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"Libertas" Modern Mythology

SONAC

<div>Photographer and artist SONAC, aka Sophie Photographe, places her animals in a new and unusual environment. SONAC takes the pictures of the animals herself and then places them as posters at a new location. With her artworks, she tries to make people aware of the place animals occupy in our society. This lion can be found on de Kleine Kerkstraat in Leeuwarden.<br><br>Made possible by Writer's Block Murals.&nbsp;</div>

The Lion

Max On Duty

<div>Another work comissioned by Writer's Block Murals.&nbsp;</div>

Untitled

<div>Photographer and artist SONAC, aka Sophie Photographe, places her animals in a new and unusual environment. SONAC takes pictures of the animals and then places them as posters at a new location. With her artworks, she tries to make people aware of the place animals occupy in our society. This lynx can be found above hotel Het Anker on the Eewal in Leeuwarden.<br><br>Made possible by Writer's Block Murals</div>

The Lynx

Aéro

<div>An ode to the older people living in this building.&nbsp; It's comissioned by Writer's Block Murals.</div>

In the autumn of life

Emily Eldridge

<div>It's an ode to the componist Corelli. This work was comissioned by Writer's Block Murals.&nbsp;</div>

The magic of Music

Yazan Mesmar

@miramar.mohd

Miramar Al-Nayyar

<div>The two murals are part of the exchange project 'Open Art Shuffle' with two artists from Jordan in collaboration with Open Art Museum and the Dutch Embassy in Jordan, made possible by Writer's Block Murals.</div>

LJ van Tuinen

<div>This work stands about ten meters behind the Oldehove. The Oldehove is a leaning and unfinished church tower in the medieval centre of the Dutch city of Leeuwarden. It has become an iconic symbol for the city. Leeuwarden originated on mounds that were raised at an inlet of the Middlesea that silted up and was reclaimed in the 13th century.&nbsp;<br><br>The following text comes from an old folk tale and served as the inspiration for this piece.<br><br>The pride of this beautiful city has come afloat on a patch of ground, and when it had reached the place where it now stands, a woman sat spinning on the spinning wheel and yelled out very loud: " Hou, âlde! hou! " Stop, old one! No further! The tower obeyed; it has always stood there and owes its name to this case."<br><br>It is a trompe-L'oeil painting of a sandsculpture wich referes to the former Middlesea.&nbsp;</div>

Hou Alde hou! 

<div>A symbolic installation painting for today's high tensed society.&nbsp; You see two feet arguing with each other in a puppet show. Two screaming faces are drawn on the toes of the feet. It's a highly detailed trompe-l'oeil painting on a steel door and it looks really realistic.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div>

Het Lange Tenen Theater (Theater of Long Toes)

Wytze Hoogslag

<div>Dutch artist and illustrator Wytze Hoogslag made this cool mural on the garage door of Klup De Dag.<br>Made possible by Writer's Block Murals.</div>

Roy Schreuder

reiger

Lijster

Buurtvereniging Kindervreugd Transvaalstraten

Inktpot

De elfstedentocht

Jeugdhonk Rengerspark

Harke Broersma

Kuiken

Zuster Desiree

Blik op het Verleden

Helikopter bij het Sint Bonifatius Hospitaal

De Visser

Zusters

Dagpauw vlinder

Leeuw 

Mozart - Half man, Half machine

Gerhardus Jan Adema

Schaatsen in het Vossepark

Potgieter

Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher 

P.C. Hooft

Jacob Cats

Engelse Werk

Jan van der Noot

Leeuwerik

Kwartel

<div>Roy Schreuder made this mural in oktober 2017 to give some more attention to the new Mata Hari exhibition in the Fries Museum. Mata Hari was born in Leeuwarden in 1876 and became a legendary exotic dancer and was executed in 1917 because they thought she was a double spy.&nbsp;<br>In October 2020 the owner of the building unfortunately decided to remove to the painting.&nbsp;</div>

Mata Hari

Constanze Mozart

Joram Roukes

<div>This Mural is unfortunately removed because the wall was too moist and was destroying the painting. Apparently something is coming back in the spring of 2021.&nbsp;</div>

