Split image showing two creative nature-themed visuals. On the left, a mural inside an abandoned room shows two large hands drawn on the walls as if holding a camera, with a real mountain landscape framed by the doorway as the "photo." On the right, a decaying tree trunk in a forest has naturally cracked bark and moss that form the appearance of a human-like face with deep-set eyes and a beard.

From tree roots forming geometric patterns in urban parks to murals that turn flowers into hair, these eight pieces of street and environmental art prove that nature is more than a backdrop—it’s the medium, the frame, and sometimes the message. In this post, you’ll find: a face in the forest, playful illusions, floral-haired portraits, and creatures bursting through walls. Featuring works from Brazil, the U.S., and beyond.

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Tree trunk suspended in the forest with broken radial bark resembling a human face, including moss on top like hair and a spiderweb in one hollow eye.

1. Forest Spirit

A broken tree trunk appears to reveal a hidden forest spirit. Its jagged bark mimics deep wrinkles and a stern expression, while moss on top looks like hair. A small web nestled in one of the “eyes” enhances the illusion of a face.

Mural of two hands holding a camera drawn around a doorway, with the landscape outside framed like a photo, painted inside a decaying room.
Photo Mauro Filippi

2. Natural Frame – Mural by Collettivo FX at the Pizzo Sella Art Village in Palermo

A black-and-white mural of two hands holding a camera turns a balcony doorway into a living photo. The window becomes the lens, perfectly framing a mountain view beyond.

Mural of a roaring tiger surrounded by orange poppies, white flowers, lush green leaves, and butterflies, painted on a building façade with two window columns.

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3. Jungle Roar — Cameron “CAMER1sf” Moberg in Modesto, CA, USA

A roaring tiger emerges from lush flowers and tropical leaves. Monarch butterflies flit across the background, blending wild nature with botanical elements in explosive color.

Realistic mural of three large butterflies in orange, blue, and yellow painted on a brick wall, with shadow effects that make them appear three-dimensional.

4. Butterfly Effect — CYFI in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Giant butterflies painted on a brick wall seem to lift off in 3D. Their vibrant wings cast painted shadows, enhancing the illusion that they’ve just landed—or are about to take flight.

Banyan tree with roots growing flat and geometrically across brick pavement in a Hong Kong park, creating a pattern that resembles circuitry or an abstract grid.

5. Urban Roots — Natural Growth in Hong Kong

Tree roots spread beneath a banyan tree in precise, parallel lines, mirroring city infrastructure. The organic lines seem almost digital, echoing circuit boards or subway maps.

Mural of a child’s face looking upward with expression of wonder, integrated with real overhanging flowers that appear as hair, painted on a garden wall.

6. Looking Up — Rodrigo Rodrigues in São Paulo, Brazil

The painted face of a child gazes upward in awe, seamlessly blending into real flowering bushes growing from the top of the wall. The plant becomes the child’s hair, rich with blossoms.

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Mural of a smiling girl with her cheek in her hand, placed under a flowering bougainvillea bush that creates the illusion of natural hair in full bloom.

7. Crown of Bougainvillea — Fabio Gomes Trindade in Trindade, Goiás, Brazil

A smiling girl rests her chin on her hand beneath an enormous blooming bougainvillea. The mural is placed so the real plant completes her afro hairstyle with vibrant pink blossoms.

Series of four mural photos showing a woman's portrait painted below a tree in Warsaw, Poland, with the tree serving as changing hair across the four seasons.

8. Four Seasons — Tribute to Kora by Bruno Althamer in Warsaw, Poland

A woman’s portrait is painted at the base of a tree. As the seasons change, the tree’s leaves become her hair—lush in summer, colorful in autumn, bare in winter, and flowering in spring.

 

NOTE – This article was originally published in streetartutopia and can be viewed here

 
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