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It doesn’t take long
to get sucked into routine
like you never left
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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.
5805. Dean Lane skate park (685)
On one of my favourite walls is this slightly different piece by Lee Roy, spelling out VLAD. I am not sure if this is a one-off, or a new direction of travel, but I am guessing the former. This is a funny old wall really, sometimes a piece can last a month or two, and other times there may be half a dozen in a period of a few days. This one and its predecessor didn’t last long.
Lee Roy has worked this piece very nicely, set on a dramatic red background with yellow drops, his gold/grey/white fill is full of symbols and patterns that are commonly used in his and others’ work. Verging on anti-style, this is a great piece by Lee Roy.
5804. Cumberland Basin
Marckinetic usually paints alongside his friend Kid Krishna, and so when the latter goes quiet, so does Marckinetic. Now that Kid Krishna has started firing on all cylinders again, Marckinetic has been out on at least two occasions recently.
This piece, painted in January, shows us just how original the artist’s style is. I believe that there is writing here, just not the way we are used to seeing it (there is a possibility the letters say MARC – CORRECTION – they spell out FFS (thank you Paul H)). The deep white shadows have a little bit of Acer One about them, but the ‘cosmic’ fills are all Marckinetic, and something of speciality. This is an unusual and very welcome piece in the vast spectrum of Bristol street/graffiti art.
5803. Greenbank (104)
It is always a great pleasure to see any combination of RBF artists collaborating, and this is an early year beauty from Bnie, Pekoe and Evey. Unfortunately the photographs are a bit rubbish on account of tree shadows cast on the wall by a low winter sun. Fortunately, the girls declare that ‘2024 is going to be sexy AF’.
Bnie starts the triptych, writing her letters with a certain amount of expression, and looking wonderfully free. The clever drop shadow appears to surround the letters as well as giving them depth. Bnie has used a three shade fill which is topped off with some darker bubbly shapes. A very nice piece of writing indeed.
There is something very different from Pekoe in the middle of the collaboration, which features a smartly dressed woman with a fancy green and yellow scarf wrapped around her neck. It is quite unusual for Pekoe to paint full (or even half) body characters, and it will be interesting to see if this is something she continues with this year.
Rounding off on the right is some tidy bubble writing from Evey, with a rather saucy ‘V’. Her fills are very nicely worked and the flow of colours through the letters are most enjoyable. I am not too sure about the drop shadow, which doesn’t quite hit the mark for me. Certainly a great start to the year though. I am looking forward to a whole lot more from RBF in 2024.
5802. Dean Lane skate park (684)
I am back home now, after a lovely week away in the French Alps. I have just about managed to keep my posts going over the last week, with a few glitches along the way, however, things should start to return to normal, once I get back into a routine. This piece is by Bean who was back in Bristol over the Christmas break.
In my view, Bean has excelled with this piece which is both beautifully designed and executed, with a sharpness to it that shows off his can control skills. The character work, painted in duo-tone for each colour element, is fabulous, with some interesting 3D blocks in the facial hair. I expect to see more from bean around Easter time.
5801. St Werburghs tunnel (403)
Flying out of Grenoble today, so no time to write much about this magnificent collaboration from Silent Hobo and Mr Riks. The former has been rather quiet on the streets of late, but the former a little more busy than usual. A classy collaborative effort, with some contemporary commentary thrown in for good measure.
5800. L Dub (51)
There are three or four artists who fairly regularly paint in L Dub, and one of them is Donz. His work is always original and often showcases the artist’s good eye for great colour combinations. This piece on the wall of the water company pumping station is a cracker.
Although I haven’t seen a huge number of Donz’ pieces, I consider this to be the best I have photographed. The letters spell DONZ, in a style that is verging on anamorphic, with a clever use of colour and shade to produce huge depth in the letters. This is a much more than decent piece from Donz.
Grenoble Airport
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Mind boggling chaos
assistance invisible
not fit for purpose
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by Scooj
5799. L Dub (50)
I went for one of my occasional visits to L Dub a couple of weeks back and was greeted with this magnificent ‘Dead Calm’ piece my DJ Perks. I don’t understand the reference, because the only Dead Calm I know about was a film made in the 1980s I think. I guess that this piece has a musical reference.
DJ Perks is a superb writer, and this piece is as clean and tidy as a piece can be. Perfect fills, great colour selection, great background and a stunning gold border. This is a very classy piece from DJ Perks.
5798. St Werburghs tunnel (402)
With this double collaboration from Mote and Mr Crawls, we are treated to some outstandingly creative monster characters, demonstrating that this relatively recent pairing is thriving, and their partnership is becoming one of the most interesting in Bristol at the moment.
While I have met Mote on this many occasions, I have not yet met Mr Crawls, but hope that I will catch them painting together before long. The left-hand side pairing of bird monsters are painted in rich colours and superbly designed. The different styles, as always, complement each other perfectly, and to date this is my favourite piece by the two artists so far.
To the right, two more imaginative creatures hang out side-by-side, set on a chrome background. As these two paint more often together, they are clearly bouncing ideas off each other and incorporating elements of each others’ work. For example Mote’s monster horns are straight out of the Mr Crawls song book. What a fabulous collaboration.
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