One Man’s Passion: Rua d’Arte, Praia
Before we move on from Praia, we take another wander through its ripped backsides with an offbeat destination in mind: Rua d’Arte. Local artist Tutu Sousa, who honed his skills at Senegalese artistic workshops, later returned to Cape Verde and converted his childhood home into a studio and gallery. Augmenting his paintings by transforming the exterior of the house into a canvas, Tutu soon began persuading neighbours to allow expansion of the works until eventually the whole neighbourhood has become an open air gallery.
Here’s some examples of how it looks today….
22 Comments
Alison
That’s incredible, did you know before you went about this place. What an amazing man
Phil & Michaela
Only when doing last minute research when we arrived in Praia. Worth a visit though!
Monkey's Tale
Fabulous!! What an amazing contribution to his home town – free art!
Heyjude
That’s just fabulous.
GeoDel PhotoTravelogue
That’s incredible!
GeoDel PhotoTravelogue
That’s incredible! It must have been an incredible feeling for you taking all those photos!
Phil & Michaela
It was pretty good yeah – thank you for commenting! 🙏🙂
Lynette d'Arty-Cross
Wow! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing your photos. His art is wonderful.
normareadtalktalknet
Incredible and so joyful, how fabulous to have the whole community involved.. thank you for bringing such brilliant photographs of these amazing paintings
restlessjo
You could walk up and down this street all day! It’s amazing, but I especially love that lead shot.
Andrew Petcher
Lively for sure!
Toonsarah
How wonderful! I think these are new since we were there. I certainly hope that they are, as I would hate to find out that we missed them!
Phil & Michaela
I think they probably are, the site was created from 2019 onwards I think I’m right in saying.
Phil & Michaela
I’m trying to comment on your post on the walk through the nature reserve – sacred tree, tiny frogs and all – but I’m getting the “Not Accepted!” message again. It’s not happening with anyone else’s blog, only when I try to comment on yours. Not sure what’s going on!
Toonsarah
I’m not sure either, as other people are managing to comment. Have you tried clearing cookies and your cache? I had some problems recently commenting on several blogs and picked up a tip to try that when searching for answers – it seems to have worked for me.
Phil & Michaela
We’ll give it a go!
Travels Through My Lens
These amazing murals show nature and humanity melding together perfectly; how beautiful!
WanderingCanadians
What a neat concept to paint your work on houses around the neighbourhood. His paintings looks so colourful and vibrant.
Lookoom
It’s full of colour and imagination, definitely a good idea!
grandmisadventures
what an incredible collection of incredible street art. I loved all the varied styles across the buildings 🙂
Latitude Adjustment: A Tale of Two Wanderers
This is great!
wetanddustyroads
Wow, the wall art is truly special. The sea life is beautifully depicted.