Pick Your Favorite: New Art #1 (10 Photos)
Content warning: Which one is your favorite?
From the tiger-filled streets of Modesto to intricate acrobatics in France, this collection features ten striking new murals celebrating wildlife, emotion, fantasy, and social storytelling. Included are towering portraits in Spain, 3D illusion in the UK, anime-inspired satire in Brazil, and a mural that wraps entire silos in rural Australia.
1. Jungle Roar
By Cameron “CAMER1sf” Moberg in Modesto, California, USA
A fierce tiger with its mouth wide open takes center stage in this vibrant nature-themed mural. Its body winds through dense foliage of tropical greens and oversized blossoms in orange, white, and pink. Monarch butterflies flutter throughout the scene, blending realism with surreal vibrancy.
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2. Breathing Memories
By Lula Goce in Madrid, Spain for Junta Municipal Moratalaz
A monochrome woman sits with closed eyes, holding a tiny house in her hands emitting smoke-like swirls. Surrounding her are lush flowers in red and pink, a coiled white dragon, and a bold backdrop of red polka dots and blue-green shapes.
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3. Citrus Light
By Moxaico in Cinco Villas, Spain for Paredes que Hablan
Painted entirely in gold and ochre tones, this portrait of a woman gazes into the distance with shimmering, reflective eyes. Her head is adorned with lemon-like fruits and laurel leaves, and the lower part of the mural blends into liquid reflections.
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4. Cornered Chameleon
By Paddy Watts
This 3D illusion mural uses two adjoining brick walls to form a hyper-realistic chameleon blending into the bricks. The lizard appears to climb across both surfaces, with perfectly aligned shading and a curled tail stretching into the corner.
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5. Fields of Family
By Smug in Lameroo, Australia for Lameroo Silo Art
On a massive silo surface, a young girl holds a baby against a sunset-painted field. The mural blends soft light and photorealistic textures with the vast backdrop of harvest machinery and glowing sky. More!: 24 Times SMUG Made Walls Look More Real Than Life
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6. Flowerborne Spirit
By Solvo Ibarra in Mexico City, Mexico for Festival Del Caiman
A goddess-like face emerges from swirling petals, leaves, and feathers. Earth tones dominate the background, with glowing earrings, golden leaves, and glistening highlights around her eyes and cheekbones.
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7. Milk Fighter
By TRECE TRAZOS in Ribadeo, Spain
A humorous anime-style character is painted on a milk silo, wearing a karate gi and holding a carton labeled “leite” (milk). The exaggerated facial expression and bright colors make the character pop from the industrial surroundings.
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8. COWABUNGA
By Johny Carlos and Ketu in Aracaju, Brazil
Depicting Raphael and Michelangelo from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, this mural leans into gritty, muscular realism. The turtles appear intense and battle-ready, set against a brick wall with graffiti tags.
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9. Sappho
By Ricardo Van Zwol in Rotterdam, Netherlands with Havensteder
A multi-panel portrait mural blends classical beauty with geometric framing. Four female faces emerge through red and beige vertical bands, centered on a frontal gaze with poetry beneath.
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10. Simple Acrobatics
By Artez in Bourgoin-Jallieu, France for Peinture Fraîche Festival
Two figures intertwined in a dynamic yoga pose appear on a giant warehouse wall. The perspective and scale exaggerate the movement, with one woman balancing upside down and gripping her foot, surrounded by realistic clothing textures.
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Which one is your favorite?
24 Times SMUG Made Walls Look More Real Than Life
In Glasgow, Scotland.
I’ve always been drawn to SMUG’s art—there’s just something amazing about how he brings everyday faces to life on such a massive scale.
Known worldwide for his super-realistic portraits, SMUG’s murals are incredibly detailed and often tower up to 14 stories high! His work isn’t just impressive; it’s a mix of creativity and skill, with each piece telling its own story through light, shadow, and careful detail.When SMUG starts a mural, he’s not just copying a photo; he’s adapting to the wall in front of him. Every wall, with its own texture and quirks, becomes part of the artwork. Seeing him turn these challenges into part of the art is what makes his work so incredible.
