Summer Fun (15 Photos)

August 19, 2026

By Vidar

Wile E. Coyote has landed face-first in the sand.

The rest includes a giant ice pop, a chalk mouse guarding a tiny patch of summer grass, a cat photographed in two seasons and the plaster ghosts remade at Castello di Vezio each summer.

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🍊 Giant Ice Pop — By Katie Barron in Launceston, Australia 🇦🇺

Katie Barron painted this oversized snack in Launceston’s Centreway Arcade for the City of Launceston’s Thoroughfare street-art festival. Her own post shows the finished work: a tattooed hand gripping a bitten orange ice pop on a cylindrical column.

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💥 “Wile E. Coyote” — By PUFFERFISH in San Francisco, California, USA 🇺🇸

PUFFERFISH carved Wile E. Coyote’s latest crash directly into the beach. The crater, stretched limbs and long shadow do most of the work. PUFFERFISH’s gallery lists it as “Wile E. Coyote, San Francisco, California,” while the original Facebook post jokes that sand art can be built down instead of up.

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🎧 Headphones On — By NELS, EMI & ARYON A.K.A BEST in Murcia, Spain 🇪🇸

A white ape in headphones and sunglasses sits inside fluorescent letterwork and tropical leaves. BEST’s own post identifies it as a new collaboration with NELS and EMI for El Jardín Secreto, and the festival’s recap says the trio painted it live over both days. The City of Murcia places the 2026 event at Parque de Fofó.

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🎈 “L’invitation au voyage” — By SETH in Paris, France 🇫🇷

At 2 Rue Émile-Deslandres, SETH’s “L’invitation au voyage” shows a child rising on a swing beneath a cloud of colorful balloons. The 13th-arrondissement town hall documents SETH’s return to the wall in 2026. His earlier mural had been covered during thermal-insulation work, and the city had promised to bring him back when the work was finished.

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🌊 Making Waves — By Martín Ron in Miramar, Argentina 🇦🇷

Martín Ron wrapped Miramar’s water tower in a 35-meter-high, 360-degree underwater scene at Diagonal Fortunato de la Plaza and Avenida 40. Made for the VI Bienal de Arte de Miramar, the mural shows two children, Nina and Salvi. Ron said the idea came from memories of childhood holidays on the coast.

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🤿 “Clear Water Wonders” — By Naomi Haverland in Clearwater, Florida, USA 🇺🇸

Naomi Haverland painted a girl in bright goggles swimming through turquoise water with orange seahorses around her. The City of Clearwater lists “Clear Water Wonders” as a roughly 20-by-10-foot mural completed in 2024 at Coachman Park, 300 Cleveland St., on the bluff near the Main Library and facing the Gulf. It was one of the first three paintings unveiled in the park under Clearwater’s public-art initiative.

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🐠 “Hors cadre” — By SWEO & Nikita in Le Mans, France 🇫🇷

An orange goldfish swims among turquoise blocks, white ribbons, real windows and deep painted shadows. “Hors cadre” roughly means “outside the frame.” The painted depth pulls the real windows into the illusion. Plein Champ’s official page places the 2026 mural at 7 allée Schubert and says about twenty residents proposed themes including trompe-l’œil, bright colors and a welcoming entrance to the neighborhood.

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🐸 “Ride On” — By Alain Welter in Diekirch, Luxembourg 🇱🇺

In his description of the mural, Welter says his recurring toad rides Diekirch’s symbolic donkey. The backpack represents the lycée and learning, while the flags, hops and wheat refer to the town’s Cavalcade and brewing tradition. Lycée Classique de Diekirch says the mural was completed in two weeks and stands beside the old-building parking area at 32 Avenue de la Gare.

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🎂 “Ni Cumpleaños Ni Bautismos” — By Tomaz Major in Tenancingo, Mexico 🇲🇽

Children gather around a cake while balloons float above them. In his own post, Tomaz Major gives the title “Ni Cumpleaños Ni Bautismos” and places the mural in Tenancingo de Degollado, State of Mexico, in February 2026. Soft edges and heavy shadows blur the party scene.

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🌺 “EVE” — By Lula Goce in Ostend, Belgium 🇧🇪

At Cirkelstraat 16, Lula Goce painted Eve by the sea. The Crystal Ship’s official artwork page identifies the mural as “EVE” and says its flowers and dunes are characteristic of Ostend’s coastline. The mural pairs a grayscale figure with an orange-red disc and dense flowers.

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🐢 Raphael — By Chino Graff at LaFábrika detodalavida in Los Santos de Maimona, Spain 🇪🇸

In his own post, Chino Graff identifies the red-masked character as Raphael from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and says the mural took many hours to complete. Raphael raises a spray can. The mural was painted at LaFábrika detodalavida in Los Santos de Maimona for The Writers Weekend; the event later documented Chino’s participation in its Extremadura gathering.

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☀️ “Circuitus Meridiem” — By Jon Foreman at Druidston, Pembrokeshire, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

In his original post, Jon Foreman identifies this stone arrangement as “Circuitus Meridiem,” created at Druidston in Pembrokeshire in 2025, and explicitly says the image is not AI. Pale pebbles form the center of the temporary arrangement, while darker stones spread outward in long rays.

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🐭 “Nadine and Her Anti-Snow Globe” — By David Zinn in Michigan, USA 🇺🇸

David Zinn calls this winter sidewalk piece “Nadine and her anti-snow globe”. Inside the little dome are green grass and a yellow flower instead of snow, with Nadine waiting beside it. Zinn’s official artist biography explains that his temporary street drawings are improvised on location using chalk, charcoal, and found objects.

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🐈 Summer and Winter — By Braga Last One in Les Pennes-Mirabeau, France 🇫🇷

Braga Last One painted this anamorphic Sphynx cat on a tank during the 2020 lockdown, at the coordinates he published near Les Pennes-Mirabeau. From one viewing point, the painted field lines up with the real landscape and makes the tank disappear behind the hairless cat. The two photographs show the same mural in summer greenery and winter snow.

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👻 “Fantasmi di Vezio” — At Castello di Vezio in Perledo, Italy 🇮🇹

Castello di Vezio explains that its white Fantasmi di Vezio are remade each summer. Tourists volunteer to be covered in gauze and plaster and hold a pose for about an hour. Each finished sculpture is lifted from the model and displayed around the castle in Perledo above Varenna until winter snow destroys it.

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