For decades I enjoyed Billy Connolly's programmes on television, for his travels, his humour & laughter. Thus I came to know about the murals in Glasgow dedicated to him, and some time later I learned that Glasgow has a unique array of murals and urban art all over the city!
A few years ago I decided a visit to Glasgow was in order, but it had to be postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, finally the moment had arrived!
I was pleased to find that there are many more things in Glasgow to be enjoyed, but it was great to search for the murals as a 'leitmotif'!

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Left: Billy Connolly on Osbourne Street (another photo one further down)
Right: Dr Connolly, I Presume? (Dixon Street), on the wall of the Hootenanny pub - from an original work by Jack Vettriano

STRATHCLYDE UNIVERSITY

Walking along George Street, walking toward Glasgow Cathedral.
University of Strathclyde 'WONDERWALL' Starts at North Portland Street. The Wonderwall murals, including the
Dansken equatorial telescope, are part of an artwork on a University of Strathclyde building.
The 'Wonderwall' celebrates the people of the University of Strathclyde and their many significant achievements. www.fionaoutdoors.co.uk/2019/01/have-you-tried-glasgow-murals-trail

Missed? 'Shadow Hand Puppets' in a tunnel as we walked towards the University of Glasgow and Ashton Lane from
Glasgow’s City Centre. Rogue-One brings life back to an otherwise dingy underpass. Hands cast shadows of animals
on the wall, while other animals look on. #NextTime!

ST. ENOCH & CHILD

Viewed from George Street, corner High Street (A8) & Duke Street.

Further up on High Street (A8), on the same housing block as St. Enoch and Child.

#NONAME @MITCHELL LANE

Mitchell Lane near 'The Lighthouse'.
This is in a side entrance of this alley, that gate cannot be seen from start or end of Mitchell Lane.

BUBBLES (& NO BARKING)

Renfield Lane

'No Barking'

BEER KEG ALLEY

'This Tastes Boggin' @Beer Keg Alley
I was looking for Sauchiehall Lane (also written as 'Sauciehall Lane'), though that seems to start from
Elmbank Street and this part, which I walked in from Bath Street, first turning into an unnamed alley, is also
referred to as Beer Keg Alley... Some good finds here.

#NoName and ARTIST UNIDENTIFIED
www.flickr.com/photos/
A little further into Beer Keg Alley, in the direction of Sauchiehall Lane, we come to Big John..

BIG JOHN

GRITTY SIDE OF GLASGOW

I explored some grubby back alleys and carparks in search of the murals..

Renfield Lane, walking towards Renfield Street from Hope Street.

HONEY... I SHRUNK THE KIDS

Mitchell Street (viewed from Argyle Street), where we started our search for murals. By SMUG.

THE WORLD'S MOST ECONOMICAL TAXI

WIND POWER

FELLOW GLASGOW RESIDENTS

Seen from a desolate carpark (a park lost to cars parking?), on the corner of Albion Street and Ingram Street.

WILDLIFE, FELLOW RESIDENTS

On Ingram Street

Fellow Glasgow Residents & Wildlife Mural.
The fox, deer and elk are part of an enormous mural facing the Ingram Street parking lot.
The painting features wildlife living in the city parks, hence the name, 'Fellow Glasgow Residents'.
This photorealistic work of art is by Sam Bates, known on the street as Smug One.

Amazing, isn't it?
I missed a mural nearby (@Wilson Street), of Scottish badminton player Kieran Merrilees. Supposed to be around the
corner from the Ingram Street animals but maybe it was gone because I walked the area at last twice.. It celebrates
(or celebrated) Glasgow hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

BOW DOWN, HONOUR THE ROOTS

'Fearless'

SALTMARKET

Seen from Osborne Street, the railway tracks crossing Saltmarket. Artist unidentified.

Murals by unidentified artist(s) here, at the railway crossing Saltmarket. EMAIL

At more or less the same site, but on the other side of the railwaytracks, seen from Saltmarket / St. Andrews Street.
I think it reads 'Love Fresh Fish? Buy A Boat!' Acros from 'Glasgows Fish Plaice: Saltmarket'.

#NextTime: it seems I missed 'Study of a woman in Black'-mural on Saltmarket. A James Klinge mural which shows
a portrait of an anonymous subject dressed in black. This is a companion piece to his work in Bridgegate Path...

MERCHANT LANE

Merchant Lane, along the railway tracks, an alley from Clyde Street leading to Bridgegate, on the right after passing
under the railway bridge towards Clutha & Victoria Bar.

Merchant Lane, artist 'Frodrik' (tag).

CLUTHA BAR

Clutha & Victoria Bar, a mask was added for the 2021-2022 Covid-19 pandemic rules.

Five minutes from Castle Fine Art gallery, walking on Queen Street towards Argyle St., on the right in an
unnamed alley (between Mikaku and The Bowery Restaurant). Artist unknown, but I've seen
that head elsewhere tagged as 'T6'.

On the right tagged by 'TEF', "Pigeons make Glasgow", probably on Queen Street (not sure).
TEF goes by @tapentef on Instagram and Tef is brightening up the city with his bold and ballsy birds.
Hope to see more #NextTime!

PORTRAIT GALLERY, MIDLAND STREET

These portraits by James Klinge form an emerging gallery and provide bold statements of colour against the more
industrial landscape and railroad underpath. Fresh and dynamic, I think!

GONE

This may have been The Gallery on York Street..

TODAY WE’RE IN LOVE AREN’T WE?

A mural but also an upgrade from graffiti ('writings').
On Brown Street. It uses the words of Scottish poet Liz Lochead. Please note that while walking from the 'Portrait Gallery'
to this mural, previously one passed 'The Gallery'-mural, on Argyle/York Street, but by March 2020 that was gone.

