit like lee harvey oswald

the texta men!

blood is 4 letting

romantic vandalism? thank you bambi.

i wonder what stewie was saying before he was so rudely interrupted?

i've looked and i've looked and i think i'm still missing something here.

yup

blurry eternal question

uuuuuum.....thinking, thinking.....

who's been watching too much foxtel?

i don't know who did these, but she (it's gotta be a grrl!) hit beaufort street up one side and down the other a few weeks ago just before it rained voluminously. They all died a horrible smudgey death as a result, which made me a bit sad. how cute are they??

love heart telly tubby type creature

ladybird 1

ladybird 2

glamorous turtle girl

damp elephant cutie

eyelash bunny girl

gog?

hmmm

a bit of tension on the wall

earth is the new ballingup? ok.

i think this only lasted minutes, but they were some very funny minutes.

this is sort of dumb. particularly the munted 'p'. the cwor made us larf though. say it over and over in your most bogany voice and i guarantee it will make you laugh too!

whammo, beaufort street. this one didn't last long unfortunately.

slighly blurry scalpel skull guy (my camera and i have been having some communication issues)

so i nearly got a star picket through my armpit whilst taking this photo. it was worth it though, look how pretty!

queen of hearts

taken from an annoying distance (and angle), northbridge.

laneway, northbridge.

it's colour has changed. less with the orange and more with the forresty greeney.

i'm loving the pink, troll-boy!!

zzzs outside the blue room

super zzzzzs

mmmmm sleeepy

yes the photo is a bit blurred, but look how creepy!!

fortune teller guy, northbridge.

it's a moose. 'heeey, didn't you shoot my cousin hector?'

oh so cute. help i'm being overshadowed!

art villens through the fence, northbridge.

so some of the kids have decided to emulate the graffiti truck thing as seen mostly in the states. the idea is good, but bullshit tags don't count. as i've said before again and again, not art, just poop.

this is looking pretty good. but then it's a stationary target as the truck is busted and has been parked here for quite some time.

messy

dying pink thing, northbridge

leederville. are you sure? we could get you into a different program if you like.

these creatures are crazy

bullethead sideways

dali in leederville

murray street in perth. i haven't seen her anywhere else. love the strategically placed gum!

haven't posted a smart tart for a while, and this one's blowing bubbles!

pretty

light

light2

is this wheat?

i have no idea what this is.

i think i've posted this stencil before, but i like the blue here (and the crumbly bits).

slot. not one of my favourite words. as some of you are aware.

invert rat, leederville.

arrest that dirty rat!!

papa luigi has been on the back of this sign in walcott street for eons.

interaction, mt lawley.

this is either a ninja or a skater in mid-air.

skeletal evil panda

zero no more

just a few more bunnies from the car yard in beaufort street...

they've been demolished by now

i was complaining about not being able to get closer to the last one of these i saw....thank you masque, very accessible!

lean, beaufort street.

i think this one is invert too.

scream

scream 2

invert

invert. she looks antique here.

she comes in red too!

he's a bit blurry i know, but i like him in the twilight.

i think this is the back door of mums in beaufort st. i'm not sure as i wasn't door counting whilst lurking in the laneway.

construction site, inglewood.

it's the piggy again, walcott street this time.

this abandoned car yard in beaufort street had some pretty sweet work on it for a while there. unfortunately it's now in the process of being turned into yet another shop/apartment complex...hooray for urban renewal!!

i strolled down to the deli to get the papers on a saturday morning a couple of weeks ago with no intention of spending the day loitering in laneways with my camera. then i saw this.

triple bambi

lone stripey bambi

is this a pixelated eye?

one day you'll be nostalgic for now

the bats, the baaaaats

the first one of these i saw was upsidedown, which made it really really hard to work out what the hell was going on. in any case.....ooooweeee

twosome. where exactly is the second guy's head?

jekyllwood self harm all in a row

this looks like a black hole, but with super-imposed canine hallucination. what type of dog is that? for the life of me i can't remember what they're called.

there's been so much cool work here over the years. it's been fairly static for a while but i still check....just in case.

an eyeball with faery wings and eagle talons, of course!

i know i said no more wanjinas, but how awesome is this picture?

another ambitious sign reverse

newish head, northbridge

they're getting all embelished. or maybe just glammed up for going out.

hypnotised greenie

orange head riding a horsey, mt lawley

goldie and blackie hangin' out in northbridge

dufus giraffe