Mr Draws is a busy Bristol street artist who specialises in spraying colourful impressionist mountain ranges. His style is simple and at times appears to be naive, but it is far from that, and some of his pieces demonstrate his sophistication.
Mr Draws, Upfest, Bristol, July 2016Mr Draws has been spraying a lot since Upfest in July, but I haven’t been out as much as I would like recently and so have missed lots of his work. I know he is not everyone’s cup of tea, but like so many of the Bristol street artists his work has grown on me. I also like it that in amongst all the international ‘big name’ artists invited to Upfest, there are dozens of local artists upholding the Bristol graffiti tradition. Good work.
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A bit like the work of Lawrence Harris of The Group of Seven.
The Group of Seven have done some of my favourite paintings. I have a poem on Poetikat Unbound about a Harris painting. I’ll see if I can find the link.
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A bit like the work of Lawrence Harris of The Group of Seven.
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Autocorrect messed up the name, it’s Lawren Harris.😝
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An artist I’d not heard of. Just 👀 at google and I agree with you.
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The Group of Seven have done some of my favourite paintings. I have a poem on Poetikat Unbound about a Harris painting. I’ll see if I can find the link.
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https://kat5361.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/one-of-seven-another-sort-of-snow-poem/
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Love the poem, absolutely wonderful. The painting has a clinical stark and clean feel to it, and your words capture it so well.
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Thanks. I have a page on Pinterest dedicated to Canadian Artists. You might like to have a gander.
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