Street Art - Day 22

Today's street art is by Umpel and is on Railway Street at Cooks Hill in Newcastle. If anyone is interested here is a link of him creating the artwork. He draws the outline first and then spray paints the rest. http://viewfromkingstreet.tumblr.com/post/12920339515/viewfromkingstreet-ganesha-in-street-art-form

This was painted in 2011.

Umpel is a Newcastle based artist and designer who also creates cartoon-like works with playfully
bright and exciting colours and psychedelic influences. Well versed in both commercial and artistic ventures, Umpel’s varied and experimental skillset can be seen in both street and digital arenas.
umpel.tumblr.com
I posted some of his work in my street art folder last year too.

Today's main album photo
http://365project.org/onewing/365/2015-01-22

[Beryl Lloyd]

Super

[Jane Morley]

Wow!

[Joyce]

Stunning work Babs

[Rachel]

A bit like Ganesh, the Hindu God. I wonder if it was supposed to have any religious meaning.

[sally agnew]

Very similar to Ganesh, nice piece of street art :)

[Babs]

@888rachel @hermann It is Ganesh and if you check out the link you will see that it is Umpel's favourite God. http://viewfromkingstreet.tumblr.com/post/12920339515/viewfromkingstreet-ganesha-in-street-art-form

[Julie]

My favourite Hindu god too. Fav.

[gloria jones]

Nice shot, light, pov

[Kathie]

Neat that you've added the fence as part of your POV.

[Shailesh]

nice capture.... that is Ganesha, an elephant headed hindu god that brings luck

[Denise fuller]

great piece of street art

[Peter]

Another great find Babs, great composition with the fence running diagonally in the foreground, thanks for the link very interesting:)

[Molly]

Unusual and interesting piece of street art.

[Sydney]

Great shot of very interesting piece of street art

[Erika]

I love street art. This one is great.

[Derek Vickers]

Incredible art Babs. You have so much to choose from.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Great find and capture

[April]

Well spotted--great work of art!

[Gena Pegg]

Fabulous!! So much art..I am just amazed!

[Babs]

@beryl @chimfa @thistle @teachntravel @seattlite @shailestha @denisefuller @dolphin @quintus @epcello @derekvickers @ziggy77 @april16 @eyesmile Thank you all. I think Newcastle is the street art capital of Australia. The streets are full of it. They have three festivals a year and all the artworks are commissioned. They have the Hit the Bricks Festival, the TiNA Festival (This is not art its a lifestyle) and the SAW Festival (Street Art Walking), so there are lots of opportunities to capture the artworks.

[Babs]

@kathiecb @pcoulson Thanks ha ha. I didn't have much choice about including the fence in the picture. This painting is on the wall of a factory and next to it is a single storey cottage, this is front fence of that house. I would have had to go in the garden to get the whole painting.

[Annie D]

cool artwork

[Tricia O'Donnell]

Awesome capture