Delicate whisper
of Autumn’s steady advance;
time to button up.
by Scooj
30. North Street, No.222
With many thanks to a friend who told me about this tiny ‘shock wave’ by JPS, that is missed by most who walk this street. The pictures may give you some idea of scale.
In Weston-super-Mare, where JPS comes from, there is a full scale version of the same work on the side of a shop.
Weston-super-Mare is of course also playing host to Banksy’s Dismaland exhibition.
More JPS here and here, and also take a look at a great JPS post from Street Art Rat.
8.5/10
Brown Trout
Distorted shadow
obscured by rippling waters;
unmistakable.
by Scooj
29. High Kingsdown (2)
Only a stone’s throw away from the new Unify stencil, is a memorable work by one of Bristol’s most celebrated street artists.
Nick Walker was born in 1969 (which makes him almost as old as me) and has become a world famous artist, having emerged from the Bristol graffiti scene in the early 1980s. He tends to use stencils and freehand, and many of his works will be found in more than one place. More about Nick Walker can be found here.
This particular mural is known as ‘Rapunzel’ and features a recurring theme in his work of a ‘vandalism’ motif with a heart. It appeared in August 2008.
I will be posting more of his Bristol murals in time.
8/10
Longing
I want my childhood
back; to spend carefree Summers
with those who have gone.
by Scooj
Common Blue
On Cornish heather,
still only for a moment;
captured in rapture.
by Scooj
Brief
Writing my biog
for an Autumn conference;
me in a nutshell.
by Scooj
28. Baffins Lane car park, Chichester
My mother told me I really should go and check out a beautiful bird mural in the centre of Chichester when I was visiting a week or two ago, so I did.
The mural, which overlooks the Baffins Lane car park, is by ROA, and was created during the Chichester street art festival in 2013.
Although his work appears throughout Europe and beyond, little is known about the artist from Ghent, Belgium.
He specialises in pictures of animals, often gracefully contorted in death poses. These birds however, are very much alive. I will have to look out his work in Bristol.
Bond
A father and son
spend time together fishing;
lasting forever.
by Scooj
Pain au chocolat
Early morning trip;
warm smells of the bakery
wake the living dead.
by Scooj
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