29 October 2023 – “Last leaves” here in town as well, along with ample proof that, while leaves come and go, street art is forever with us.
First up, as I wander more or less to False Creek, the Wildlife category.
An agile urban monkey, apparently raiding this alley dumpster (part of Sandeep Johal‘s work for the 2017 Vancouver Mural Festival — a survivor, just like the monkey it portrays)…
then an indolent koala bear (Victoria Sieczka‘s VMF 2023 tribute to the ANZA — Australia/New Zealand — Club it decorates)…
a bike-riding fish on this street patio planter, the cycling advocacy giving new meaning to Irina Dunn‘s 1970 feminist mantra…
and the crisp lines of a Great Blue Heron, in this silhouette mural on the side of a False Creek boat shed, with Science World as its back-drop.
Wait a minute. It’s a real Great Blue Heron.
See? (Up from the shadow, and left to the top of the neighbouring shed.)
From Wildlife, to would-be Lords of the Universe.
One artist who orders us to follow the rules…
and succeeds because, look, nobody has dumped anything…
and another who takes on Beelzebub himself.
Arguably with less success.
Pity.
WALKING WOMAN 
Lynette d'Arty-Cross
/ 29 October 2023Yes, it’s a real heron, as I realised after I enlarged the photo but before I read your comment! Looks like the weather was pretty great for your city art walk. I love the cycling fish.
icelandpenny
/ 3 November 2023Did you know the 70s feminist slogan? “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle” — quite a different meaning than today’s eco-promotion!
Lynette d'Arty-Cross
/ 3 November 2023I don’t remember that but I understand. I would up as a combat officer in a war zone in the early 80s – a poster child (among others) for feminism – but it sure wasn’t easy.
icelandpenny
/ 4 November 2023at least, as a visibly armed & visibly fit combat officer, no chauvinist would dis you to your face… but that’s a silly rejoinder, I appreciate what you are saying
Lynette d'Arty-Cross
/ 4 November 2023Actually, there were a couple who did (they were Korean War veterans who did not understand this whole women-in-combat bit and hated it, especially me as their commanding officer). They were extremely difficult as you can imagine. One turned somewhat eventually but not the other one. Here’s one I do remember: we’ve come a long way, baby.