Maria Louise von Hessen Kassel

Skorrie Morrie

Spock

Orio

Bonny Dijkstra

Miss Natazz

Elmer Tuinstra

Cote

Enos

Ron de Haan

<div>We'll meet again is a message from the Graffiti/Street Art scene in Leeuwarden to it's inhabitants. It's comissioned by the Writer's Block Mural Art Festival. It was made during the corona lockdown and was intended as a message of hope. The overall design was made by Ron de Haan but every letter was collored by another artist.&nbsp;<br><br>W = Skorrie Morrie<br>E = Spock<br>'LL = Orio<br><br>M = Bonny Dijkstra<br>E = Mis Natazz<br>E = Elmer Tuinstra<br>T = Cote<br><br>A = Harke<br>B = Enos<br>A = Ral<br>IN= Ron de Haan</div>

We'll meet again

<div>portrait of Ice-T<br><br>I ain't new ta this</div>

ICE-T

Sweelinck /25 gulden

Mozart

Ludwig von Beethoven

Schoorsteenveger

Mendelssohn 

Kat en Muis

Aardhommel

Anna Bijns

Kenny Cookwell

<div>New work by Kenny Cookwell, who also made the Grimm Reaper with the palmtree.&nbsp;</div>

Je paierai

<div>Amazing trompe-l-oeil mural. The bridge is made out of cheese. In the big pieces of cheese you'll see different scenes that all about Aldeboarn's past.&nbsp; Such ass the cheese factory, a part of Kneppelfreed, Jorrit Bergsma, two hand cutting a rope wich refers to Aldeboarnsters nickname and more</div>

j.deathrow

<div>This tunnel at the Leeuwarden Camminghaburen trainstation got an uplift in the summer of 2019 by the Graffiti Platform.&nbsp;</div>

Spoortunnel Camminghaburen

Mr. Woodland

HokerOne

<div>Mr. Woodland (Germany) made this wall for the Writers Block Jam 2019. He chose to picture a girl riding a bike, a tipical dutch image. Funny detail is the Kingfisher on the bag of the girl. On Sunday his friend Hoker added the writing on the right: 'Stay patience and trust your journey'.&nbsp;</div>

Stay patient and trust your journey

Miniature People Leeuwarden

<div>The master mind behind the Miniature People Leeuwarden is Michel Tilma. A Local Leeuwarder who enjoyed creating all kind of photo's with miniature people. In August 2019 he decided to start something new. He's leaving some miniature people in the city for us to find. In the Bollemanssteeg you can even find 4 spots! There are three on this building, next to the three big white stickers with his name. There is also a fourth one on the opposite building, but you have to look a little better to find that one..no sticker here. <br>You can find some travellers here on the left and on the right side you can see some homless people. Check some more awesome photo's on his instagram page and leave him a tag with #mpl058. On his instagram page you can also find a Google-map to all his creations. There are more then 20 to spot!&nbsp;<br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/miniature_people_leeuwarden/">https://www.instagram.com/miniature_people_leeuwarden/</a></div>

The travellers pt 2 & 2 wanderers

<div>The travellers – The master mind behind the Miniature People Leeuwarden is Michel Tilma. A Local Leeuwarder who enjoyed creating all kind of photo's with miniature people. Since August 2019 he decided to start something new. He's leaving some miniature people in the city for us to find. In the Bagijnestraat you can also find 3 miniature people. If you choose the right position, you can make some funny compositions.&nbsp; Check some more awesome photo's on his instagram page and leave him a tag with #mpl058&nbsp; if you're sharing his photo';s online. On his instagram page you can also find a Google-map to all his creations. There are more then 20 to spot! In the Bagijnestraat alone there are already 4 other locations.<br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/miniature_people_leeuwarden/">https://www.instagram.com/miniature_people_leeuwarden/</a></div>

The travellers

<div>In the Haniasteeg you can also find 3 miniature people. They used to form a band. Because the wall where you can find them is the wall of Neushoorn, the local music stage. But someone destroyed the band, and there was only a leg left, so now you can find 3 men in white suits doing a investigation on the crime scene.&nbsp;If you choose the right position, you can make some funny compositions.&nbsp; The master mind behind the Miniature People Leeuwarden is Michel Tilma. A Local Leeuwarder who enjoyed creating all kind of photo's with miniature people. Since August 2019 he decided to start something new. He's leaving some miniature people in the city for us to find. Check some more awesome photo's on his instagram page and leave him a tag with #mpl058&nbsp; if you're sharing his photo's online. On his instagram page you can also find a Google-map to all his creations. There are more then 20 to spot! <br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/miniature_people_leeuwarden/">https://www.instagram.com/miniature_people_leeuwarden/</a>https://www.instagram.com/miniature_people_leeuwarden/</div>

