Yesterday when on my way to meet a friend, I stopped at an unknown to me subway station. The station is relatively new and is near university grounds. As I walked out of the station, the painted electric box caught my eye.
I have noticed that a number of electric boxes around the city have been painted and I have admired them. I decided to snap a few pictures of this one to share.
I love the vibrant colours the artist used as well as the patterns. The artwork really stood out to me and I was happy to see it. The artwork brings a bit of colour to the neighbourhood and changes something dull and grey into something of beauty.
To be honest I thought of Becky while snapping the pictures – I am sure she would have enjoyed seeing this as part of her perspectives challenge last month.
As I walked away from the electric box yesterday, I made a note to myself to snap pictures of any others I may come across.
Have you seen any unexpected artwork recently? Where was it?
© Colline Kook-Chun, 2020
(This post is linked to the Six Word Saturday challenge)
What fun! How zingy and vibrant!
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Aren’t the colours fantastic? They definitely bring cheer to the soul.
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That is really neat!! 💜✨
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I liked it a lot 😊
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Very beautiful! We have covered utility boxes in Madison as well. I did a 6WS post about it a fee months back.
Thanks for visiting Fake Flamenco today!
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They certainly add character to the neighbourhood 🙂
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I do think the essentially ugly electricity boxes benefit from a bit of paint. Nice job, Colline! 🙂 🙂 I did spot a little street art up in the Alentejo last week.
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They definitely catch the eye. Did you take any pictures of the street art you saw Jo?
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There’s one on Instagram and it will be in Monday’s walk, Colline. 🙂
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Yes, I recall seeing that piece of artwork
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We had a lot of those in Miami, many by Romero Britto, and I loved seeing them all! Very cool.
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I love how different they all are.
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Wonderful idea to turn something so utilitarian into an artwork.
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It is an idea I love ❤️
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Very cool, I’ve not seen anything quite like this, though when we were in Wisconsin last year the town of Ashland (I think?) had painted all their trash cans and mailboxes and buildings in murals. It was pretty cool. I should find that post and put the link here….one moment please….here you go: https://dawnkinster.com/2019/09/18/ashland-wisconsin-and-duluth-minnesota/
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I love seeing the various ways in which people beautify their city.
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awww these are such fun! What a brilliant way to brighten up electricity boxes, and hide them in plain sight. As Jo says it is something they do in Portugal. I love this, and so touched you thought of me 🙂
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You were the first person I thought of when I saw these 😊 Glad you enjoyed them.
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😍
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Your right these boxes are lovely 😊
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They certainly are 🙂
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💜💜
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Now that certainly breaks up the monotony.
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I agree – and I love it!
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I love how they turned an eyesore into art!
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Me too – it takes away the greyness of the city a little.
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It’s beautiful
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I thought so too!
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So cool to find unexpected artwork to brighten the day.
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I agree. And I loved it 🙂
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Amazing post
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Thank you. I am glad that you enjoyed it.
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Wow amazing
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I love it too!
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