Wowzer, a staggering work in blue from Ketones6000 in South Street park at this year’s Upfest. A piece as striking as this is hard to overlook…it simply draws you in to get a better look. The artist, AKA Jerome Davenport is an Australian who has been working out of London during 2017 and 2018, and Upfest was just one of several festivals he painted at this year.
This photorealistic vision in blue is rather haunting and clearly has a maritime theme going on. The face is the first and most obvious component that you see in this piece, but when you get up close, some other interesting details emerge.
On the right hand side of the portrait you can see a tall ship emerging from the fog, so I am guessing the hero is probably a sailor of some kind. I love this piece and the atmosphere it creates – it would be great to get Ketones6000 back for next year.
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An extraordinary piece of work. What an amazing talent!
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I agree.
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Epic. That deserves to be on a permanent wall somewhere.
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I know, it seems a shame that so many of these great pieces were on boards.
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Definitely one of my favourites from this year’s festival.
I was lucky enough to chat with him a couple of times and on the second occasion he told me this was about Captain Blackbeard the legendary pirate who originated from Bristol . . .
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Ah, that is great insight. I don’t know how I missed him.
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I missed so many artists due to the weather, and those that I did chat to in South Street Park I unfortunately didn’t see all of their works finished as when I went back there on Wednesday to see the finished works the park was closed and the volunteers were denying access to everyone . . .
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Oh that’s really unfortunate. Hoping for better weather next year.
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As for this piece he said the boat on the right was a pirate ship chasing down the one on the left . . .
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