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Reflective moment
a supermarket car park
mentally prepping
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by Scooj
Month: November 2024
6558. M32 roundabout J3 (641)
Sub paints his large three letter pieces reasonably often, but I have been waiting for one that has the ‘wow’ factor, and with this enormous piece on the roundabout, I think he has pretty much got there. I first saw this piece on Instagram, before I photographed it, and was actually really keen to go and see it for myself.
I think that the buffed wall really helps in this instance, and the colour selection of orange and blue works really well. Sub has paid great attention to the dimensions of the drop shadow, which drifts off to the left. There is a fusion of his letters, through which the blue fill bleeds across the piece. The thing I like the most is the thin line patterning, which is just about right. Any more decoration and it would look fussy, any less and it would look bare. In my view, this is Sub’s best piece to date.
6557. Sparke Evans Park (106)
An emerging artist in Bristol that I am watching quite closely is Roma. I know nothing at all about Roma, and at this stage I have to be careful about assigning a gender to the artist, because I have made the unconscious bias mistake of assuming artists are male when in fact I have been quite wrong, most embarrassingly with T-Rex.
Roma has been painting some quite elementary letters, and you can see from the borders and highlight lines that can-control is a difficult skill to master, but Roma is making great progress in this area. The blended mixture of fill colours is effective, and I love the sprinkling of pink stars running horizontally through the piece. Definitely one to keep a close eye on.
6556. Newfoundland Road (6)
This is a curious shutter piece painted on a new Kashmiri restaurant in St Pauls. It is a little off the beaten track, but on one of my dog-walking circuits. The piece is signed by Zase, but it is quite unlike most of his work, and is most likely painted to a commission brief.
The piece is a stunning mountainous landscape, with a river running through rolling hills and a cherry blossom dangling across the piece in the foreground. The piece is unusual, because you simply don’t see this kind of thing very often in Bristol. It is beautiful.
On the other side of the restaurant entrance is a flag-map of Kashmir. I am not certain that Zase is the artist, because it is so utterly different from his normal style, and it isn’t quite finished to the sharp quality I would expect. The whole thing though is a refreshing change from the usual fare I see every single day.
6555. Frome Side (44)
Astrea is finding her feet in the Bristol street art scene and has been developing at pace. The first time I encountered her work was on a hot summer’s day in Muriel Alleyway for the mini street art festival organised by Rtiiika. Now her work can even be found in the difficult-to-access Frome Side spot, underneath the M32.
Astrea’s abstract designs in black and white, remind me a little of Prince’s squiggle, when he was represented by a symbol. This column piece is imaginative, and although her finishing needs a little work, she has painted a fairly intricate pattern. My eye keeps getting drawn to the lower right-hand side of the piece where one of the squiggles looks a little bit like a dancing figure. It is so good to see Astrea getting out and and about practising her artwork.
6554. Dean Lane skate park (783)
A little while ago, this fine collaboration between Dibz and Ceus appeared on the long wall at Dean Lane. I believe the mulsh for buffing the background was supplied by Ceus, which makes me think that this might not have been a planned collaboration, but rather a serendipitous one.
On the left, Dibz has painted some nice clean and uncomplicated letters in chrome, spelling out his name. Some little black details at the foot of each of the letters adds a little bit of interest. The blue tint surrounding the letters has a cool glow which works really well.
Ceus, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2024
It has been great to see that Ceus is painting a little more frequently these days and this piece is characteristically colourful. Although the letters are filled in part with a warm orange colour, the piece overall has an icy cold look and feel. As ever beautifully painted letters. This is a nice collaborative wall.
6553. Gloucester Road
As the crow flies, this is probably one of thee nearest pieces of street art to where I live, and I probably pass it a few times a week. I hadn’t noticed until recently that it had changed. Sepr painted a piece here back in February 2020, and you can just see a little bit of that black and white piece on the left of this banner on the Filthy XIII bar.
This new piece (although I don’t know how new) Features a man and a couple of birds chilling with some rather gaudy cocktails. Sepr has filled the thin horizontal strip perfectly, and his unique cartoon style is full of humour and warmth. Fabulous work.
6552. Sparke Evans Park (105)
The long wall at Sparke Evans Park always seems to have numerous really decent pieces, no matter when you go to visit. It is a little bit out of the way and rarely gets bombed with throw ups or tags. This piece by Figzzz was a vibrant and most memorable piece from my last visit to the park.
I have never encountered the artist’s work before and wonder if I am ever likely to again, but it has left an impression on me. The mushroomy theme has been superbly executed, with the pink fruiting bodies growing out of the letters spelling FIGZ in fat script writing. There are some nice decorations in the fill and a diagonal line running through the piece, creating more interest. Welcome to Bristol Figzzz.
Noise
A gallery of graffiti writing from the outstanding Bristol-based writer, Noise.
Instagram: noise_mhc_uga_lrs
All photographs by Scooj
Thursday doors – 28 November 2024 – Exeter doors
Doors 288 – Doors from Exeter, Devon – Part V, October 2023
At the time of publishing this post, I will be in a conference in Bristol, So I had to cobble this post together in a bit of a hurry last night. There is not too much to say about this week’s selection of doors, because it forms part of a long series of doors from the City of Exeter, all photographed during a two-hour walk back in October 2023. These doors were all from the area around Exeter Cathedral. I hope you enjoy them.
You can read more about Mol’s Coffee House here, it has an interesting history. That’s about it for this week. I’m sorry, but there are still a few more doors to share from Exeter next time. I wish you a fulfilled weekend.
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
Natural adventures 