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.

733. M32 Spot (3)

I find it difficult to believe that I have only posted one other piece by Angry Face in this blog before. My bad. I will have to rectify this over the coming weeks. His pieces can be found dotted all over the place in the city, and mostly are variants on the theme of…surprise, surprise…an angry face.

Angry Face, M32 spot, Bristol, January 2017
Angry Face, M32 spot, Bristol, January 2017

This one works particularly well on one of the concrete supports underneath the M32 motorway. Probably an under-rated graffiti artist in Bristol, I would guess due to his more clandestine approach to graffiti. I like the edge he brings to the city.

Too busy

 

Building a garden

shed; too busy to compose

haiku recently

 

by Scooj

732. Raleigh Road, vector (10)

This is the second of two consecutive posts of work from Soker at the same Raleigh Road spot. This one was actually sprayed before the one in the previous post. There is little more to say about the quality of Soker’s work, it speaks for itself.

Soker, Raleigh Road, Bristol, February 2017
Soker, Raleigh Road, Bristol, February 2017

I expect there will be more from Soker on this site over the coming weeks.

 

731. Raleigh Road, vector (9)

This is the first of two posts by the same artist in the same spot, although chronologically reversed. The Artist is Soker, the spot is the hoardings in front of the Vector building, I took thisd picture in March 2017 and it had only recently been sprayed.

Soker, Raleigh Road, Bristol, March 2017
Soker, Raleigh Road, Bristol, March 2017

Soker produces just the most incredibly consistent and high quality pieces, using great colour combinations and fabulous clean lines. Recently he has been working a lot with Cheo, this was at least the third recent outing the pair have had together.

Soker, Raleigh Road, Bristol, March 2017
Soker, Raleigh Road, Bristol, March 2017

Not much more to say about this one really, to use contemporary parlance, he smashed it.

 

Easter parade

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Lined up in a row

eyes to the sky in salute;

dream of salad days

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by Scooj

730. Dean Lane skate park (41)

This is one of the more unusual pieces I have posted in quite a while. I think it is just a crazy abstract expression, but I can’t be certain. The artist Jee See has featured in this blog several times with his ‘seismic’ pictures and girl in a military hat (freestyled not stencilled as I had implied in an earlier post). This piece is unlike anything I have seen before.

Jee See, Dean Lane, Bristol, March 2017
Jee See, Dean Lane, Bristol, March 2017

I really can’t quite make out what it is or represents – maybe it is a starship exploding, but what are those window frames on the left of the picture. What are the building shaped objects at the top of the piece, and are they even part of the whole work? The weird thing is that I actually rather like it, even though I can’t fathom out a story…or anything at all.

729. St Werburghs tunnel (12)

I’ll let you into a little secret. I tend to write my posts in batches, and usually in advance by about a week, which is why there is always a bit of a time delay between the appearance of a recent piece and my posting of it. I do this out of necessity, because of my full time job and finding pockets of ‘me time’ to do some writing. I mention this because yesterday (my realtime – Sunday 9 April) I met Laic217 in Moon Street, working on a piece that I will post in a week or two. He is as enigmatic in person as he is in his street art.

Laic217, St Werburghs, Bristol, March 2017
Laic217, St Werburghs, Bristol, March 2017

This piece appeared a few weeks back in St Werburghs tunnel alongside the great work of Silent Hobo. An alien face, bucket hat and gold chain with a planet pendant mark this out as an obvious Laic217 piece, irrespective of the fact that he has signed it Laic on the arm.

Laic217, St Werburghs, Bristol, March 2017
Laic217, St Werburghs, Bristol, March 2017

I am still enjoying finding and writing about Laic217’s work, it almost feels like a game of hide and seek. I would point out that he is a better painter than I am a writer and he is more prolific than I could ever be. On to the next one.

Kernow

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Farewell dear Cornwall

our time with you is now done

we long to return. 

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by Scooj

728. The Bearpit (60)

I think I saw my first piece by Dice 67 in almost this exact spot in the north tunnel of The Bearpit a couple of years back. His stencil work is really first class and his subject matter always intriguing.

Dice 67, The Bearpit, Bristol, March 2017
Dice 67, The Bearpit, Bristol, March 2017

I believe the girl featured in this piece is his daughter, who often appears in his works. I love his stencil work, the layers all come together so seamlessly. The attitude of this piece is fantastic. I hope he comes back to Upfest this year, he will be most welcome.

Dice 67, The Bearpit, Bristol, March 2017
Dice 67, The Bearpit, Bristol, March 2017

727. Greville Road (5)

It took me a little while to photograph this fine pheasant by Andy Council, but at last I bagged it. This is the third of his birds that he has recently completed in the North Street area, the others being a turkey and a cockerel, both covered previously on this blog.

Andy Council, Greville Road, Bristol, April 2017
Andy Council, Greville Road, Bristol, April 2017

This pheasant will most likely disappear in July when Upfest comes to town, as this is a very desirable wall. The pheasant is a really great pierce of work by Andy Council with the usual architectural superstructure and fantastic colours. This is a lovely piece. The other recent birds are shown below:

Andy Council, Greville Road, Bristol, April 2017
Andy Council, Greville Road, Bristol, April 2017
Andy Council, North Street Green, Bristol, February 2017
Andy Council, North Street Green, Bristol, February 2017
Andy Council, North Street, Bristol, January 2017
Andy Council, North Street, Bristol, January 2017