Given that 2014, Waterford Walls, Ireland’s premier road artwork festival, has been transforming and regenerating urban areas in Waterford, Ireland’s oldest metropolis, while inspiring and connecting communities. Previously this month, Waterford Walls held its eighth avenue art festival with over 28 national and global artists generating enormous murals throughout Waterford City and the encompassing places.
The enchanting mural showcased above was painted by the London-primarily based French road artist Zabou with the Dublin-dependent French illustrator and muralist Juliette Viode. They are each captured below — posing with the regional boy depicted in the mural — by travel and street photographer Karin du Maire aka Avenue Artwork Nomad. Various more pictures from the recent Waterford Walls follow:
Ukrainian artist Andrey Palval with a person of the murals from the triptych “The Birds”
Portugal-based mostly Emanuel Barreira aka Half Studio in entrance of his masterly lettering
England-based self-taught artist Sophie Mess at work on her amazing mural
French urban artist GraffMatt checking out his portrait of a young female
Paris-dependent South African photorealistic muralist Mister Copy at perform
Brooklyn-based Italian muralist Iena Cruz in front of his mural “Out of Sight,” depicting “two vanishing polar bears… battling to survive”