The band / Men in white suits

Flaviosolo

Diamond

<div>This wall by Flavio Solo (italy) and Diamond (italy) was made in the summer of 2019. This buidling, called Markt058, used to be owened by Aegon and they had a pretty big mural by Sol Lewitt here. When the building was renovated to make appartments for students inside. It was painted white. This led to a lot of commotion. The new owners decided that there had to be a new mural in the entrance hall. So they asked Writers Block Mural Art Festival if they could help. They wanted something local and international since most of the new inhabitants are foreign students.<br>Solo &amp; Diamond came up with Mata Hari and Escher, two international known local Leeuwarders. They've played a bit with Mata Hair who is Sensual and female and also partly Superhero or villan. Her veil turns into a Superhero mask with a patern that is a reference to Escher. This pattern then contineus into the wall where you can see even more animals which is a reference to the old cattle-market that was always held here.&nbsp;<br>Officially you can't just walk in, but you can always peek through the window, and if you are really curious ask one of the students if you can have a look.&nbsp;<br><br></div>

Mata Hari meets Escher

Eelco van den Berg

<div>Eelco van den Berg (I AM EELCO) was asked by the Writer's Block Mural Festival to make a mural on the wall of the theatre 'de Harmonie'. He chose to use the same colours that are used on the building. You can see a big giant because Leeuwarden had a visit from some giants in August 2018.&nbsp;</div>

Giants

Sobekcis

<div>Sobeskcis (serbia) are two twin brothers who make abstract landscapes. The work with primary colours but think these are too contrasting so that's why they added black lines in between. This work was made for the Writer's Block Mural Art Jam 2019.&nbsp;</div>

Nase Pop

<div>Nasepop (NL) actually got another spot, but this came free when another artist broke his colorbone. It was made during the Writer's Block Mural Art Jam (2019).</div>

Zosen (ESP)

Mina Hamada

<div>Zosen (Spain) &amp; Mina Hamada (Japan) collaborated on this wall for the Writers Block Jam 2019 in the weekend of 12-14 july.&nbsp;</div>

<div>Diamond (Italy) made this wall for the Writer's Block Mural Jam 2019. He first projected this picture and later added the colours. In the meantime he also had to do a work at Markt058 together with FlavioSolo.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>

Sake Ink

<div>Sake Ink / Sake Ieneka (Spain) made this wall for the Writer's Block Mural Jam 2019. He's usally makes portrets of both humans as animals, since some other people already decided to make some human portrets at the festival, he decided to make two owls on this wall.&nbsp;</div>

<div>Flavio Solo (Italy) made this X-man wall for the Writer's Block Mural Jam 2019. He first projected this picture and later added the colours. In the meantime he also had to do a work at Markt058 together with Diamond.&nbsp;</div>

Il sacrificio di Jean

<div>Ron de Haan for Writer’s Block Jam Leeuwarden 2019, found inside parking garage De Klanderij.<br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/writersblockmurals/">@writersblockmurals </a><br><br></div>

Johe van der One

<div>Spanish artists Johe painted this animal fauna on 5 stairs of the parking garage 'de Klanderij' for the Writer's Block Jam 2019.&nbsp;<br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/johevanderone/">@johevanderone</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/writersblockmurals/">@writersblockmurals</a>&nbsp;</div>

Michel Velt

<div>Michel Velt for Writer’s Block Jam Leeuwarden, 2019.<br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/writersblockmurals/">@writersblockmurals</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/michelvelt/">@michelvelt</a></div>

pipsqueakwashere

<div>Pipsqueakwashere for Writer's Block Jam 2019, in the basement of parking garage De Klanderij.&nbsp;<br>@writersblockmurals @pipsqueakwashere</div>

Yasja Ligtelijn (NED)

<div>Yasja Ligtelijn (Netherlands) made this wall for the Writer's Block Mural Jam 2019. She visited the Mata Hari exhibition in the Fries Museum in 2017 and therefor thought it was a right tribute to make a wall with this powerfull woman from Leeuwarden.&nbsp;</div>

