Freehand wall drawing

I was diverted by this freehand drawing on a wall of a lane off Gertrude Street recently.


I was struck by how rarely you see a freehand drawing on a wall, as opposed to the kind of rarified, cultish typography that usually constitutes 'graffiti art', at least in Melbourne.

It isn't rare elsewhere, though. Thanks to the Wooster Collective website, I see that everyone is not a wannabe rapper, least of all in Europe, where stunning public art of an original and even provincial kind is being made.


This is by David de la Mano.


This is by the Canadian artist OTHER.