ROA paints a large shark in La Perla, Puerto Rico

As a wrap up of his productive residency in Puerto Rico with JUSTKIDS, ROA dropped one last piece at the iconic bowl of La Perla. La Perla is a historical community astride the northern historic city wall of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, stretching about 650 yards along the rocky Atlantic coast.
It took ROA just a few hours to create this impressive mural which raise the shark finning issue with this large shark and his sliced fins. 
Shark finning is the practice of slicing off the shark’s fins while the shark is still alive and throwing the rest of its body back into the ocean where it can take days to die what must be an agonising death. Some sharks starve to death, others are slowly eaten by other fish, and some drown, because sharks need to keep moving to force water through their gills for oxygen.
Continue reading for more images and then make sure to talk to your friends about shark fin soup and remember: Friends don’t let friends eat shark fin soup!

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Video: "The Unexpected" Street Art Festival in Fort Smith, Arkansas Recap

Here comes the latest video recap of The Unexpected Street Art Festival, organized by 64.6 Downtown and curated by JUSTKIDS, which happened September 3rd-12th, 2015 in Downtown Fort Smith, Arkansas.
The completed murals includes world recognized artists Vhils, D*Face, Roa, Maser, Ana Maria, Bicicleta Sem Freio, Askew and the UAFS students.
During a week, the artists painted 12 new murals which rejuvenated the historic and beautiful buildings from downtown Fort Smith and also awakened the town that didn’t received so many people in its streets since a decade.
Fort Smith was a former real western town at border of the lawless Indian territory and has a rich history of legendary heroes and outlaws.
From highly colorful pieces by Bicicleta Sem Freio, western-inspired artworks from D*Face or a majestic carved portrait of a Native American by Vhils, the festival was critically acclaimed by the local residents which fully embraced the event.
After a week of painting, the face of Fort Smith has drastically been changed by Unexpected and the happy residents will now be living with their new history.

ROA paints a massive mural in Harlem, NYC for Monument Art

While we last heard from him in Fort Smith, Arkansas ROA was just in New York City painting a massive new piece with the good folks over at the Monument Art. 
The eternally traveling street artist spent about a week up on a boom lift painting four different animals on the streets of East Harlem. The end-result is beautiful and it shows some incredibly cute creatures including a squirrel, anteater, armadillo, and raccoon. Check out the photos from our good buddy Halopigg who had the opportunity to spend a few days on the lift and as usual check back with us shortly to discover more fresh updates from the Big Apple.

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ROA creates a new piece in Sadali, Sardinia

Our friend ROA is currently on the beautiful island of Sardnia where he just finished working on yet another powerful piece in the town of Sadali.
In town for the Murartista Street Art Festival organized by Look-Out, the Belgian artist quickly worked his way through this monochrome piece showing a boar which is attached to one of his fellow companions' skull. The species' circle of life.
The Sardinian wild boar is a beastly animal weighing between 110-200 pounds with a compact head and short legs.
Hit the jump for a few extra images and as usual keep your eyes peeled on the StreetArtNews for the latest updates.

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