Canadian artist Roadsworth transforms streets into art

A few years ago Boing Boing shared this documentary about Canadian street artist Peter Gibson a.k.a. Roadsworth, and his Instagram account offers a treasure trove of more his work. Many of Gibson's designs are politically pointed. As his captions explain, his street murals touch on everything from the refugee crisis to commercialism:

But other pieces are more fanciful and playful, like this squirrel that appears to be darting down the road:

Some of my favorite designs are below, and you can find the full collection of street art, as well as Gibson's other work, on his Roadsworth Instagram account.

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Washed Up from 2010

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Human assembly line

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Bike trail trails #bike path #Sweden

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Bike path aerial #Halmstad#dronephoto#bike path

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[via The Laughing Squid]