Kosuke James

Established by local community members in 2024, Welling Walls continues the transformation of Welling Court and its neighboring blocks into an intriguing open-air gallery. The mural pictured above was painted by Queens-native illustrator and muralist Annabelle Popa. Several more murals captured last week in the blazing heat at this western Astoria site follow:

Colombian American artist Felix Morelo 

NYC-based Mad Vaillan

 Brooklyn-native Panic Rodriguez

NYC-based Japanese artist Shiro One 

Veteran style master Yes One

Japanese American artist  Kosuke James

Queens-based Mexican artist Onel

Astoria-based self-taught Filipino artist Jason B 

Colombia-born, NYC-based art director and artist Jonathan Ramírez Ceballos

Photos by Lois Stavsky

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The face featured above — a segment of a larger mural — was painted by New Jersey-based veteran writer Raul Rubio aka Sue Works in collaboration with style master Aesop One this past summer at Boone Avenue Walls in the Bronx. Several more images of faces recently captured on NYC public spaces follow:

Queens-native Zimer does Alicia Keys outside the Ridge Hotel on Manhattan’s Lower East Side

NYC-based contemporary artist Cody James at BedStuy Walls Mural Festival in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

Queens-based Mexican writer, muralist and tattooist El Onel at Welling Court Mural Project in Astoria, Queens

Japan-born, NYC-based self-taught graphic artist Kosuke James at Welling Court Mural Project in Astoria, Queens

Pittsburgh-based artist Ashley Hodder does artist Wavy Wednesday at Welling Court Mural Project in Astoria, Queens

Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist Huetek. in Ridgewood, Queens

Photo credits: 1 Tara Murray 2-7 Lois Stavsky

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In addition to hosting dozens of intriguing wheatpastes and stickers, Freeman Alley is also home to several rotating beguiling murals — many fashioned by artists who are briefly visiting NYC. The geometric image pictured above was painted by French-Peruvian artist Hydrane. Several more murals, captured on my recent visit to this iconic location, follow:

Venezuelan artist Uloang paints the Mexican fictional character El Chavo

NYC-based Michael Alan Alien 

London-based Fat Cap Sprays

Texas-based Floyd Mendoza 

Brooklyn-based Kosuke James

NYC-based Ratchi

Photos: Lois Stavsky

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