USA and Canada

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 […]

California

Warhol at Number 52

Artist and photographer, Karen Bystedt, carried out a photo shot of Andy Warhol back in 1982 as part of a male model photography book she was working on. She used […]

California

Faces on the Street

Street artist Dirt Cobain is particularly well known for his works that feature the face of Sade, often just half a face in fact, but he does produce a wide variety […]

Buildings

Downtown Los Angeles

Wordless Wednesday and ABC Wednesday Copyright Debbie Smyth, 3 February 2016

California

Identity Crisis in Los Angeles

A colorful note: eggplant colour is a brownish-purpled, named after the purple variety of eggplant (or aubergine as it is called in much of Europe). Interestingly, eggplants come in […]

Festivals and Holidays

Bye Bye to the Goat!

Twelve days to go until Chinese New Year, when it will be out with the goat and in with the monkey. New Year comes along on 8 February this year and, […]

Black and White Challenges

French Kiss under the Lamps

Linked to Lights and Weekend in B&W Copyright Debbie Smyth, 15 January 2016

California

This giant mural was conceived by Perry Rod, founder and Chairman of The Paradise Project, a group that promotes and supports the philosophy of pantheism. They launched a competition for the design of […]

-Manchester

Smile!

Want to smile? Then head over to visit Paula at Lost in Translation, where she presents a wonderful combination of images, music and thoughts. I was delighted to be a […]

Black and White Challenges