The murals, which are scattered along Main Street and the canal, depict people of all ages surrounded by abstract backgrounds splashed with color.
"The main inspiration was the arch from the [Manayunk] bridge which you can see from anywhere in Manayunk, and when you go down to the canal, the arch is represented in a full circle," Tomezsko said. "So, I kind of started playing with that in the backgrounds."
Some of the portrait subjects are people Tomezsko met on the streets of Manayunk, while others were painted from historic photos of both prominent and everyday Philadelphians.