By unidentified artist, hidden behind parked cars (on carpark below), walking down Washington Street
to Broomielaw / Anderston Quay / A814.

Graffiti ( 'Writings') seen across the fence from Broomielaw / A814, probably a location for future hi-rise condos.

THE SWIMMER, ANDERSTON QUAY

Broomielaw, under the Kingston Bridge.
One of the first murals to have been painted by Smug, this installation celebrates Glasgow’s 2014 Commonwealth Games.

GENERATION GREEN

Also at the Anderston Quay.

A collaboration between world-renowned street artist ‘Smug’ and Scottish Power, this mural was created on the face of SP Energy Networks’ Newton Street Substation building. Titled ‘Generation Green’ to call for a greener energy future for the next generation, the mural was created to mark the legacy of 'COP26' (The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference) in the city. The artwork depicts a child planting wind turbines in a picturesque autumnal Scottish landscape, as though planting a greener future. Dressed for the seasonal Scottish weather, a scarf blows in the wind behind the child who has a toy spade by their side. The landscape features heather-covered mountains as well as a burn, standing stones and trees, peppered with turbines with fresh earth at their base as if the child has just planted them.

#NextTime!

M8

From the footbridge over the A814, near Anderston Station.

Anderston, underneath the M8

Again from the footbridge over the A814, looking west, a mural of (I think) Billy Connolly, on a block of houses
on Little Street, facing the A814. en.wikipedia.org:_Billy_Connolly

THE LOST GIANT

The Lost Giant, Sauciehall Lane
Part of a collection of Lost Giants, created by Stormie Mills, who have been painted on walls in many
major cities, including Florence, Italy and Perth, Australia.

On Sauciehall Street by Frodrik, on the O2 ABC building.
Missed: Crazy Cat Lady, Sauciehall Street - #NextTime!

THE MUSICIAN

On Sauchiehall Lane (a.k.a. Sauciehall Lane).

This could be another 'Study of a Woman in Black' but I missed the other 3 (two at St.Andrews Street,
one at Royal Exchange Square). EMAIL me if you know this and (and the artist).
Not officially mentioned on the 'Glasgow Mural Trail' website, another one by Frodrik, on the opposite wall
from The Musician. It shows a woman with her eyes closed in black and white.

T6 @BATH LANE

Above & Below by T6, on Bath Lane.

Tag T6 seems to be responsible for these heads, also seen in an alley from Queen Street.

BILLY CONNOLLY by JOHN BYRNE

Sir Billy Connolly by John Byrne.
One of three tributes to the 'Big Yin' for his 75th birthday, this one by John Byrne, by King Street car park (Osborne Street). The words around the edge read:- 'BILLY CONNOLLY ● FLING A CHUCKY IN THE WATTER
SEE THE BAGGY MINNIES SCATTER'.

MISSED: 'Big Yin' by Rachel Maclean @Gallowgate. BBC Scotland commissioned 3 portraits, which have been turned
into murals. 'The Big Yin' is based on a digital print by Rachel Maclean. #NextTime!

SPACEMAN @NEW WYND

In New Wynd is the Spaceman mural (right), at the start of the small alley (walking from Trongate to Osborne Street; it
seems (partially) painted over (left)..?

Seen from Osborne Street, because of the fences I couldn't get closer. Unidentified artist.

GLASGOW WEST

On West Princess Street (On the wall of 'Mika & Me')

TENNENT'S

Wellpark Brewery murals on Duke Street, walking away from Glasgow Cathedral.

Smug has been at work again, this time to create a series of murals at the home of Tennent’s lager.
The wall showcases the brand’s history, from its old school marketing through to modern-day Glaswegian banter. www.fionaoutdoors.co.uk/2019/01/have-you-tried-glasgow-murals-trail

THE BARRAS

On London Road, exiting The Barras.

MISSED: The Barrowlands murals @The Barras. There are a number of murals in the Barrowlands area, include the beautiful 'Barras Pirate' by Rogue-One, @Ross Street. Look out for the 'Teddy Tunnock, King of the Barras' mural, too. #NextTime!

CLYDESIDE LEGAL GRAFFITI WALL

I have a feeling that certain original murals were covered by graffiti and other artists since the opening.
There used to be a huge TIGER head by James Klinge here, it replaced an earlier tiger mural 'Tiger Lucky Eight' on the
same wall, but the tigers have gone, painted over: the fate of street art and murals.

The colourful murals can be viewed by car is you shoot past on the expressway but they can be better taken in on foot.
You can take the Clyde Path & Cycle Route. Very accessible walkway that runs along the river, taking anywhere
from 15 to 45 minutes from the city center.

Another one by 'Frodrik' (tag).

DUNLOP STREET

Dunlop Street, between Clyde Street and Howard Street (St. Enoch Centre) by Rogue-One, a Glasgow based street artist.
Eye catching colourful murals on Dunlop Street (Clyde Street and Howard Street? Or gone? Check #NextTime!)

I may have missed 'the Clyde Auditorium (the Armadillo) and Finnieston Crane Thomas Nugent Shared on
Clyde Street & Howard Street. In that area I think I only walked Dunlop Street nearby and Clyde Street.

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EXTERNAL LINKS:
bedlamanddaisies.com/walking-the-mural-trail-in-glasgow -with a few I missed for a variety of reasons
secretglasgow.com/glasgow-murals
www.smartertravelgla.co.uk/the-murals-trail
www.fionaoutdoors.co.uk/2019/01/have-you-tried-glasgow-murals-trail including some I missed or gone.
www.kirstiewilltravel.com/glasgow-mural-trail
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