It was a real pleasure to find myself in the company of so many great Bristol artists at the 25 year anniversary celebrations at the Tobacco Factory, and none more so than Pelmo, whose work I have admired for some time. It was nice to meet him for the first time and to find out a little bit about how he likes to work.
In creating this piece, featuring one of his outsized characters, he had decided to abandon his spray cans on environmental grounds and use paint and brushes, which was a first for him on a wall. Set in a skyscraper landscape, the large gentleman is posing with a ballet dancer, and there is an interesting and rather sad synergy between the two of them. I like the piece very much, but I wonder if the large amount of white space works on this scale.
Brilliant to meet Pelmo at last.
Natural adventures 
Unfortunately I don’t think it does work, although obviously I understand why he might not want to use spray cans, but for me this piece could have been so much better . . .
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I understand from talking to Paul Roberts that the experiment may be short lived.
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Good to hear because usually his work is as distinctive as it is good . . .
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