Dulk’s Where the Forest Sings Brings a Woodland Orchestra to Cincinnati

Posted by Donna on 17th October, 2026
Filed under: From the Street

Spanish contemporary street artist Dulk has transformed a brick façade in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, into an extraordinary gathering of woodland creatures with Where the Forest Sings, a new mural created for BLINK 2026. Located at 116 Findlay Street in the city’s historic Over-the-Rhine neighbourhood, the work brings together the artist’s distinctive animal imagery, intricate natural forms and the golden colours of autumn.

Full view of Dulk’s Where the Forest Sings mural on a brick building in Cincinnati, featuring an antlered wildcat, masked musician and owl.

At the centre of the composition, a mysterious bird-faced musician plays a string instrument, surrounded by an antlered wildcat, a wide-eyed owl and an assortment of imagined woodland inhabitants. Among them, squirrels, beetles and amphibians emerge from the undergrowth, while the surrounding trees appear to possess watchful eyes of their own. Every detail contributes to an elaborate scene in which the boundaries between animals, plants and fantasy become wonderfully fluid.

Close-up of a black bird-masked figure playing a string instrument beside an antlered feline in Dulk’s Cincinnati woodland mural.

Where the Forest Sings: An Imagined Woodland Orchestra

Music lies at the heart of Where the Forest Sings. The mural imagines a quiet melody awakening the forest as autumn takes hold, drawing its inhabitants into a shared moment of life and movement.

Dulk constructs this imagined environment with remarkable attention to character. The enormous wildcat, with its green eyes and branching antlers, commands the left side of the wall, while the musician introduces a curious sense of ceremony. Across the composition, creatures of different forms and proportions coexist within an environment that seems to follow its own natural rules.

Close-up of the green-eyed antlered wildcat and pink horned fantasy creature among gold leaves in Dulk’s Where the Forest Sings mural.

The result is characteristic of Dulk’s artistic language, where elements of natural history are transformed through imagination. His animals possess an expressive individuality, and the intricate relationships between them encourage viewers to look closely at the world he has created.

Close-up of Dulk’s painted orange spotted amphibian beneath a wildcat paw, with two horned beetles and yellow leaves.

Environmental awareness has long informed the Spanish artist’s practice. His Mediterraneus mural in Valencia, created in collaboration with the Oceanogràfic Foundation in 2025, brought together more than twenty marine species to explore the biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea and the threats facing its ecosystems.

While Mediterraneus delivered a direct conservation message, Where the Forest Sings approaches the natural world through imagination, music and the changing seasons, celebrating the richness of life within an elaborate fictional landscape.

Dulk at BLINK 2026 in Cincinnati

Created for BLINK, Cincinnati’s international festival of light and public art, Where the Forest Sings joins a programme of large-scale murals, projection mapping and immersive installations across Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

The 2026 festival took place from 8 to 11 October. While the illuminated installations were temporary, the new murals remain as lasting contributions to the city’s public-art landscape.

Street-wide view of Dulk’s Where the Forest Sings mural in Cincinnati, with historic brick buildings, overhead wires and a cyclist.

Working with brushes and rollers across the textured brick surface, Dulk translated the intricate detail of his painted imagery into an architectural composition. The mural occupies the full height of the building, introducing an imagined woodland into the everyday surroundings of Over-the-Rhine.

Dulk’s Where the Forest Sings mural viewed from a Cincinnati intersection beneath traffic lights, with an antlered feline and woodland animals.

The project continues the artist’s involvement in international street-art festivals and his exploration of different artistic mediums. At The Crystal Ship 2024 in Oostende, he created a monumental sculpture for the Belgian city’s railway station, extending his colourful visual language into three dimensions.

Moving between murals, sculpture and studio painting, Dulk continues to explore the relationship between imagination and ecology, creating environments in which the smallest details contribute to a much larger narrative.