Layla's Murals, Surbiton Station, London, February 2026

7472. Surbiton Station, London

Layla's Murals, Surbiton Station, London, February 2026
Layla’s Murals, Surbiton Station, London, February 2026

This wall at Surbiton Station was the gift that keeps on giving. Although this piece by Layla’s Murals is several years old – it took me a while to find it on her Instagram page – it is still looking rather good, and hasn’t been tagged at all.

Layla's Murals, Surbiton Station, London, February 2026
Layla’s Murals, Surbiton Station, London, February 2026

The stunning portrait of the leopard stands out alongside a large and dramatic sky. Ordinarily such a large space would be filled with bits and bobs, but Layla’s Murals clearly has the confidence and belief in her composition, and it works really well.

As a slight aside, I am learning Shakespeare’s wonderful ‘seven ages of man’ monologue, because I want to, and this picture reminds me of one of the lines…

‘Then a soldier, full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard’

The ‘pard’ is a leopard, and here you can see why a soldier might be bearded like one. Great stuff.

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