WATERFORD

STREET ART SEPTEMBER 2025

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BY SHANE O'DRISCOLL

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Waterford Walls is an annual international street art festival that transforms the urban landscape of Waterford into an open-air gallery. O'Driscoll has been a recurring and integral figure in this event. His involvement extends beyond just painting murals; he has also hosted panel discussions with other featured artists.

His contributions to the festival are notable for their abstract nature. For the 2020 festival, during the lockdown, he created a piece titled 'Bloodline'. This mural was a symbolic representation of the enduring creative connections across the country, using an abstract flow of red (for Cork) and blue (for Waterford) to signify artistic "cells" maintaining a strong online connection despite physical distance. He has been a featured artist in multiple iterations of the festival, including in 2019, 2020, and was listed for the recent 2025 event.



O'Driscoll's participation in Waterford Walls highlights the festival's commitment to showcasing a diverse range of street art styles, moving beyond the purely figurative to embrace abstract and graphic forms. His continued presence underscores his standing within the Irish street art community and his dedication to bringing art to public spaces.

 

AUGUST 2025 VISIT

SCRIBBLE GRID IN ACTION

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As I could not book a hotel room for Saturday or Sunday many of the planned murals had yet to be completed so many that I photographed were very much unfinished but hopefully I can revisit them next year.

I've finally had the opportunity to photograph something I've always wanted to capture: a mural created using the scribble grid technique. This mural is a work in progress at The Glen, part of the Waterford Walls Hub 2025 event. While I don't know the exact artist yet, it's one of the following: AndyMc, HOCK, Kohneshia, Kone, Rocket01, WRN, or Zurdie. However, I am going to make a guess and suggest that the artist is Rocket01.

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CREATED 2023 PUBLISHED 2025

MURAL BY ALEX SENNA

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I was unable to visit Waterford in 2022 or 2023 so, while I was aware of this Mural, I was unable to photograph it until 2025.

A noteworthy aspect of this mural is its integration of localised details. Senna painted an image of the house itself onto a figure's jumper and included the skyline of Waterford City within the artwork. This inclusion of local elements demonstrates his artistic versatility and his commitment to grounding his universal themes in a specific, personal context.


A pivotal aspect of Senna's artistic practice is his exclusive use of a black-and-white palette, a deliberate choice rooted in his personal experience with colour-blindness. This unique personal trait is not a limitation but a fundamental aspect of his artistic identity. The removal of colour, a decision born from his continued use of a single color in his sketchbooks, forces a focus on form, narrative, and emotion, stripping away the visual distractions and potential political or cultural baggage that colour can carry.

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