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It Took 500 Cans of Spray Paint to Create this Magnificent Madonna Mural

Five talented Canadian street artists used 500 cans of spray paint over 16 days to create a large-scale wall mural of the Madonna. They drew inspiration for the style of the piece from the works of Czech Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha, and incorporated symbols of Montreal’s history into the mural. One of these symbols is the gourd fruit seen at the base of the painting, in the form of pumpkins and squash. The artists chose these food sources to symbolise the fact that the area used to be farmland; an area in which farmers once grew these foods.

This time-lapse graffiti video shows how the artists from AShop used spray paint and rollers while standing on hydraulic lifts to paint this enormously beautiful wall mural. AShop is a collaborative street art group who have decades of experience with graffiti, street art and fine art. You can learn more about them and see more stunning street art murals on their blog.

Ashop street artists celebrate the completion of their large scale mural of the Madonna in Montreal

Ashop street artists celebrate the completion of their large scale mural of the Madonna in Montreal [source]

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February 18, 2015 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse

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An overexcitable pink elephant celebrates a funny birthday in this colorful street art mural by graffiti artist Duke 103

Duke 103’s Graffiti Characters Own Spain’s Street Art Scene

Spanish street artist Duke 103 brings color and movement to the streets of his hometown Valencia in Spain with his large scale street art murals. The subjects of his murals are generally personified animals and funny caricatures of people. His use of perspective and caricature techniques are eye-catching and draw the viewer into the scene […]

February 19, 2015 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse

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Street artist Guache paints a colorful graffiti mural of a tribal leader with an owl totem

Street Artist GUACHE Remembers the Past with his Ancestral Graffiti

Colombian street artist Guache combines ancestral imagery and contemporary design elements to create graffiti murals that celebrate both his heritage and his personal, modern existence. Guache works primarily with spray paint to create his colorful street art murals, adding detail and building up the design with short strokes and geometric shapes. Guache has spread his […]

September 19, 2014 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
  • February 18, 2015
  • by Catherine Nessworthy
  • Paint, Video
  • aerosol, art nouveau, ashop, canada, collaboration, color, large scale, madonna, montreal, mural, nature, painting, portrait, spray can, street art, symbolism, team, video, woman

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