Month: November 2022

4802. Cheltenham 2022 (16)

Jimmer Willmott and Guts, Cheltenham Paint Festival 22, Cheltenham, July 2022
Jimmer Willmott and Guts, Cheltenham Paint Festival 22, Cheltenham, July 2022

This photograph was one of the last to be taken on my old camera before it broke (I dropped it). This is a good thing, because I am not so pleased with the replacement camera I bought. The collaboration came only a few weeks after DC Guts and Jimmer Willmott shared a board at Upfest 22.

Jimmer Willmott and Guts, Cheltenham Paint Festival 22, Cheltenham, July 2022
Jimmer Willmott and Guts, Cheltenham Paint Festival 22, Cheltenham, July 2022

When these two get together, something crazy and imaginative always happens, and this colour burst shows off the work of two creative talents. To the left, Jimmer Willmott’s character, wearing a Charlie Brown t-shirt, has elements of Mr Potato Head about it and is full of fun. To the right, Guts presents a face made up of constituent components, with the word ‘TWINS’ written in the middle. Are we to believe that these two creations are twins? I can see the likeness.

4801. Cumberland Basin

Andy Council and Acer One, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2022
Andy Council and Acer One, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2022

There is something very comforting about the collaborative efforts from Andy Council and Acer One, particularly as their styles are so utterly different, and yet they find ways to combine them or create a read-across between them.

Andy Council, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2022
Andy Council, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2022

Andy Council’s contribution is an unusual piece, bilaterally symmetrical, that appears to have a skull at its centre. Everything else appears to be decorative, but there might be significance – I can only see wings, possible. As I mentioned before, the segue into Acer One’s work is the white line behind Andy Council’s piece.

Acer One, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2022
Acer One, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2022

In a temporary departure from geometric letters, Acer One gives us a rather pleasing geometric pattern with his current passion for using rainbow colours emanating out from the centre (Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain). The collaboration is set to remain for a while, as this particular spot is rarely tagged or painted. Great work from the pair.

4800. St Werburghs tunnel (316)

Sled One, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2022
Sled One, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2022

Something that can be always relied upon is that any piece, large or small, by Sled One will always ooze class. This recent work at the entrance to the tunnel is proof enough of that. I particularly like this piece because it came as a complete surprise.

Sled One, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2022
Sled One, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2022

When I first saw this, I thought that there might be a suggestion of Sepr involvement, because the character would fit the Sepr style, but the eyebrows give it away as a Sled One character. The chef skeleton is full of character movement, holding his hand in a gesture of culinary perfection, perfect. Another thing I love about Sled One’s work is that he slaps classy ‘ASK’ mega tags (After Skool Klub) all over the city, often without signature. Another notable piece from Sled One.

Ivy

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A mature damson

suffocated, weakened, killed

felled under the weight

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by Scooj

4799. Cheltenham Road, Boston Tea Party

Kid Krishna, Cheltenham Road, Bristol, October 2022
Kid Krishna, Cheltenham Road, Bristol, October 2022

When you spend your spare time searching out and writing about street/graffiti art, you develop an amazing peripheral vision for noticing something different, something new, in the places that you visit most often. I was walking to the office last week (a rare occurrence these days), and from the corner of my eye I saw this bright flash of colour behind a hedge on the wall of The Boston Tea Party, where an Alex Lucas piece once proudly stood. The colour belongs to this outstanding piece by Kid Krishna, which I assume is rather new.

Kid Krishna, Cheltenham Road, Bristol, October 2022
Kid Krishna, Cheltenham Road, Bristol, October 2022

For me at least, this piece was an extra surprise because it is by Kid Krishna, and to date I have only seen his writing, and wasn’t aware that he painted art pieces as well. This is an unusual, but compelling portrait piece in bright colours and almost in a cubist style. Great to see that Kid Krishna has several strings to his bow, and a great addition to his portfolio.

4798. Leonard Lane (37)

Dog Bless the Band, Leonard Lane, Bristol, October 2022
Dog Bless the Band, Leonard Lane, Bristol, October 2022

Leonard Lane used to be a street with only a few pieces of graffiti, street art or tags, but over recent years it has become popular with writers and for paint jams, and now there is little bare wall left, although the quality of work there is highly variable.

Dog Bless the Band, Leonard Lane, Bristol, October 2022
Dog Bless the Band, Leonard Lane, Bristol, October 2022

You have to look quite hard at this one to make out the letters MOTEL which tells you that it is by Dog Bless the Band. Although the piece looks a bit messy, not helped by the un-buffed wall, it is actually rather nicely put together. Dog Bless the Band has used his usual low-key colours, with a hint of blending, for his letters and added a few ‘shock sparks’ for added interest. A nice touch is the picking out of the mortar lines in the brickwork of the wall into his letters. A nicely considered piece.

4797. Greenbank (59)

3F Fino, Greenbank, Bristol, October 2022
3F Fino, Greenbank, Bristol, October 2022

It is getting very difficult to keep on top of the street art scene in Bristol at the moment. The sheer number of artists and the frequency with which they are painting, means that many pieces never see the light of day on the pages of Natural Adventures. An artist who doesn’t appear as much as he should is 3F Fino, and I have a great many of his pieces lurking in my archive.

3F Fino, Greenbank, Bristol, October 2022
3F Fino, Greenbank, Bristol, October 2022

I have managed to include this recent one from Greenbank, painted alongside LRS crew friends. The letters FINO are half decorated in a bubble style, that 3F Fino has used before at L Dub, if my memory serves me right. The design as very effective and unusual. Alongside the letters, the artist has painted a masked character jumping out of the side of a spray can with a brick wall motif, used a lot by street artists. All good work from 3F Fino.

4796. Cumberland Basin

Bnie, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2022
Bnie, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2022

Unsigned pieces are always tricky because it is quite easy to attribute them to the wrong artist and end up with egg on your face. I am, however, pretty certain that this ‘Brat’ piece is by Bnie, and I say this, because the style of letters is consistent with hers and she has written brat at least once before, some time ago.

Bnie, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2022
Bnie, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2022

The piece was written as part of a wonderful paint jam, that included outstanding works from Sepr and Sled One. What can I say about this writing? Great letters, great colours, nicely worked fades, effective white highlights and a tight border. What more is there to like from classy writing?

Bnie, M32 roundabout, Bristtol, April 2021
Bnie, M32 roundabout, Bristol, April 2021

Summer dreams

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Search the Interweb

for summer destination

dreamy distraction

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by Scooj