John Sear

Nature-Inspired NYC Street Art, Part II: MenaceResa, Martha Antonelli, Cekis, Karen Fitzgerald, John Sear, Askem & Marissa Molina

May 13, 2026

The dazzling image featured above — fashioned by the dynamic duo MenaceResa — was sighted in East Harlem at Uptown Grand Central. Several more images of nature-inspired street art recently captured follow:

Brooklyn-based mural artist and illustrator Martha Antonelli at Washington Walls in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

Manhattan-based Chilean muralist and painter Cekis, large segment of mural at the Bushwick Collective

Lead artist Karen Fitzgerald with students from The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers and CityArts interns on the Upper West Side, segment of a larger mural project, “Always in Bloom”

NYC-based mosaic artist John Sear in Flatbush, Brooklyn

Graffiti writer Askem 132 in the South Bronx with Boone Avenue Walls

NYC-based artist and arts educator Marissa Molina in Chinatown with the Chinatown Mural Project

Photos: 1-6 Lois Stavsky; 7, Shalom Stavsky

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Carlos Pinto and John Sear Fashion Elegant Mosaic Mural of Endangered Swan for “The Audubon Mural Project” in Uptown Manhattan

December 17, 2020

163rd Street off Broadway was the place to be last week.  Multidisciplinary artists Carlos Pinto and John Sear brought their wondrous skills to The Audubon Mural Project, adding two elegant trumpeter swans to the approximately 100 uptown murals featuring endangered birds. The Audubon Project’s first mosaic mural fashioned entirely with recycled objects — from shards of glass to shattered plates  — garnered a huge welcome from the neighborhood, with volunteers eager to assist in the process.

Featured above is the completed mural that was captured this past Monday. The images that follow were taken last week as the mural was still in progress:

Carlos Pinto at work

And from another angle

John Sear at work

The artists take a brief break

Local folks assist Carlos Pinto and John Sear 

John Sear speaks to Audubon Mural Project director and curator Avi Gitler, who is standing next to Totem TC5‘s memorial to his son, Chris — a special, welcome addition to the mural

Photo credits: 1, 2 & 7 Lois Stavsky;  3-6 City-as-School student Jasper Shepard 

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