Street Artist - Inari Meyers

While we were in Newcastle on Christmas Day having our picnic we decided to wander around the CBD to see some of the recently commissioned street art.

Over the next four days I will be posting some of the paintings we found.

This first one is by street artist Inari Meyers and below is an interview by her if you are interested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruGAz2qZauQ

Unfortunately, I really didn't do the painting justice in this photo, mainly because the sun was in the wrong place at the time we were there and also it is at an awkward angle to capture the whole of the painting because it is at the back of the Newcastle University in an alleyway.

Luckily because it was Christmas Day there wasn't much traffic around and I was able to stand in the road to get this photo.

The girl in the painting is a model called Alex.

There are 14 new artworks around town as part of The Big Picture Fest which took place over 3 days in October 2020.

I hope to go back to Newcastle soon to see if I can find some more of the artworks.

[Diana]

Great shot of this stunning street art, you have so many talented artists in Oz.

[Amy Shaylor]

Fabulous art work. I like your POV, it really creates the scene.

[Maggiemae]

this seems to be the fashion - tons of artwork in Dunedin our next city to the south! The artists are really good!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

I always marvel at huge art like this

[Issi Bannerman]

Fabulous street art.

[Nick]

Wonderful street art. It must have taken ages to create. It amazes me how the artists visualise something so massive while they're painting it!

[Casablanca]

It is a fabulous piece. I love turning a corner and coming face to face with art like this.

[Lois]

Amazing street art! Very beautiful!

[aikiuser (jenn)]

I just love street art--thanks for sharing!

[Peter H]

Wow!

[Peter]

Brilliantly painted and captured Babs, I look foreward to seeing more wall art images:)

[Granny7(Denise)]

I love street art.

[CC Folk]

Great capture and lovely street art!

[Susan Wakely]

This is an impressive piece of street art.

[Babs]

@maggiemae I have seen some of the street art in Dunedin, it is fabulous. Taken photos of it too. Must get back there again one day because Dunedin is one of my favourite places in New Zealand.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Stunning - I always marvel at huge street arts like this !

[Judith Johnson]

I can really feel the impact of this painting, despite the difficulty of capturing the shot.

[Valerie Chesney]

Wow! Babs , this is a wonderful street art....we have nothing like what you have been posting..

[Gillian]

Incredible street art!

[Dione Giorgio]

That's a magnificent piece of art work. Pity is not completed at the lower layers. Looking forward to see the rest of your shots.

[Helen Jane]

lovely art - you did well to position yourself to get everything in. Picnic on Christmas Day? Sounds an unusual concept from back here in cold England.

[KV]

Love the ink on the model in the mural... nicely done.

[Lou Ann]

This is stunning. Oh my.

[Pigeons Farm]

This is such cool street art

[Sally Ings]

Amazing street art, superb detail

[Marilyn G M]

great POV

[Santina]

That's a magnificent piece of street art, I can't wait to see your other shots

[Monique]

Great mural

[*lynn]

great artwork ... interesting to see this

[Esther Rosenberg]

Like those artwork murals. This one is huge!

[Lin]

Gorgeous capture!

[Fisher Family]

A super shot of this beautiful street art.

Ian

[Ingrid]

Beautiful street art and great photo of it!

[gloria jones]

Wonderful capture of this neat street artwork

[Margaret Brown]

Fabulous mural!

[carol white]

Lovely street art

[Rob Z]

That's just marvellous! :)

[Mave]

Stunning

[Pat Knowles]

This is much more than graffiti it’s posh street art! It would take some doing involving scaffolding I think!

[Babs]

@happypat I just love the street art in Newcastle. If you look at the link I posted in the narrative above you will see they use a cherry picker. Here is the link again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruGAz2qZauQ

[haskar]

Fabulous street art.

[Pat Knowles]

@onewing Wow fascinating to watch her...she’s causing quite a stir ...heck of a height up!

[Jean]

Fabulous artist

[Pat]

Wow - so impressive! Fav.

[Sylvia]

Great POV and capture.

[Terri Morris]

Nice photo of the art.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

It looks wonderful.

[Pyrrhula]

Still a great shot of this beautiful mural.

[Shutterbug]

I love this street art. They are doing that in Sacramento also. Love the pov where the building on the left makes a frame for the art.

[Elizabeth]

Cool street art.

[Yao RL]

Huge, by a tidy lady. Thank you for the link that make the shot even more interesting.

[eDorre]

Great shot of the art! And like a treasure hunt to find them. Neat to have art valued in that way. Thanks for the info. too

[Kat]

Wow brilliant shot of a great piece of street art

[Babs]

@ludwigsdiana @amy_sweet_september @koalagardens @jamibann @nickspicsnz @loweygrace @aikiuser @peadar @pcoulson @denful @gardenfolk @wakelys @beryl @busylady @happysnaps @kwiksilver @sangwann @kvphoto @louannwarren @kgolab @salza @mgmurray @santina @momamo @lynnz @dutchothotmailcom @linnypinny @fishers @ingrid01 @seattlite @craftymeg @carolmw @robz @mave @haskar @jernst1779 @pattyblue @sprphotos @photograndma @mittens @pyrrhula @shutterbug49 Thanks. As you know I love street art and Newcastle has lots of art to see. In October 2020 14 street artists were commissioned to paint these artworks in Newcastle as part of the Big Picture Fest. It was an event over three days so the artists created these pictures in that period of time. Quite amazing.

I have found a few of them so far, but hope to go back soon to find more. Will keep you updated.

[PhylM-S]

Great shot - It's not easy to capture these and you did a magnificent job.

[Kathy A]

That is amazing street art!

[Margo]

This is specially nice Fav

[Merrelyn]

Beautiful artwork

[Jacqueline]

Wow!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Seems you did a good job in capturing it to me. Interesting artwork with such an intense look on the model.