## **Ocean art** from the shoreline to the street A bunker rises from the waves with a painted face. A shark swims across an entire building, a character peeks over the edge of a beach, and a fishing boat battles a storm on a wall. These ten photos bring the ocean into public art through real water, painted waves and the people whose lives are tied to the sea. * * * ### 🌊 A Face in the Tide — By Näutil Waves wash around a painted face on a coastal bunker. The painted face follows the bunker’s curved wall, making it seem to rise straight out of the sea. More: **Life and Poetry by Näutil** 🔗 Follow **Näutil on Instagram** * * * ### 🦈 Au temps des mégalodons — By SEYB in Savigné-sur-Lathan, France 🇫🇷 SEYB sends a shark straight toward the street, beneath shafts of painted underwater light. The building-sized scene is “Au temps des mégalodons,” a mural in Savigné-sur-Lathan. 💡 **Megalodon Fact:** Smithsonian Ocean dates megalodon to roughly 23 to 3.6 million years ago and says it grew up to about three times the length of a modern great white shark. 🔗 Follow **SEYB on Instagram** * * * ### 🏖️ A Face Above the Waves — By Ian Mutch at Cape Le Grand, Australia 🇦🇺 A few lines in pale sand turn the edge of the beach into a character peering over turquoise water. 📷 Photo by **Christian Fletcher**. More: **See 6 Beach Drawings by Ian Mutch** 🔗 Follow **Ian Mutch on Instagram** * * * ### 🦀 A Hermit Crab Finds Shelter — By Näutil A painted hermit crab shelters beneath a helmet-shaped shell on rough concrete. Its red claws, yellow legs and metal-gray shelter make the bunker feel unexpectedly inhabited. More: **More Coastal Art by Näutil** 🔗 Follow **Näutil on Instagram** * * * ### ✋ A Ship in the Palm of a Hand — By Jim Vision A giant hand holds a tiny ship above turbulent blue water. The change of scale makes the vessel look fragile, with orange light flaring behind its sails. 🔗 Follow **Jim Vision on Instagram** * * * ### 🌊 Visie en Vertrouwen — By Naomi Rozalina King in Rotterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱 Fish swim through a purple portrait while curling waves form the figure below. “Visie en Vertrouwen” connects the port, nature, city and people in one brightly colored mural. 🔗 Follow **Naomi Rozalina King on Instagram** * * * ### ⛵ Storm Boat — By Soria Torres Gustavo Alonso, Weak Palencia & Marte Stu in Uruapan, Mexico 🇲🇽 A fishing boat pushes through black-and-white waves between bright graffiti letters. The sloping hull and heavy clouds turn a long wall into a rough stretch of open water. 🔗 Follow **Soria Torres Gustavo Alonso on Instagram** , **Weak Palencia on Instagram** , **Marte Stu on Instagram** * * * ### 🦈 Blue Shark Boat — By Xanoy An upturned boat becomes a shark resting in the grass. Xanoy uses the pointed hull for the snout, then adds an eye, gills and a toothy smile. More: **See Xanoy’s Blue Shark Boat Before and After** 🔗 Follow **Xanoy on Instagram** * * * ### 🆘 Plastic SOS — By NME in Teignmouth, England 🇬🇧 On a coastal wall, a painted child raises a white plastic bag marked “SOS.” The sea beyond the wall makes that small distress flag hard to ignore. More: **Street Art by NME** 🔗 Follow **NME on Instagram** * * * ### ⚓ Gabriel — By Djoels in Ondarroa, Spain 🇪🇸 A man concentrates on a miniature ship while a storm and an octopus tentacle fill the wall behind him. Djoels based “Gabriel” on a retired fisherman who now builds model boats. More: **See More of Djoels’ Life at Sea Mural** 🔗 Follow **Djoels on Instagram**