Month: June 2019

2262. Dean Lane skate park (219)

This is a rather nice burner from an artist we tend to associate with bunny rabbits, but whose work is in fact broad and varied, Nevergiveup. There is an awful lot to like about this carefully put together piece, which spells out ZBOK, which I believe means deviant (or something of that nature) in Polish. The beautiful deep red background frames the extraordinary interior filling that displays wonderful technique with sharp patterning of the letters.

Nevergiveup, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2019
Nevergiveup, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2019

Nevergiveup tends to sign these pieces NGU although he has several different aliases which he uses on his Instagram accounts, such as @followmyrabbits or @zbok_ngu or @ngufam_vandals. This is a nice tidy example ofhis versatility.

2261. St Werburghs tunnel (84)

Sandwiched between Eraze and Rusk (quite some sandwich) is this rather small and understated piece by Laic217, all the more unusual for the lack of a signature. The piece was painted back in May during what must have been quite some paint jam, during which at least ten artists converged on St Werburghs tunnel.

Laic217, St Werburghs, Bristol, May 2019
Laic217, St Werburghs, Bristol, May 2019

Laic217 had gone for a minimum of colours in the portrait but jazzed up the whole thing with a bright gold chain. The elements that link this piece to Laic217 are the zip fastener, the style of clothes and the dripping/melting effect. I’m not too sure about the ear on this piece, which appears to be a little high and large and almost blended into the cap.

Surface water

 

Motorway journey

perilous in driving rain

wipers on full speed

 

by Scooj

2260. Dean Lane skate park (218)

Vibrant and sharp, this is a magnbificent bit of graffiti writing from Rezwonk and the left-hand half of a collaborative wall with Rusk. What really brings this piece to life is the clean letters and striking blue trim, it’s really something special.

Rezwonk, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2019
Rezwonk, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2019

Rezwonk, or Rezer as he writes, has been incredibly busy with his street work this spring/summer and he seems to enjoy painting with othert artists, often with Decay and Nightwayss. It is funny how these artists rise through the mist of anonymity. I think Rezwonk first hit my radar back in the summer of 2017, before that I can’t recall ever seeing any of his work. This is one of his best (IMHO).

2259. Thomas Street (4)

DNT is on something of a roll at the moment, painting all spare corners in the Stokes Croft area, which is very much his ‘manor’. This piece is typical of his work using plenty of colour and shapes to create a recogniasble form, in this case a screaming monster face.

DNT, Thomas Street, Bristol, June 2019
DNT, Thomas Street, Bristol, June 2019

I like his style which is quite distinct and unlike other artists in Bristol. It is almost like a stained glass structure, with panels of different colours coming together to make a whole where the individual constituent parts on their own wouldn’t make any sense. It would appear that DNT has found his summer mojo and is enjoying his art at the moment.

Thursday doors – 13 June 2019

Doors 74 – Neglected Bristol doors

A few more doors that have seen better days, or if you’d like to look at them through a different lens, might have been given a second and rather more interesting life.

Abandoned door, Bristol, June 2019
Abandoned door, Bristol, June 2019
Is this the same abandoned door? and can you see the door behind all the posters? Stokes Croft, Bristol, June 2019
Is this the same abandoned door? and can you see the door behind all the posters? Stokes Croft, Bristol, June 2019
Jody door, North Street, Bristol, June 2019
Jody door, North Street, Bristol, June 2019
Archway and door in Leonard Lane, Bristol, March 2019
Archway and door in Leonard Lane, Bristol, March 2019
Character-building? tagged doors in Moon Street, Bristol, June 2019
Character-building? tagged doors in Moon Street, Bristol, June 2019

So there we are for another week.

If you’d like to see more doors take a good look at the Norm 2.0 blog – the orchestrator of Thursday Doors where there are links to yet more doors in the comments section at the end.

 

by Scooj

Blue moon

 

Family outing

restaurant choice by the boy

rather expensive.

 

by Scooj

2258. Dean Lane skate park (218)

I have always loved the work of Kid Crayon, and this fabulous burner in Dean Lane completely reinforces my view. The colours, brick red and two shades of green, work really well together and lift this piece away from the wall. Classy.

Kid Crayon, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2019
Kid Crayon, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2019

It seems that in recent months Kid Crayon has been enjoying his burners and also creating monsters. I’m very much looking forward to seeing more work like this in the near future. If you want to hear more from this lovely artist, thre is a great podcast interview with him from April on The Rough Skecth Podcast – an interesting insight into the life of an illustrator/urban artist.

2257. Raleigh Road, Tobacco Factory (15)

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.

Pelmo, Tobacco Factory, Bristol, May 2019
Pelmo, Tobacco Factory, Bristol, May 2019

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.

Leeches

 

I left the meeting

with the life sucked out of me

joyless waste of time.

 

by Scooj