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Failed to land my job
not the glide path I hoped for
the world’s my oyster
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or that’s what I tell myself
in those sorrowful moments
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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.
Thursday Doors – 1 October 2026
Doors 372 – Doors of Madeira (part III) – September 2025
Well I’m back from the best holiday in Greece, and feeling fully refreshed. I missed last week’s Thursday Doors because I was just enjoying myself too much and not having a lot of time for blogging and other Interweb activities. There is something very nice about September holidays in Europe, The weather is still good but the crowds are reduced, and everything feels just that little bit sleepier. Our Madeira trip last year was also in September, and that too was excellent.
This week’s door selection continues on from last week with some more art on doors from the same area in the centre of Funchal. I hope you enjoy them:
More from Madeira next time. Until then have a wonderful rest of week.
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 weekly Thursday Doors post and his Sunday recap.
7941. Sparke Evans Park (161)
Solar is managing to keep up a steady drumbeat of activity this year and is constantly developing his style, but as well as that he is also improving his technique, and turning out some really fantastic pieces, bridging that awkward space between anti-style and conventional graffiti writing with great skill, not letting go of his principles as he progresses.
This elongated piece spells out SOLAR with the letters being divided through the middle with what look like vertical plates. The wholr thing looks like a vehicle of some kind, with windscreens at the right-hand end. There are some interesting colour variations as you progress through the piece and an array of fills, starbursts and highlights throughout, making this a visually very interesting piece.
7940. St Werburghs tunnel (596)
What a lovely, crisp and up-beat piece this is in the tunnel by Donz. I think it was painted during a mini-paint jam for his own birthday celebrations. Looking at his Instagram feed, it would appear that Donz wasn’t too happy with the piece as it was painted using up cans, or a ‘dregs’ piece.
Knowing that information, you can see that there is a slightly chaotic colour scheme, the bottom half of which really doesn’t connect with the top half. The top is nice and clean but the mix of colours below is a little untidy, and probably why Donz felt this wasn’t his best work. The little figures around the writing are by Posh who painted alongside Donz during the paint jam.
7939. Frome Side (70)
This is a rather unlikely collaboration between Serm and Sub. I haven’t seen either collaborate with anyone, other than Sub with Bloem, so I had to look twice to make sure I had seen this right, which I believe I have. Infortunately there is a lot of glare on the photographs, a constant problem with this wall under the M32.
Both artists have written their own letters in their own style, but what this makes it a collaboration is that each has incorporated a character, Tom and Jerry, which are interacting with one another. On the left, Serm has painted some beautiful green letters with a deep reddy-brown drop shadow and Jerry the mouse making a quick escape from the clutches of Tom.
On the right, Sub has overlayed his large SUB letters with Tom the cat in hot persuit of Jerry. Although both characters vary a little from the cartoon originals, they are recognisable and add some humorous content to these two pieces of graffiti writing. A decent fun collaboration.
7938. Goodneston Road (10)
Going back a little in time to my late discovery of the massive Tickz tribute wall, I thought I should include this piece by Minto. Reflecting back on Minto’s gallery, it is obvious that he rather likes depicting vehicles in his work, and this is one great example of that.
Minto presents a monster truck driving over and crushing another car. I’m not sure if there is any particular relevance to this, but it makes for a good scene. I like the detail in the piece, such as the reflection of the scene behind in the car door. I still have so many pieces to post from this wall, but will probably spread them out over time.
Ulow
A gallery of outstanding character pieces by Bristol artist Ulow.
All photographs by Scooj.
7937. Dean Lane skate park (943)
This is another piece that I have pulled out of my archive, which I photographed back in June this year. It is a rather charming piece by Effe, an artict I know little about other than that they are primarily a tattooo artist.
This piece definitely reflects a tattoo art style, a clear emblem, in this case a bird with a flower in its beak, and a piece that feels like it is an outline that has been coloured in. There is a tremendous cross-over between street art and tattoo art, with many practicing tattooists painting the sreets of Bristol. I look forward to finding more pieces by Effe.
7936. Victoria Park
I’m back to work with a bump today, after a fantastic holiday in Greece with my wife and daughter – truly a perfect holiday. The only upside that I can think of is that I can get back into a rhythm for writing my blog posts before work, a pattern that goes completely out of the window when on holiday. This is a piece from Logoe which I photographed back in May.
This is a long wall, and Logoe has filled the space perfectly, withoug distorting his letters too much. The colour palette is beautifully worked out and sympathetic with the immediate environment. Of course, the piece incorporates Logoe’s script writing style and is liberally sprinkled with oval decorative spots. Nice piece in a nice place.
7935. M32 roundabout J2 (33)
This is another stencil piece from John D’oh, painted earlier this year in May. I still have plenty of his pieces still to publish, and I guess there are probably some more to photograph too.
Rats feature a fair bit in street art, probably popularised in part by Banksy. In this piece, a stencilling rat, has switched the letters of ART around to read RAT. Humour and subversion all captured in this small stencil from John D’oh.
