Can’t Stop Smiling (9 Photos)

Let’s be real, life can be a bit heavy sometimes. These street art pieces are here to fix that. It is like getting a surprise hug from a brick wall. Here are 9 artworks that capture pure joy and clever humor. More: Made You Smile (12 Photos) 1. Taz Attack: Nauni69 in Viator, Spain Taz is back and he is breaking through walls in Spain. Next, look at the passerby’s reaction. It is pure gold. This mix of cartoon energy and 3D realism makes the whole scene feel like a movie. It is like […]

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Straight To The Heart And Soul (9 Photos)

This collection features 9 works ranging from a massive rooftop cat in Sweden to a heavy bronze sculpture in Switzerland. You will find interactive chalk art in Michigan, hugging utility boxes in Poland, and a boy painting his own sun in Kazakhstan. These artists use everything from spray paint to metal to change the way we look at the streets. More!: Absolutely Fantastic (10 Photos) 🐱 1. Cat Mural — By Sagie in Kristianstad, Sweden 🇸🇪 This giant gray cat looks like it is ready […]

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How Beautiful! (8 Photos)

From France to the United States, Italy to Spain, this collection brings together murals that capture emotion, tradition, and nature. A fisherman surrounded by fish, an entire building covered in oversized flowers, portraits, cats, and wildlife — eight walls transformed into vibrant artworks. More: Nothing But Beauty (8 Photos) 1. By Curtis Hylton — Kingston Upon Thames, UK A mural blending flora and fauna, where an owl and a mouse merge with flowers and leaves, painted for the […]

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Nina Valkhoff is a muralist and painter from the Netherlands known for her vibrant, large-scale murals that often depict wildlife, flora, and powerful female figures.

Her detailed, expressive works are inspired by her love for nature and her advocacy for animal rights, aiming to create awareness and admiration for biodiversity. Valkhoff’s art combines realism with colorful surrealism, transforming urban spaces around the world. She’s painted murals across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, each work adding her unique vision to public spaces.

For more, visit Nina Valkhoff’s website.

“Jade and Moggy” by Nina Valkhoff by in Gent, Belgium.

Nina Valkhoff: This mural is for everyone who needs a hug. It’s called ‘Jade and Moggy’ and it represents the amazing feeling of hugging someone you love, human or animal. Especially in these challenging times this is a feeling most of us crave, and I hope to give a message of hope and love with this mural. We see a sleeping girl with her cat. Is she dreaming, or is what we are seeing a daydream of the cat, who sees tasty little fishes appear? Based on a photo taken by Karin Post of her daughter Jade and their cat Moggy. Made for the Goldmine festival in Gent, organized by Wallin’.

More cats: 43 Purrfect Street Art Pieces

Mural by Nina Valkhoff in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire for Cheltenham Paint Festival.

Photo by Rob Martínez

“Stadsnatuur” by Nina Valkhoff in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Did you know that there are foxes in Rotterdam? I did not, and I was so delighted, that I took this opportunity (wall) to tell everyone about the foxes in my city! There are roughly between 30 and 50 of them, hiding for humans, very rarely they are spotted on the streets. They help to keep the population of rats under control and they will never attack humans/kids . The downside is that chickens and rabbits are not safe for a hungry fox.

The Irish mythological story of Étaín! By Nina Valkhoff for DRAWDA festival in Drogheda, Ireland.

Nina Valkhoff: My contribution to the DRAWDA festival in Drogheda, Ireland. This was a special one, I was given the Irish mythological story of Étaín, to make my own visual representation of this complex story. I will not do it justice trying to summarize it here, so I will explain the elements I picked. Étaín was a beautiful woman who got cursed and transformed into a scarlet fly. This is the glowing insect you see in the middle of my painting, a ‘scarlet fly’ with a little twist. In the very end of the story, over a thousand years have passed and Étaín has transformed many times, she flies away with her lover and they are seen as two swans. In my composition I tried to show protection and love, elements that are a part of this story.

What do you think about the murals by Nina Valkhoff?

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