Sensory delights;
calm colours and subtle scents
ease Winter away.
by Scooj
Author: scooj
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.
138. North Street, Workout (1)
ATM is something of a bird specialist, although I featured his wonderful bee near the entrance of @Bristol back in July 2015. In that post I referred to ATM working on a piece for Upfest 2015. This is that piece.
ATM is a tireless campaigner for a better understanding of the plight of our wildlife and he has given several interviews about his work – here is a lovely one from Inspiring City.
This hand painted image of a hen harrier is typical of his work, and although most of his work is to be seen in London, there are several in Bristol…check out Leonard Lane, for example.
7.5/10
Sprinter
Season’s confusion;
no longer can we be sure
of what we will get.
by Scooj
Sprinter – conflation of Spring and Winter
137. North Street, No.131.
This is a fine, clean tribute to Mibsy (Mibzy) by Inkie (update – and Cheo) , that can be found at the Eastern end of North Street. It is one of several such tributes that I have featured from Stokes Croft, Gloucester Road and Cheltenham Road.
This piece, I believe, was put up around the time of Upfest 2015, and typifies the love and respect the graff/street art community had for Mibsy.
Not instantly identifiable as an Inkie, I had to do a little digging to confirm. Since writing this post, I have been informed by Tuco that the piece was a collaboration between Inkie and Cheo. Props to both.
Admission
Disappearing words
blurred in the half-light of a
restaurant; need specs.
by Scooj
136. Old Bread Street
This is the image I have agonised over most since I started blogging about Bristol street art. I came across it in the amazing car park at the end of Old Bread Lane surrounded by hoardings that make fabulous practice walls for local artists.
I like the work so much that it adorns the front cover of my ‘street art calendar 2016’, but it is only recently that I made out the artist’s name…it is blindingly obvious now, with hindsight. Sled One is another Bristol artist, who seems to work with several other artists, including SPZero76, featured in yesterday’s entry.
There appears to be a hell of a lot of meaning in this piece…it would appear to have an environmental theme and a ‘cutting off his nose to spite his face’ kind of thing going on. The character also really reminds me of Woody Woodpecker, although I am sure that is accidental. I cannot say how much I like it. I took the picture last November, but I expect it has been painted over by now.
9/10
Distracted
Thoughts drift to questions
like how do you know when sour
cream has gone over…
by Scooj
135. Gloucester Road, Poppers
A wonderful new piece by SPZero76 has recently appeared on the side wall of Poppers, a party shop on the Gloucester Road. It would seem that SPZero76 has been rather busy lately, with a recent piece also appearing in Shoreditch, London. UPDATE 4 March 16: via Twitter, SPZero76 informes me that the wildstyle burner in the centre of this piece is by Mr Wigz, so it is a collaboration between the two.
SPZero76 is an illustrator and street artist who is based in Bristol and London, who has a great website where you can find out more about his work.
I particularly like this new mural because it brightens up what was previously a rather dull alleyway. There are several references in the work including to Lost Souls (his crew) and to Massive Attack (Robert del Naja is an active street artist, 3D).
A really great new addition to my local area.
8.5/10
Conversation returns
Work network is down;
some plunge into panic mode
some take time to talk.
by Scooj
Green
Spring’s prelude so green,
a sight for sore eyes after
the long wet grey days.
by Scooj
Natural adventures 