Nature Is Everything (10 Photos)

August 23, 2026

By Vidar

Butterflies lift off the brick. A doorway frames the mountain outside.

The artists paint nature, build with found stones, and make real water, trees, and landscapes part of the image.

More: When Street Art Meets Nature (40 Photos)

🦋 “Butterfly Effect” — By CYFI in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA 🇺🇸

Three butterflies seem to float above the brick, with their shadows painted beneath them. CYFI’s 2023 post says this 20-by-20-foot aerosol mural was made for The Wycliff. Chroma Zone’s CYFI page places it on the building’s north side at 2327 Wycliff Street in St. Paul. More: “Butterfly Effect” by CYFI in St. Paul, Minnesota

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📷 Camera at Pizzo Sella — By Collettivo FX in Palermo, Italy 🇮🇹

Painted hands hold a giant camera around the balcony opening, which becomes the lens and frames the real landscape outside. Abitare’s documentation identifies it as a Collettivo FX work inside a Pizzo Sella house and credits Mauro Filippi as the photographer. It is part of Pizzo Sella Art Village, an open-air project begun in 2013 to draw attention to uninhabitable buildings and a protected landscape damaged by real-estate speculation. More: Nature Become Art (100 Photos)

💡 Nerd Fact: Between 1978 and 1983, about one million square metres of Pizzo Sella were parcelled off and built on; after years of legal proceedings, only 59 of the 170 homes were habitable.

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🌳 “N6tur3” — By Vesod in Twickenham, London, England 🇬🇧

The mural combines a seated human figure with a willow tree, regional wildlife, a river, and parts of London’s skyline. The 30-metre-high mural was completed in 2025 at Regal House, 70 London Road, Twickenham. It is the tenth work in Street Art for Mankind’s global Ecosystem Restoration Murals series, developed with UNEP and FAO. Photo credit: @dr_derek. More: I Can’t Stop Looking at These Incredible Murals by Vesod

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🌊 Waterfront Mural — By Luifer Guarín on Isla de Barú, Cartagena, Colombia 🇨🇴

Painted on a waterfront façade on Isla de Barú in 2024, Luifer Guarín’s mural places a laughing woman between mangrove roots, water, and herons. Guarín confirms the island location in his process post. The wall rises straight from the shore, with real water and rocks below the painted scene. More: She Reaches Through the Wall: Neon Jungle Mural by Luifer Guarín in Peru

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🐆 Ocelot — By SMOK at Cour des Arts in Petit-Hallet, Belgium 🇧🇪

SMOK painted this ocelot in 2024 on an old farmhouse at Cour des Arts in Petit-Hallet. In his post about the finished mural, SMOK describes the site as a mix of food, street art, guest rooms, and a gallery. The venue says the property is the 18th-century Ferme du Château. The ocelot crouches low across the weathered brick, its front paws stretched forward. More: SMOK’s Art Is Easy To Love (10 Photos)

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🍅 Biotechnology and Clean Energy — By Jofre Oliveras in Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸

Created in 2025 for Madrid’s Compartiendo Muros program at CEIP Capitán Cortés in Carabanchel, the mural shows a girl holding a lit bulb among tomato plants. Madrid City says the mural explores biotechnology, sustainability, and renewable energy, imagining a garden where plants and biological processes produce clean power. More: The Roles We Play as Women and Men — By Jofre Oliveras and Marina Solà

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🐦 “Invisible Cages” — By Jack Lack in Swindon, England 🇬🇧

Painted for Swindon Paint Fest in 2024, the mural shows a great tit distorted behind the curved glass of a jar. In his post for “Invisible Cages”, Jack Lack says the invisible cage represents the fear of city noise that keeps some birds away. He also notes that the great tit may not be one of those species; he simply likes the bird. The festival’s official mural trail places the work on Albert Street beside Willoby’s in Old Town. More: 6 Unbelievable Animal-Inspired Murals by Jack Lack (Including a Sleepy Cat and Submerged Whales)

💡 Nerd Fact: Great tits in noisier urban territories sing at a higher minimum frequency, reducing overlap with predominantly low-frequency city noise.

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🦢 “Reading River Birds” — By Curtis Hylton at The Oracle in Reading, England 🇬🇧

Curtis Hylton’s “Reading River Birds”, installed on the lower mall at The Oracle, shows a child feeding bread to river birds. Local coverage notes that the swans, ducks, and geese are made from flowers, and that the scene refers to the Thames and Kennet, which meet in Reading. More: In Love with Nature – 10 Artworks by Curtis Hylton

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🪨 “Grace” — By Justin Bateman in Thailand 🇹🇭

Bateman describes “Grace” in his own post as a portrait of a woman from Myanmar, made from found pebbles in Thailand in 2021 and based on Oleg Doroshenko’s photograph “Myanmar old lady.” He calls it an impermanent artwork and says he never cuts or colors the pebbles. More: Stone by Stone: Justin Bateman’s Incredible Pebble Portraits in Thailand (12 Photos)

💡 Nerd Fact: Bateman says he dismantles his temporary portraits because arranging stones can disturb local ecology and microorganisms; he cites Tibetan sand mandalas as an early influence.

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🌿 “Sábila sanadora” — By Almirón in Mar del Plata, Argentina 🇦🇷

In his November 2021 post, Almirón calls the work “Sábila sanadora” and places it in Bosque Peralta Ramos, Mar del Plata. The mural shows a glowing aloe plant in a pink forest, with real trees and undergrowth directly in front of the wall. The title translates as “Healing Aloe.” More: 5 pics: Healing Aloe Vera – By Almirón in Argentina

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