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In Frankston, Victoria, Australia at The Big Picture Fest.
Be sure to keep up with SMUG’s latest creations by following him on Instagram. For more of SMUG’s remarkable works, check out our previous collection: See some of his older murals in this collection from 2011.
Don’t forget to share your photos of SMUG’s street art in our Facebook group, Your Street Art Utopia.
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Tribute to SMUGs grandparents in Melbourne, Australia.
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Photo by @thedreadedcatstudios
In Wirrabara, South Australia.
SMUG: Wirrabara, South Australia. One of my most challenging murals to date. I can’t imagine anyone actually enjoys painting 30m tall murals on a curved surface but, contrary to just about everything I said when I finally finished this, I’m kind of keen to do another one! Haha! I love rural Australia and really regret that I didn’t have more time to spend there to fully appreciate it.5
In Leicester, UK at Bring The Paint Street Art Festival.
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In Karlstad, Sweden for Artscape.
SMUG: One of the most absorbant walls I’ve ever worked on so I killed A LOT of cans on this one and spent a couple of days longer than I wanted to on it.7
In Kreuzberg, Berlin at Berlin Mural Fest.
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This two Squirrels are from Street Art Festival in Belgium.
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For Project SAATO in Paris, France.
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In Västervik, Sweden at BANK! Västervik Street Art.
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At Upeart in Kotka, Finland.
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At Waterford Walls Street Art Festival in Ireland.13
Mural in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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At Yardworks in Glasgow, Scotland.
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In Melbourne, Australia.
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For Artscape in Årjäng, Sweden.
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At Wonderwalls Festival in Wollongong, Australia.
SMUG: It was a real push to finish this one. Ended up only having 3 days after the local authorities threw their weight around trying to stop us. Plus for a Sunday sunset haired dude like me it was freaking hot as all hell!18
In North Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
SMUG: Painting the local legend Cam, who drops knowledge on everyone and carves these beautiful heart brooches for the women of Hobart to help them fall in love with him. Not my usual color palette but had a lot of fun painting this one.19
For Colour Tumby Street Art Festival in Tumby Bay, Australia.20
In Glasgow, Scotland.
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In Melbourne, Australia.
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Photo by @fredrikakerberg
Photo by @fredrikakerberg
Photo by @fredrikakerberg
Mural in Partille, Göteborg for Artscape.
SMUG: My wall for this years Artscape project in Partille, Göteborg. This year we were given a folk tale to base our murals on and I was given the tale of Revontulet. In the Finnish origin story of the Aurora Borealis a firefox wins favor of the villagers by igniting the sky with the Northern Lights to help a lost hiker find his way in the icy woods. This is now the tallest mural in Sweden and whispers are saying the tallest in Scandinavia.23
Mural paying tribute to farmers by Smug in Lameroo, Australia for Lameroo Silo Art. Curated by Juddy Roller.
Lameroo Silo Art: The incredible Lameroo Silo Art Project is officially completed on the Eastern Viterra Silo, in Lameroo, South Australia. The mural was completed in just 3 weeks, by the extraordinarily talented Sam ‘SMUG’ Bates, at the heels of art curators Juddy Roller! This artwork beautifully reflects Lameroo’s rich farming routes, paying tribute to the resilience of our pioneering farmers, in establishing life and livelihood. The picture aims to capture the essence of the Mallee farmer—a symbolic representation of unwavering spirit and hope, which is still alive in our community today.24
Photo by Gordon Terris.
By SMUG in Glasgow, Scotland.
In collaboration with the Govan Housing Association in honour of its 50th anniversary, inspired by the Govan-born ‘Daffodil King’, Peter Barr. Barr is credited with bringing the daffodil back into fashion in the late 1800s, and the Memorial Cup is given out each year to those who follow in his footsteps and advance the standing of daffodils.What do you think of SMUG’s street art? Do you have a favorite?
