Month: March 2016

158. The Bearpit (8)

It is Easter Sunday today. I wish you a happy day. This is a recent piece by the extremely prolific Tom Miller. It can be found on the south tunnel end wall of the Bearpit, which is the exact site of another of his recent works featured here.

Tom Miller, The Bearpit, Bristol, March 2016
Tom Miller, The Bearpit, Bristol, March 2016

His ‘imaginite’ concept is in full flow here, combining hard reality with soft imagination. I find his works counselling, and am always excited when I discover a new piece such as this one.

Tom Miller, The Bearpit, Bristol, March 2016
Tom Miller, The Bearpit, Bristol, March 2016

Probably more accustomed to a gallery wall, it looks like Miller really enjoys creating his street pieces.

8/10

157. Stokes Croft, the Carriageworks (5)

Slap bang next to the Tom Miller piece posted on 13 March 2016, is a striking collaboration by two Bristol street artists not yet featured on my blog, Mr. Sle7en and Klue.

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Mr Sle7en and Klue, Stokes Croft, Bristol, March 2016

I have seen works by both of them, but only recently worked out who they are. The top part, a rather typical three-eyed character is by Sle7en (Luke Sleven), who describes himself as a ‘freelance artist, illustrator, painter, muralist, aerosol alchemist, and all round artisan’. The lower part is by Klue (Klue Wone), an artist, illustrator and designer, whose wall pieces are very distinctive, with colourful angular swirls mingling to form beautiful freestyle designs.

Tom Miller, Stokes Croft, Bristol, March 2016
Tom Miller, Mr Sle7en and Klue, Stokes Croft, Bristol, March 2016

There will be more from these two to come.

7/10

156. Moon Street (8)

Quick Weird One

Well, as I said yesterday, I have a large backlog of street art to upload at the moment, but what a sweet pleasure it is for me. Here is another wonderfully colourful piece by the amazing Kid Crayon.

Kid Crayon, Moon Street, Bristol, March 2016
Kid Crayon, Moon Street, Bristol, March 2016

Another spray job, demonstrating his versatility between techniques…many of his works are wheatpastes. I appreciate that his works are not everyone’s cup of tea, but me they have a hint of the surreal about them, blended with Picasso and Gauguin…but let’s refocus for a moment, this is street art and Kid Crayon is, in my view, a master.

Kid Crayon, Moon Street, Bristol, March 2016
Kid Crayon, Moon Street, Bristol, March 2016

I am expecting a new wheatpaste from him soon, so keep your eyes peeled.

8/10

They’ll always give you something to worry about

 

With perfect timing,

youngest leaves for Easter camp

as ‘Katie’ storms in.

 

by Scooj

155. The Bearpit (7)

Tuesday this week was a bit of a red letter day. I managed to see some wonderful new works walking in to work via Stokes Croft and The Bearpit. It has been very frustrating, because I have been in training since then, and not been able to post anything, so I have a bit of a backlog.

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Aspire, The Bearpit, Bristol, March 2016 – Yellow-headed Blackbird

This is yet another very recent bird by Aspire, and there are more to come. Although Aspire calls this bird a saffron headed marsh squawker (his joke?) it is actually a yellow-headed blackbird, found in Mexico and central North America.

Aspire, The Bearpit, Bristol, March 2016
Aspire, The Bearpit, Bristol, March 2016

Another triumph from Aspire

8/10

The Fantastick

 

Captivated by

her looks and celebrity;

my crush did not last.

 

By Scooj

 

  • Inspired by a conversation with Rose. It recounts a schoolboy crush I had on a girl who was in a school production of The Fantasticks.

Workshop

 

Felicitation;

Today I’m learning about

facilitation.

 

by Scooj

Personal resilience

 

I’m in the red zone,

mercury rising; think it’s

time for a haiku.

 

by Scooj

 

  • Written in a personal resilience workshop (preparing for a change programme) describing what I do when the pressure is on.

154. North Street, bus stop at Fairfield Road

Gregos is a world renowned French street artist who makes plaster casts of his face, Paints them and then sticks them to walls. He visited Bristol in 2015 during Upfest, and this is one of his pieces. He has made more than 1000 of these face casts, mostly in Paris – I know of only two in Bristol.

Gregos, North Street, Bristol, January 2016
Gregos, North Street, Bristol, January 2016

Cosmic Traveller, a Bristol street art blogger, wrote a great piece about Gregos in January this year. It is well worth a read.

Gregos, North Street, Bristol, January 2016
Gregos, North Street, Bristol, January 2016

I can’t help really liking this original idea, and of course it’ll make my next trip to Paris just that bit more interesting.

7.5/10

Easter forecast

 

Midas is losing

his touch, as gold turns to grey

and Spring stalls again.

 

by Scooj