#public art

Ronnie, Sheffield, 2026

A mural of a man playing snooker is painted on a building’s side. Scaffolding partially covers his face and arm. An Aldi store sign, cars, greenery, and a cloudy sky are visible in the scene.

Come on, get the scaffolding out of the way, where I’m from they’d be charging £1 a pop just to see him (£2 if you wanna take photos), and a man would set up nearby selling hot dogs and/or ice cream.

What I didn’t realise from the original news stories is that he and his hungry mouth overlook an ALDI car park. Maybe he’s just hungry for discount meats, or maybe even the shoppers.

Public art at the Preston City Council Environment Directorate, 2024

A mural on a tiled wall features geometric patterns with squares in red, green, black, gray, and white, alongside domino-like tiles with black or colored dots. White lines connect the shapes, and the mural sits beneath large windows on a rainy sidewalk.

One last pic from wet Preston before we return to Sheffield! Public art at the Preston City Council Environment Directorate building. I don’t know anything else about it, or even why they thought to be so extra as to decorate a council building on an otherwise residential estate, but it’s nice to see!

Not pictured: my boyfriend walking away from the freak taking close ups of a derelict council building.