Sam Brentnall, Purdown, Bristol, July 2005

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Sam Brentnall, Purdown, Bristol, July 2005
Sam Brentnall, Purdown, Bristol, July 2005

I have only ever found a handful of pieces by Sam Brentnall, but it doesn’t take many to make a really strong impression. There is something very endearing about this simple naïve style, so clean and crisp. I think it must have been quite recently finished when I found it, because there are no mud splashes, goat damage or tagging to be seen.

Sam Brentnall, Purdown, Bristol, July 2005
Sam Brentnall, Purdown, Bristol, July 2005

The beautiful illustration is of a man with a hat playing a guitar, and to use up the space of the concrete slab, Sam Brentnall has playfully bent the neck of the guitar back on itself, in a way that only cartoon illustrations can. Refreshing and fun.

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I am Stephen. I live in Bristol, UK. I decided to shorten my profile...to this: Wildlife, haiku, travel, streetart, psychogeography and my family. Not necessarily in that order.

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