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This street art mural by David Choe in the US shows how he combines surrealist ideas with a cartoon style to create a funny yet bizarre painting

Multi-millionaire David Choe Gambles with his Street Art Talents

David Choe is an interesting guy. Between 2005 and 2007, he painted two murals for the Facebook headquarters. Because he was afraid of losing yet more money to a gambling habit, Choe asked Facebook’s Sean Parker and Mark Zuckerberg to pay him with shares rather than cash. By 2012, his Facebook shares were worth $200 […]

July 12, 2014 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
This enormous street art mural by Phlegm shows off his comic book style

The Beauty is in the Detail: Phlegm’s Intricate Street Art

While many artists start their street art careers with graffiti lettering, a few, like Phlegm, enter the scene because of a yearning for a new canvas. With a long background of being a self-published cartoonist, Phlegm decided to try his hand at creating his art on a much larger scale, and turned to cityscapes to […]

May 21, 2014 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse

Street Artist Leper brings the Relationship between Man and Nature into the City

Allen “Leper” Hampton paints a bee-themed mural for his friend’s wedding, designed by the groom as a sticky sweet surprise for his bride. The theme of the mural shows the soon-to-be-married couple surrounded by honeycomb, bees and flowers, all of which are symbols of productivity, fertility and plenty. It’s certainly a unique way to give […]

May 20, 2014 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
A fish wears its skeleton on the outside in this black and white street art painting by graffiti artist ROA

ROA’s Giant Animal Graffiti turns Cities into Zoos

ROA was made by his mum and dad in 1976. Since then he’s done stuff, including becoming a street artist. ROA’s giant graffiti murals feature animals that are indigenous to the area that he’s creating in. For example, in South Africa, he painted street art murals of zebras, giraffes and other African animals, for San […]

February 6, 2014 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse

Two Street Artists and a Buttload of Paint meet a Wall

Somewhere in Brazil, an unsuspecting wall finds itself face to face with street artists Galo and Ignoto. Galo, also known as MakeOne, works on the left side of the wall while Ignoto brings his artistic talent to the right hand side of the mural. Together, the two artists create a fantasy scene that would not […]

February 5, 2014 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
A fantasy warrior in an evil-looking helmet rides a horned beast in this graphic novel styled graffiti mural by artist Jim Vision

Jim Vision turns the Streets into Scenes from a Graphic Novel

Jim Vision (aka Probs) is one of the brilliant street artists that make up the art group EndOfTheLine. His graffiti murals bring to life creatures and characters that one would expect to find in the pages of a graphic novel, rather than on a busy street corner. Aliens, warriors, nameless beasts and robots all make […]

February 4, 2014 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse

Watch a Woman Emerge from this Abandoned Wall

Tankpetrol is a Polish-born artist who now lives in Manchester, UK. He creates both commissioned and non-commissioned street art murals as well as fine art pieces. When creating outdoors, Tankpetrol uses paint brushes, spray cans, stencils and rollers to create his graphic-styled art works. Most of his graffiti pieces feature women as the main subject […]

February 3, 2014 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
Graffiti artist Aryz paints an enormous chicken that falls to pieces, revealing a fried egg in this street art mural

Huge, Graphic and Gory Street Art Murals by Aryz

Aryz is an artist from Barcelona, Spain, who creates both indoor and outdoor art. That is, he has turned his hand to creating enormous street art murals around the world while still pursuing art indoors in the form of illustrations and paintings. His graffiti paintings are mixed media, created with spray cans, rollers and brushes, […]

February 3, 2014 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
Matt Sorensen fire

Spray Paint on Fire! Matt Sorensen Experiments

American artist Matt Sorensen experiments with a variety of spray paint techniques, including setting fire to the paint. (Please note that spray cans can explode when exposed to fire, so if you’re going to try this, keep flames far away from your spray cans.) The resulting effect includes scorch marks and smoky patterns. Sorensen moves […]

January 29, 2014 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
Little girls ride balloon animals past a Salvador Dali elephant in this street art painting by graffiti duo Herakut

Dark, Twisted and Kinda Cute: Graffiti Art by Hera and Akut

Hera and Akut are a street art duo from Germany who also go by the names Jasmin and Falk. Together, they call themselves Herakut, a signature that they place on street art works that they’ve created as a pair. Herakut’s style is fascinating; the artists use spray cans to create textures and forms that aren’t […]

January 28, 2014 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
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