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Debbie Smyth

-Barcelona

Never Hide

This huge billboard gazes down on an important square In Barcelona, one that marks a hey point in the history of Catalunya. The 1714 Siege of Barcelona lasted for over a […]

-Berlin

Deadly Love

This mural of  Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker in a fraternal embrace is one of the most famous pieces of art on the Berlin Wall.  These two girls were keen to […]

-Manchester

Ultimate Power

Hex colour reference:  #c5d0e6 A colourful note:  this pale blue-lilac shade, known as periwinkle, is named after the flowers of the lesser periwinkle or myrtle herb. The first recorded use of […]

-Edinburgh

Edinburgh – or Athens?

Back in 1822, Charles Cockerell and William Playfair, created Edinburgh’s National Monument up on Calton Hill.  It was modeled on the Parthenon and made  to commemorate Scots who had died in […]

-Sweden

Peachy Nightscape in Stockholm

Hex colourful reference:  #ffcfab A colourful note:  peach is a delicate colour, named after the pale internal flesh of a peach fruit.  The first recorded use of this name as a […]

California

Our Lady of Downtown LA

This striking portrait, on 6th and Spring Street in Downtown LA, is by Robert Vargas. He is known for his massive public art murals and, particularly, for his fast, live portrait-painting […]

-Kent

Pacific Blue

  Hex colour reference: #1ca9c9 A colourful note: this greenish-blue shade appeared in Crayola fashion in 1992, known simply as #16.  This naming by number was a way of promoting that […]