Time flew last week (too much workload) and this morning the Internet decided to let me down. So back after a long absence on Hive with another great mural done in 2019 by the duo Waxhead and Cryote on the walls of the bookstore Librairie Henri Julien :
We recognize their style! 😀
WHERE
Librairie Henri Julien, 4800 Henri Julien Avenue, Montreal, Canada.
Founded in 1987, the bookshop specialises in the sale and purchase of old and rare second-hand books. It's always worth a visit...
Position on Google Maps
WHO
Waxhead
Born in Toronto, Waxhead is street-artist, painter, and creature creator (as he says) now based in Montreal since 2012. His style is quite unique, very coloured and detailed full of whimsical creatures. His nickname comes from high school when he used to paint characters with dripping heads.
"I like using simple shapes to create faces and creatures. I also enjoy taking elements like circles to make eyes and manipulating them to make weird crazy faces. Now, my goal is more to change how people feel when they look at an old photograph or at a painting. It’s about seeing what they can explore and find multiple meanings or characters in it." - Waxhead (source Interview for Mural Festival
Cryote
Based also in Montreal, Sebastion Millar aka Cryote is street-artist closed to the 203 crew.
WHEN
- 2019.
Sources
Waxhead's Interview for Mural Festival
Librairie Henri Julien
My Previous Posts about Street Art
#303 Stare & Ware, Montreal
#302 Shalak & Smoky, Montreal
#301 Viviane Fortin & Ankh One, Montreal
#300 Waxhead & Cryote..., Montreal
#299 Livart, Montreal
#298 Rekal, Frank Bo, Chezal, Montreal
Very funny and creative creatures! Thanks for the gorgeous photos! 😎
These creatures are everywhere in my neighborhood.
Thanks...
Great looking murals! Waxhead certainly is a creature creater.. they are lovely. Thanks for sharing :)
Very colorful universe.
This looks adorably awesome! Though the difference in the shade of blue between the background of the mural, and the wall is more annoying the longer I look at it 😆. It's always a fun experience to visit a bookstore, but even more so if they have rare and old books. Reading them is like travelling back in time, and I remembered going to one in Kuala Lumpur. I felt like I spent an entire lifetime there!
I hadn't noticed the difference in blue between the mural and the wall. Now it's done, that's all I see 😀
I used to enjoy flipping books, reading the back cover, but now with Covid, it's over. Can't wait to get back to normal.
Lol, sorry to ruin the illusion for you 😆! I can't wait to go back to that bookstore, or any bookstore or library once this is all over.