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Deep from the belly
of Mother Earth, lava spews;
burning red rivers
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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.
802. M32 roundabout J3 (38)
I haven’t seen much of Epok’s work of late, so it was great to see this trademark piece on the M32 roundabout back in April. His wildstyle writing is always perfectly executed, and the precision and geometry betrays the large amount of care that goes into his works.
He has made great use of accent colours and patterns in green and white, to make the black and brown lettering stand out. Another high quality piece from one of the best writers in town.
Hotel WiFi
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When four into three
won’t go, each of us bumping
the next; rotation.
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by Scooj
801. Stokes Croft, the Carriageworks (25)
A couple of weeks back, we were blessed. Aspire made a trip back to Bristol, from his new home in London, and while he was here, he sprayed a couple of pieces, one of which was this magnificent pigeon in one of the Stokes Croft arches.
Although Aspire himself talked this piece down…’painted with some dregs from a recent job in Bristol this week’, I happen to think it is yet another example of his mastery of his craft.
The gold background is inspired, and actually draws the piece closer to the breakdancing Jesus by Cosmo Sarson which has gilt paint stretching high on a wall some 50 metres away.
This was not the only spraying Aspire managed on his short trip, and I will be posting about another piece soon. So glad he could make time to brighten up our streets again.
Family time
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Playing knock out whist
and rummy; these are the days
we will remember.
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by Scooj
Tenerife
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Island cast adrift
from Africa’s desert shore;
volcanic mountain.
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by Scooj
800. Lower Approach Road (2)
I missed by a week the opportunity of seeing Voyder at work, when he sprayed this excellent paint brush stroke/neon light Bristol welcome just by the side of Temple Meads station.
As I have said in a recent post about Voyder’s work, I think he is really peaking at the moment. Everything he produces is of such a high quality it is difficult to know how he can turn up a gear. Will he plateau or start to move into something new? It matters not really, It is simply a privilege to be able to see his works regularly, and for free on the streets of this great city. Bristol.
799. Upfest 2016 (130)
Recently, I have posted quite a few pieces from the magnificent Georgie (artist), including a wonderful Michael Caine portrait in The Bearpit. However, when I took these pictures back in July 2016, I don’t think I really knew too much about her.
This is a fabulous stencil, impactful and eye-grabbing. The contrast of the grayscale stencil and the bright and colourful background work really effectively for the subject matter of the piece. I am too lazy to find out what it is called, but it seems many of her works have an obvious name. I like this very much.
Airport time
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Tenerife awaits;
a mixture of excitement
and anxiety.
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by Scooj
798. Upfest 2016 (129)
I met Annika Wilkinson, who paints under the name of Annika Pixie, for the first time a couple of weeks ago at a local festival in Bedminster. She is a lovely, chatty and talented artist who is from Sweden (although I have to confess I thought her accent Scottish) but is now based in Bristol.
She tends to paint portraits that have a mysticism or dreaminess about them, which I rather like. I have found several of her pieces around Bristol, so it was lovely to finally meet her. Great news is that she will be back at this year’s festival,. which is easy for her, as she lives very locally.
Natural adventures 