The LA suburb of Venice is a completely different animal to its ritzy northern neighbour Santa Monica. Santa Monica is clean, trendy, and immaculately kept; Venice is grungy, laid-back, and packed full of artists and craftspeople.
And Venice has a spectacular collection of murals in the alleys alongside Oceanfront Walk and Venice Beach. Here’s Homage to a Starry Knight (yep, that’s how it’s spelt).