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.
Yes, Fiva/Fiver has been at it again in St Werburghs Tunnel (goddam the light), with a piece full of Autumn promise. Copper tomnes and leaves leave us in no doubt about the time of year this one was created.
Fiva, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2019
Fiva is up to his usual creative deceptions of superimposing one style of writing over or into another. In this brilliant example a brick Fiver is covered over by a Fiver made of rather untidy wooden planks. The whole thing works really well and shows off his imaginative talent. Looking forward to more.
Somewhere along Welshback, I don’t recall exactly where is another inspirational quote from #DFTE framed and attached high onto the wall of a building. The uplifiting sentence reads:
Be the reason someone believes in the goodness of people – #DFTE
A sentiment it is difficult to argue against.
#DFTE, Welshback, Bristol, September 2019
I like to think that #DFTE is our social conscience and guide and nudges us to become a slightly more caring and compassionate society than we are. I can’t imaging something like this hanging on the wall in the Tory party HQ, rather it would be ‘Make Britain great again…’ blah blah blah. Keep it up #DFTE – more goodness in the world is needed.
This lovely sprite-like face by Face 1st has been at the entrance to St Werburghs tunnel for a little while now, but remained completely untouched, which is as it should be. There is a seasonal feel to the piece with bronze-coloured leaves for hair.
Face 1st, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2019
All of Face 1st’s work is really good at the moment, in fact it has been for a few years now and the artist is showing his versatility by adapting his style iteratively from piece to piece. For its simplicity and beauty this is opne of my recent favourites.
A gallery of absolutely stunning work from Bristol artist Jody
All photographs taken by Scooj
Jody, Greenbank, Bristol, August 2023Jody, Queen’s Road, Bristol, August 2023Jody, Queen’s Road, Bristol, August 2023Jody, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2023Evey and Jody, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2023Jody, Brunel Way, Bristol, April 2023Jody and Dibz, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, September 2022Jody, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, September 2022Jody, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, June 2022Jody, Upper Byron Place, Bristol, February 2016Jody, Raleigh Road, Bristol, October 2021, Upfest 21Jody, Raleigh Road, Bristol, March 2020Rusk and Jody, Raleigh Road, Bristol, March 2020Jody, Lower Approach Road, Bristol, October 2019Jody, Lower Approach Road, Bristol, October 2019Jody, Millennium Square, Bristol, September 2019Jody door, North Street, Bristol, June 2019Jody, Upfest, Tobacco Factory, Bristol, June 2019Jody, Upfest, Tobacco Factory, Bristol, May 2019Jody, Upfest, Tobacco Factory, Bristol, May 2019Jody, Stokes Croft, Bristol, March 2019Jody, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018Jody, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018Jody, Charlotte Street, Bristol, February 2018Jody, Charlotte Street, Bristol, February 2018Jody, Spotted Cow, Bristol, January 2018Jody, Greville Road, Bristol, September 2015Jody, Upfest, Bristol, July 2017Jody, Upfest, Bristol, July 2017Jody, Cheltenham Road, Bristol, November 2017Jody and Cheo, North Street, Bristol, April 2017Jody, Upfest, Bristol, July 2016Jody, Upfest, Bristol, July 2016Jody, North Street Green, Bristol, January 2017Jody, North Street, Bristol, April 2016Jody, North Street, Bristol, April 2016
Kedals is an artist whose work I have come across a couple of times in Bristol but only in the format of wheatpastes, so it was something of a surprise and indeed a great pleasure to see this painted wall in the Honeybourne Line tunnel at this year’s Cheltenham Paint Festival.
Kedals, Paint Festival 2019, Cheltenham, September 2019
What is amazing is that the style he has adopted here is exactly the same as the one he presents on his wheatpastes. Pulling together elements from the great cartoon/comic genre Kedals has kind of stuck to the brief for the Festival theme which was to incorporate books in some way – Kedals has written ‘comics are books too’ by way of explanation.
Kedals, Paint Festival 2019, Cheltenham, September 2019
I’m not sure what story the piece is trying to tell, but Kedals has cleverly incorporated the word ‘Knowledge’ across the top of the piece. I don’t know either, who the two faces belong to (they look like the Krays to me), but typical of his style, he has painted them twice as freehand duplicates, which is what he does with his wheatpastes. All in all I was really pleased to see this fine piece.
Nol is a big personality who paints big personalities. His cartoon characters are always beautifully sprayed with crisp and clean lines and so full of charm (even the monsters). His fills are so solid, never anything coming through underneath, no cheating on the paint from Nol.
Nol, Paint Festival 2019, Cheltenham, September 2019
I have met Nol on a couple of occasions and he is a hunter with Street Art Cities, like me. I think he is a bit of a festival-goer, because I have only ever seen his work at festivals and don’t recall seeing anything randomly placed in Bristol, although he is from Holland, so I guess festivals are his way of putting himself about a bit. I like the message on this one ‘Be excellent to each other’. Always cool cartoon pieces perfectly turned-out.
Anyone who made their way into Cheltenham for the Paint Festival from the station along the Honeybourne Line would have seen this utterly striking piece by Fink. Three stylised faces in bright and beautiful colours on a brick wall between the two tunnels. If you look carefully you will see that within each of the faces, there is a background of countless more faces. Fink creates these faces in one single spray movement.
Fink, Paint Festival 2019, Cheltenham, Bristol, September 2019
I don’t know too much about Fink other than that at one time he used to spray little characters in Bristol and I assume he used to live here. I have seen on his Instagram account that he is currently working in Dubai, so I guess his visit to Cheltenham was combined with a trip home. A great opener for the festival.
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