Mural At Ferrybank By Dublin Based Polish Illustrator Magdalena Karol

I HAD DIFFICULTY DECIDING WHAT WAS ABOUT

• Dublin Based Polish Illustrator Magdalena Karol
• Mural By Decoy On The Trade Coffee Facade
• Reassessing the Waterford Greenway
• Exploring Thomas Hill And Carrigeen Park
• Actual Physical Walls Of Waterford
• The Highly Recommended Medieval Museum
• David Maker And The Museum Of Time
• Ireland's National Horological Museum
• Is This Public Art Or A Rusty Metal Yoke
• Huge Canvas For Some Amazing Murals
• Two Spacer Murals By Shane Sutton
• The Quays by Dan Kitchener
• Dan Kitchener Overpainted His 2015 Mural
• The Unsigned Mural
• The Keepers Mural Is Overpainted
• Finders Keepers Mural From 2017 To 2026
• The Curious Case of the Vanishing Mural
• One Mural Replaced Another
• Mural By Neto Vettorello
• StayLo - The Glass House Lane Series

I Photographed This In August 2021

This was photographed in August 2021 Using a Sony A7RIV with a Sony FE 70-200MM F2,8 GM Lens.

Tucked away on a green-rendered utility building in Ferrybank, on the northern side of the River Suir, this piece by Dublin-based Polish illustrator Magdalena Karol offers a gentle, whimsical counterpoint to the larger-scale industrial murals across Waterford.

Painted as part of the Waterford Walls festival, the composition centres on a delicate illustrative figure set against a glowing circular disc. Carrying or inhabiting a wooden nest box backpack, the character reaches outward toward a tiny winged visitor. Karol’s signature technique—distinguished by fine, textured hatching and soft pastel tones of violet, mint green, and pale ochre—creates an intimate, storybook atmosphere. Framed by neighbourhood lawns and a planted flower boat nearby, the artwork integrates into Ferrybank’s community landscape.

Artwork & Artist Identification

• Artist: Magdalena Karol (Polish illustrator and visual artist based in Dublin)

• Subject / Description: Known informally as Girl with a Birdhouse Backpack. It depicts a stylised female figure emerging from or carrying a wooden birdhouse/nesting box within a pale circular halo, rendered with cross-hatched, illustrative textures.

• Context: Painted for the Waterford Walls International Street Art Festival on a local utility/substation building in the Ferrybank residential area.

• Visual Style: Karol's signature style blends whimsical narrative illustration, surreal folklore elements, and textured line shading, often exploring themes of human connection with wildlife and nature.

MURAL BY DECOY ALSO PHOTOGRAPHED AUGUST 2021

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Examples Of Waterford Walls Murals

• Dublin Based Polish Illustrator Magdalena Karol
• Mural By Decoy On The Trade Coffee Facade
• David Maker And The Museum Of Time
• Huge Canvas For Some Amazing Murals
• Two Spacer Murals By Shane Sutton
• The Quays by Dan Kitchener
• Dan Kitchener Overpainted His 2015 Mural
• The Unsigned Mural
• The Keepers Mural Is Overpainted
• Finders Keepers Mural From 2017 To 2026
• The Curious Case of the Vanishing Mural
• One Mural Replaced Another
• Mural By Neto Vettorello
• Bugs Bunny Mural By ADRE
• StayLo - Unofficial Mural
• A Really Really Long Mural
• Mural By OMIN
• Mural By Marie Balbinot From Brazil
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• DeLaSalle Hall Mural By Eoin O'Connor
• Mantra By Torbe36
• Mural By Sonny Sundancer August 2017
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• Mural By Mr Cenz
• Waterford Murals Photographed in July 2018
• Mural By Alex Senna Photographed In August 2025
• A Scribble Grid In Action
• Animalitoland's Mural From 2018 Waterford Walls
• Flowers On The Street By Lula Groce
• Nerone The Artist And His Art On Display In Waterford
• Mural By Laker And Land
• Laura A Mural By Taquen
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