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Too much momentum
ministers are out of touch
power in people
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by Scooj
Month: October 2021
4022. River Avon (20)
One of the most overlooked artists in Bristol, whose work rarely appears on social media, is Cort. It might be that his low profile and reluctance to chat and engage contribute to this situation, but in my view, his work is worthy of being noticed and written about.
This bright piece on the River Avon cycle path is unusually regularly proportioned, aided undoubtedly by the brick course. The thin, angular letters, so distinctive of Cort’s work and beautifully filled with a nice palette of blues, and a hint of green accents. I like this piece a lot from the PAD crew artist.
4021. Brunel Way (127)
Tick tock, tick tock – the beating heart and soul of Bristol street art and graffiti writing, Mr Draws continues to paint his pieces, reliable and faithful, providing us all with a sensation that all is well with the world (even though it isn’t, of course).
I have followed Mr Draws pretty much from the day I first started writing about this stuff and have enjoyed his unwavering determination to just keep going, even through the hard times. This is a nice piece spelling out Draws and with horizontal colour slices running through. Always great to see his work and the sense of comfort it brings.
Thursday doors – 28 October 2021
Doors 166 – Street/graffiti art doors
I feel like a brief pause from my holiday doors, so here, in deep contrast to the stylish and quaint doors of Cornwall, are some edgy graff doors from Bristol. This set of doors were first published on Natural Adventures in January – April 2021, but the photographs might have been taken some time before that.
Short and sweet this week, with a likely resumption of chocolate box pretties next time. Have a great weekend wherever you are, and let’s hope for the sake of all of us that the COP26 talks go well, and our respective governments commit to doing more to combat the practices that exacerbate climate change, starting right here in the UK, where we have a lot to answer for.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
by Scooj
Boris
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Unbelievable
incapable, unwilling
more boosterism
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by Scooj
- with thanks to Ed Milliband for introducing me to a word I’d not heard before.
Dan Kitchener
A gallery of outstanding murals from artist and street artist Dan Kitchener (DANK)
All photographs by Scooj
4020. Cumberland Basin
Well this is a real beauty from alien specialist Nugmoose down in Cumberland Basin. All in black and embellished with bright colourful flowers, this five-eyed alien is difficult to ignore, and plays to all of Nugmoose’s quirky strengths.
Nothing lasts very long on this wall, so I was very pleased to get pictures of this one before it was painted over. No signature required from this artist, because his style and content is fairly recognisable, but just in case there is doubt, the alien script, in this instance on the character’s forehead, is a dead give away. An enjoyable piece from Nugmoose.
4019. Brunel Way (126)
There is a relatively new artist in town (at least he has been painting more frequently) who in a few short months has been making an impression with some lovely character/animal pieces. He is Tack Jucker (see what he did there with his name?) and made his debut on Natural Adventures with a monkey piece in Sparke Evans Park, a week or so back.
Here we have another monkey piece, and I managed to catch up with the artist and a friend while he was finishing this one off. He is friends with Nightwayss and that is rather apt as both appear to enjoy painting monkeys. This melting-face individual has smoke discharging from its eyes and seems to be more horror-based than natural history-based. It is a fine piece and one of several in the pipeline.
One percent
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Incremental steps
striving for a better world
each little thing counts
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by Scooj
4018. Purdown HAA Battery (37)
Of all the newer artists in Bristol, I think I know the least about Skronius. Keeping a low profile seems to be the order of the day, or maybe our paths simply haven’t crossed yet. Skronius certainly favours this spot, and since I only visit about once every three weeks or so, the likelihood of meeting are pretty slim.
I would say that fantasy creatures and worlds are favoured by Skronius, and this dragon head is quite fabulous. His style really doesn’t look like spray-painting, and this piece in particular looks like it could be a watercolour. I think Skronius achieves this effect by laying down the character colours first and then adding in the detail with the black lines. However it is done, it is an unusual effect. I love the way it is signed in the smoke in the top left-hand corner.
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