Great Gentian — artwork #16371 by Mona Caron · Le Locle, Switzerland

graffiti flower fleur mural monumental plante botanique jaune

Great Gentian — Street art by Mona Caron in Le Locle

Photo by Pierre Jeanmonod

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Mona Caron

Mona Caron [CH] Born in the wild, lush Centovalli region of Ticino, Switzerland, Mona Caron developed her love of botany through the natural environment in which she grew up, as well as through the influence of her mother and grandmother. Her love of plants runs in the family: her grandfather was a botanical illustrator. Mona developed the same pictorial style as her grandfather by chance, rather…

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Pierre Jeanmonod

Added 05/09/2026

A yellow gentian climbs the full height of a bare concrete tower block: broad pale green veined leaves at the bottom, a stem rising along the strip of windows, then tiers of pale yellow star-shaped flowers up to the top floor. The leaves are painted with holes and browned edges, like those of a real plant. A 250 sq m mural painted with brush and roller in 2021 for Le Locle's exomusée, celebrating the "golden fairy" of the Neuchâtel mountains.

The artwork Great Gentian is of type graffiti. You can admire it in the city of Le Locle in Switzerland, more precisely here: Rue Georges-Favre 6, 2400 Le Locle, Switzerland.

This graffiti is also tagged as: flower, fleur, mural, monumental, plante, botanique, jaune.

Find all artworks by the artists who contributed to its creation by clicking on their name: Mona Caron

The photo was published on 05-09-2026 by Pierre Jeanmonod.

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