The Construction of a Style: How Ornamental Became a Visual Language
The Ornamental Style was not created overnight, it grew from years of influences, experimentation, and recurring obsessions. From graffiti and tattoo culture to Baroque sculpture, nature, animals, flowers, and the female figure, each element has contributed to a visual language built around movement, detail, and beauty.
Behind the Mural: Ornamental Roses
“Ornamental Roses” explores the connection between nature, architecture, and community through a vibrant floral mural created for the Paint the Grove festival in California. Inspired by floral motifs that have been part of my work since my early graffiti days, the mural became a personal reflection on artistic evolution.
Behind the Mural: Ornamental Fox
Ornamental Fox was created in the north of France, was an inclusive community art initiative promoted by the city where the artist Bublegum collaborated directly with a group of young people with disabilities and their educators. Beyond the final artwork, the project served as a shared creative experience that highlighted the therapeutic and social power of collaborative art.
Behind the Mural: Ornamental Swan
Discover Ornamental Swan, a large-scale mural by BUBLEGUM created for Perla Mural Fest in Fene, Galicia, inspired by music, Swan Lake and ornamental art.
Behind the Mural: Ornamental Leopard Shark
Created over 10 days during Long Beach Walls festival, this large-scale mural presents the Leopard shark as an elegant symbol of marine beauty. Far more than an aesthetic choice, the artwork is an urgent call to action. Beautiful, peaceful, and sadly endangered due to overfishing and reef destruction, this gentle giant serves as a permanent visual tribute to a fascinating species often left unseen, reminding us that protecting our oceans is an immediate necessity.
The Evolution of my Ornamental Style
Discover the Ornamental Style a visual language inspired by tattooing and developed through murals, digital illustration, and painting as an evolving path within my artistic practice.
Ornamental Otter: Raising Awareness of Endangered Species Through Art
Created during Fasada Festival in Sarajevo, Ornamental Otter transformed a public wall into part of the city’s evolving open-air gallery, bringing together nature, ornamentation, and contemporary muralism.
Silver Award at the National Mural Awards
Ornamental Turtle, created with the Beyond Walls community in Lynn, Massachusetts, received the Silver Award at the National Mural Awards in the United States. The mural was developed through the Classroom to the Streets program, a collaborative initiative focused on community-driven public art.