This rather threatening Nick Walker stencil from 2013 caused the tiniest storm in a teacup when a Bristol resident complained to the Council about the work, complaining that it was an abuse of childhood. The way the law works is that the owner of the property can choose not to have the graffiti removed if that is what they wish, in in this instance the owner liked it and it has stayed.
The same stencil appeared as part of a commission of Nick Walker’s art in a hotel car park in Indianapolis. How good is that?
There is a final and rather sad end to this blog (updated in March 2016, whilst compressing images) which is that the door was stolen, and it now looks like the picture below. I think that the thief tried to flog it, but couldn’t so handed it into the authorities in the NW of England…or I might be making that bit up.
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Natural adventures 
It’s rather dark, isn’t i?
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A little. I think it is metaphorical. It is one of his edgier works, he is usually pretty ‘safe’.
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Just has a touch of the I.R.A. for me. Balaclavas always do.
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I love it – it says a lot
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Meow (as in catty)to the article in the Huffington Post. The stencil in Indianapolis seems lighter. I have to say it–why does Indianapolis have an art boutique hotel. I am not sure how I feel about the image. I don’t like sky masks–balaklavas.
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Sorry that should have read ski not sky. Although they could be sky masks too.
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Hi there,
Thanks for your blog – I’ve been looking for the girl in the balaclava for days whilst on holiday in Bristol. It’s good but sad to know it’s no longer where it was 10 years ago when I last visited.
J
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Dear, Dear Lorraine, I hope you enjoyed the trip to Bristol. The artist, Nick Walker, now lives and paints in New York, making the occasional trip home to Bristol. He is a direct contemporary and friend of Banksy and a part of the original cohort of graffiti artists in the city back in the 1980s. The piece has been replicated in New York, but sadly didn’t last too long in Bristol… not much does.
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