Back to the unfamiliar streets of Birmingham and the work of Gent48. This is a humdinger of a piece full of intrigue and creepy stories. It would seem that Gent48 ‘owns’ this area of boarded up shopfronts with several of his awesome pieces in quick succession.
A seated character appears to be on the receiving end of an attack by ghoulish forces or something of that nature. Brilliantly designed and executed.
Ok. I am now on my annual fishing trip in Cornwall, so this post, written last night will be short. Stivs is on fire. Everywhere I look I find his pieces, whether portraits, calligraffiti or combinations of the two.
This is a gorgeous piece of writing occupying a full section of wall at the Green. The elaborate letters spelling STIVS are stunning, and the colours look like precious gems set on a black background with hearts aplenty. Beautiful.
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Anticipation
northerly wind, south coast mark
first cast of the year
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by Scooj
Reflecting back on the long hot dry summer, I would have to say that SUB is one of the most improved writers in Bristol. He has been relentless in painting his letters wherever he can it seems, and making them much more interesting with patterns, creative fills and adding the odd character here and there.
Sub has had a difficult challenge from the start by choosing only three letters, which tend to be large and so need a lot of work to make them stand out. Here he has managed to create a bevelled edge to his chrome letters, which works really well and together with a deep drop shadow creates plenty of depth. Running through the middle of the letters is a nicely worked blue plasma streak providing additional interest and without which the piece would be at risk of looking a little plain. This wall is a favourite spot for Sub, and there are layers of his pieces here, you might spot one or two.
This piece is the pick of three tribute pieces under Brunel Way for Slippy. I know little of Slippy, but the artist here is well known to Natural Adventures, Taboo. This is a classic piece of anti-style graffiti writing from the artist.
The letters spell out TABOO, although some might struggle to see all the letters immediately. Simply presented in white with a black border and some blood-red drips, perhaps symbolising death. This piece really encapsulates the edgy and underground nature of graffiti writing, and the kind heart that sits behind it.
It feels like not much has changed in Montpelier Park for a long time, with a very attractive collaboration between j9449j and Lupa dominating the wall. When I returned from my recent holiday I popped up there on the off chance something might have changed. It was worth snooping around, because tucked away in ther far corner was this new portrait piece by Stivs.
I think it would be fair to say that Stivs has been on fire this year, truning out dozens of fabulous portrait pieces and calligraffiti writing all over the place. I am not sure if this portrait is of a particular person, or a figment of his imagination, but it is quite beautiful and given that it is painted entirely in shades of yellow/gold, with black and the odd touch of white shaded highlights, a teriffic feat. A masterpiece from a master artist.
It is rather unusual to find anything by Solar or indeed much of the PLB crew in Dean Lane these days, so this was a refreshing appearance. Solar has painted this wall which is rather challenging to photograph, because the left hand portion of it is in a very narrow passageway.
Solar often presents his letters in an unconventional and wobbly kind of anti-style, but his finishing and quality are far from an anti-style mindset. The letters are nicely filled with some fine black lines breaking up the monotony. There are plenty of white highlights and starbursts, creating a sparkle and the double border creates a tidy boundary between the letters and the black decorated background. A fine piece by Solar.
The day this was painted, I was lucky enough to meet the artist, and we stopped for a long conversation. Although he writes MICHAL here, he is also known as Miso, and I have referred to him as such in collaborations he has made with Zase and Real143. What they have in common is their Slovakian nationality, which I asked him about. He told me that Decor, who used to collaborate with Zase before returning to his homeland, is considered to be a bit of a street art god back home.
I was first attracted to this piece by the way Michal had picked out the brickwork with different colours, giving the background a pixelated appearance. The beautifully written letters have a lovely proportion about them and a gentle orange colour transition, well blended, horizontally from light to dark. A black drop shadow lifts the piece from the wall in this fine piece from a lovely gentleman.
I wish I had a proper name for the elusive j9449j. I use the Instagram handle that he had when I first worked out who he was, but this has changed several times since then, and my convention is to stick to the first name I used to keep consistency in my posts, and make searches easier. Other similar situations exist with Slim Pickings and Biers.
This is a wonderfully colourful piece, full of reds, blues and pale bluey-white. I have no idea what the elaborate writing spells, I never do with j9449j, although it links like the word might start and end with a ‘T’. The patterns and shapes are characteristically organic, with plenty of references to nature… I think there might even be a snail in there somewhere. A beautifully presented and large piece from j9449j or whoever he is.
It has been quite a while since I last posted a piece by Mote. I think that he has been painting in remote spots that I just don’t get to see and perhaps not as frequently as he was a year or two ago.
This is a large monster head, perhaps it is a dragon. It couldn’t possibly be by any other trust, his style is so unique, with his intricate detailing with fine black lines, hatchings and dots. His colour selection is nearly always based around soft pastel shades and rarely strong prime colours. A lovely piece and nice surprise.
