A colleague alerted me to this hoarding, which is within lunchtime walking distance from my work, so I felt obliged to go and take a look. Sometimes such tip-offs can be a bit of a disappointment, because not all ‘street art’ is worth the trip. This wonderful piece by Smak however was absolutely worth it.
I had kind of been aware of these hoardings but didn’t know that there was anything decent there. In fact there were three notable pieces of which this is the first. Smak is an interesting artist in that he has two personas. This is his ‘graff’ persona, but he also does high-end pieces and commissions under another name – he even painted a large wall at Upfest this year (to follow).
This wildstyle writing is really skilfully done and spells out SMAK. In the middle of the work he had woven in the head of a bird, and there are some feathers in there too. A classy piece.
Natural adventures 
Seems there’s some really good stuff about in Bristol at the mo and I am long overdue a visit. I haven’t been down that way since Upfest Monday! I was actually going to do so this weekend just gone but remembered that they are messing about with the trains so decided to leave it a few weeks until everything is back to normal. Did Birmingham instead and took some pix of the work done during the Hi-Viz Festival which took place the same time as the Cheltenham one (some artists did both venues). Glad I went as there was some outstanding work done there. Well worth the trip even though the train fare is 3 times as much as it is to Bristol from here!
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I need to get out of Bristol and will get to Cheltenham one day, but life here is very cluttered with both my in laws in care homes recently. Weekends away are a rarity.
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