<div>This was made for the Writers Block Jam 2019 in the weekend of 12-14 July. The bear symbolises the nature and the little girl the innocense children still have and they are the hope for the future. As they should also still be able to enjoy nature.&nbsp;</div>

autre fille

<div>Dutch artist Autre Fille for Writer’s Block Jam Leeuwarden, 2019.<br><br></div>

Rosalie de Graaf by RoosArt paintings

<div>RoosArt Paintings for Writer’s Block Jam Leeuwarden, 2019. The mural is a tribute to her little brother for his birthday. <br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/writersblockmurals/">@writersblockmurals</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/roosartpaintings/">@roosartpaintings</a></div>

Mots

<div>MOTS (Porto, Portugal) made this mural for the Writers Block Jam 2019 in the weekend of 12-14th of July. The title 'Myśl' is the polish word for thought. And if you look closely you will see a human thinking really hard. MOTS mosly incorperates something from the city where he's making his artwork. but in this case there was no time to look around. He had to start immediately.&nbsp;</div>

Myśl

Tymon de Laat

<div>Tymon de Laat (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) made this mural for the Writer's Block Jam 2019 in the weekend of 12-14 July. This wall was inspired by his travels to Mexico where he porteyed this man in Oaxaca. A region that holds a great history with the destilation of mezcal. A spirit made by hard labour and preserves the sould of the Agave plant.&nbsp;</div>

Recuerdos del Mezcal

Gabriel Pitcher

<div>Gabriel Pitcher (UK) made this wall for the Writers Block Jam 2019 in the weekend of 12-14 July. It's his first mural in a series about people's supernatural experiences. He's also planning a documentary video about the story.&nbsp; You can see it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Pl7YTxe3o0U</div>

Demo1

<div>Demo1 for Writer's Block Jam 2019, in the parking garage De Klanderij.<br>@writersblockmurals&nbsp;</div>

Alter

<div>Alter for Writer’s Block Jam, 2019.<br>Inside parking garage De Klanderij. <br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/writersblockmurals/">@writersblockmurals</a>&nbsp;</div>

Cote del piano

cote create

<div>Collaboration by Cote Create and Cote del Piano. Made during the Writer's Block Jam 2019.&nbsp;<br>@writersblockmurals</div>

Cote Land

<div>This was made by a group of Cambuur Ultra's. The Anti-Boer tag on the side is a reference to the fooballclub SC Heerenveen. Who the Cambuur supporters call farmers, since they don't live in a city. The SC Heerenveen supporters immediately painted white and blue paint over it, but that was removed pretty quickly.&nbsp;<br>You can find this work on the top of the St. Stephansonsviaduct.</div>

<div>The 058 was made by Harke Broersma and commissioned by the Graffitiplatform Leeuwarden. The birds are local (water) birds that live around Leeuwarden. The other side was made by <strong>J. Deathrow</strong>&nbsp;who did a pelican and a window. The third side was made together.&nbsp;</div>

J.J. Slauerhoff

Helen Proctor

<div>Helen Proctor (Australia) makes abstract landscapes. This mural was made for the Writers Block Jam 2019 in the weekend of 12-14 july. This one was a bonus piece made with some leftover paint. It's a nice transition btween two other pieces. You can find another bigger wall by her inside the parking garage.&nbsp;</div>

Bozko

<div>Bozko (Bulgaria) made this for the Writers Block Jam 2019 in the weekend of 12-14 July. Bozko is known for is weird creatures and this one is sitting on a grey wall (see how he cleverly added the black line in the bottum) with a typical dutch tulip field in the background.&nbsp;</div>

<div>3D painting of water. You see a big carp swimming, waterplants like lely's and an accurate reflection of the 3D artwork wich stands in the middle.&nbsp;</div>

3D painitng Egg-reflection 

Ox Alien

Pinwin

<div>Ox-Alian and Pinwin (Rotterdam, Netherlands) painted this electrical house for the Writers Block Jam 2019 in the weekend of 12-14 july.&nbsp;</div>

<div>Karst Leemburg was the first and only winner from Leeuwarden of the Elfstedentocht in 1929.&nbsp;</div>

Karst Leemburg

Romeo

ETRS

Mega

<div>DNS Crew (ETRS, Romeo &amp; Mega) did a really nice piece on this Hall of Fame. You can find more on the other side of the water!</div>

Artworks in Leeuwarden