I'm sure that we'd all like the alley behind our home to be as well decorated as this one. It would become a welcoming place for children to play and neighbours to talk and not just a passage for garbage trucks (like mine 🤢).

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Waxhead on top and Cryote on bottom

The project of this green alley (reserved for pedestrians) was entrusted to the duo Waxhead and Cryote who invited a few friends Paula P Rezende and Labrona to make this place more than pleasant.

Don't you think ? If no, the rest of the post will finish to convince you. 😀

WHERE

Alley between Laval Avenue and Hotel de Ville Avenue on Napoléon Street, Montreal, Canada.

Position on Google Maps

WHO

Paula P Rezende

We start today with the artist whose first works are displayed in this series, Paula P Rezende and her colorful universe :

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Paula Prezende is a Brazilian visual artist and illustrator from São Paulo with a very playful style full of mermaids, women, catfish with stars and water in background.

"I think I'm a child who forgot to grow up. Or an adult who remembers being a child every day. I wish for a world with more magic." - Laura Rezende [source : thesummerhunter.com, only in Portuguese)

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Catfish...

You can discover more about her universe on her website paulaprezende.com.br.

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Painted door by Paula P Rezende with on the left a doodle by Timmy Drift

Waxhead

The other artists are regulars in this series Street Art, very prolific in Montreal and especially in my neighbourhood, even during the lockdown (Street Art #296 about his works in social distancing).

Born in Toronto, Waxhead is street-artist, painter, and creature creator (as he says) now based in Montreal since 2012. His style is quite unique, very coloured and detailed full of whimsical creatures.

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"In high school, I was painting a lot of characters with dripping heads, that seamed like they were made of wax. So my friends gave me that name based on the creatures I was painting and I thought it sounded cool and it was fun to write." - Waxhead about his nickname (source Studio Visit for Mural Festival)

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The entrance to the alley where even the flowerpot was decorated by Waxhead

Cryote

Based also in Montreal, Sebastion Millar aka Cryote is street-artist closed to the 203 crew.<
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Cryote

Waxhead

Labrona

Based in Montreal, Labrona is a street artist, skateboarder, record collector. His work features characters typically Labrona-esques, faces with multiple colors underlined with marked black lines. Very active this year as you can see on my last post Street Art #299 with two collaborations with Kevin Ledo.

In this alley, he painted with his recognizable style one door :

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