4965. Cheltenham Road

Tanith Gould, Cheltenham Road, Bristol, December 2022
Tanith Gould, Cheltenham Road, Bristol, December 2022

I have been meaning to post this outstanding and captivating shopfront commission by Tanith Gould in Cheltenham Road since I first saw it a few months back. Finally, over the Christmas break, I managed to get out on foot and grab some nice pictures from the opposite side of the street.

Tanith Gould, Cheltenham Road, Bristol, December 2022
Tanith Gould, Cheltenham Road, Bristol, December 2022

It is great to see what Tanith Gould can do at scale, and she has absolutely nailed it with this octopus piece over two levels of the building. The words “for where your treasure is, there your heart shall be also” sounds like a quote from Pirates of the Carribbean (especially with the octopus prompt), but is actually a biblical quote (Matthew 6:21)

Tanith Gould, Cheltenham Road, Bristol, December 2022
Tanith Gould, Cheltenham Road, Bristol, December 2022

The piece is beautifully finished, and has enough detail and mischief to keep you looking at it, and it seems to work perfectly on this old city shopfront. I would love to see more commissions from Tanith Gould, who thus far, has been painting on the streets with the Bristol Mural Collective at their occasional paint jams.

4964. Purdown (49)

Slakarts, Purdown, Bristol, January 2023
Slakarts, Purdown, Bristol, January 2023

I am guessing that Slakarts is busy these days in his non-street art life, because 2022 has been a very quiet year for him, and this is one of only a handful of pieces I have seen in a long time. This is how it goes for most street/graffiti artists, peaks and troughs of activity for a multitude of different reasons. It was fabulous, therefore, to come across this piece up at Purdown.

Slakarts, Purdown, Bristol, January 2023
Slakarts, Purdown, Bristol, January 2023

Slakarts tends to maintain his central character, pimping it with ever more elaborate ideas. In this piece, the character is on the left, but the whole piece is a bit of a mash-up of randomly distributed elements of the character’s features, a nose, teeth, an ear and a tongue are thrown into the mix. Nicely designed and thought out. Let’s hope Slakarts can get out more in 2023.

Routine

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The way I do things

some say I’m set in my ways

me and the dog, both

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by Scooj

4963. Greenbank (66)

Mote, Greenbank, Bristol, January 2022
Mote, Greenbank, Bristol, January 2022

When designing and planning monster pieces, the only thing stopping you is lack of ideas (and talent, obvs). Well it seems that Mote’s imagination is firing on all cylinders, and his menagerie of curiosities continues to grow with this ‘all teeth and eyes’ monster at Greenbank.

Mote, Greenbank, Bristol, January 2022
Mote, Greenbank, Bristol, January 2022

I am not sure how much longer this long hoarding will remain, because the development behind it is moving at pace, and already about a quarter of the hoarding has come down. Mote has used the space well, and as usual the monster is filled to perfection with great solid colours, and a little bit of a fade in the purple section. Another day, another monster from the fabulous Mr Mote.

4962. Dean Lane skate park (599)

Face 1st, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2022
Face 1st, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2022

I had a great catch up with Face 1st as he was assessing where to paint this stunning little design. He had thought about using one of the flat walls on the buildings, but instead chose this curved wall instead, and what a great choice he made.

Face 1st, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2022
Face 1st, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2022

Any piece on the ramps of a skate park get scuffed up pretty quickly, naturally, and when I photographed this it was only a day old, and you can see immediately how worn parts of it have become. Face 1st has painted a laughing girl’s face sliced through vertically, exposing the letters F, A and E, with the C sitting proudly on the girl’s pink bow. A wonderful piece from a lovely artist.

Thursday doors – 19 January 2023

Doors 206 – More Bristol (and France) street art and graffiti doors

I have found myself, once again, with very little time to sort out Thursday doors this week, so I am rummaging around in my archives for some more street art/graffiti doors, all of which have appeared on Natural Adventures before in posts about street art. These doors were originally posted in February and March 2022, although the photographs range from April 2016 to March 2022. Enjoy.

Haka, Thomas Street, Bristol, April 2016
Haka, Thomas Street, Bristol, April 2016

Hazard, Jamaica Street, Bristol, March 2022
Hazard, Jamaica Street, Bristol, March 2022

Bogat, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, March 2022
Bogat, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, March 2022

Maybe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2022
Maybe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2022

3Dom, The Carriageworks, Bristol, March 2022
3Dom, The Carriageworks, Bristol, March 2022

Unknown artist, Franklyn Lane, Bristol, February 2022
Unknown artist, Franklyn Lane, Bristol, February 2022

Graffiti and doors in the mountains, Alpe d'Huez, France, February 2022
Graffiti and doors in the mountains, Alpe d’Huez, France, February 2022

I won’t be posting any doors next week as I will be enjoying the snow in France once again, but I will, of course, be thinking of you all. Have a fabulous weekend.

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 Thursday Doors post.

by Scooj

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Three times packed

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Travel ritual

packing, unpacking, packing

what did I forget?

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by Scooj

4961. St Werburghs tunnel (338)

Werm, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2023
Werm, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2023

An artist who never gets enough ‘airspace’ on Natural Adventures is Werm. He is really prolific and has been turning out his own brand of stylish graffiti writing on a fantastically regular basis.

Werm, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2023
Werm, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2023

This excellent gold on red piece was painted in the tunnel alongside his LRS crew mates, during the very wet spell at the start of January. The colour fade in the letters is blended perfectly and also contains a few stars and spots for good measure. The writing spells out WERM, but has a kind of symmetry about it that is rather pleasing. This is a first class piece of writing from Werm.

4960. Purdown (48)

Daz Cat, Purdown, Bristol, January 2022
Daz Cat, Purdown, Bristol, January 2022

The spot up at Pudown Battery is quite an interesting one. There are plenty of small walls to paint, and it is out of the way, but you need to be quite determined to get there, as it is a good ten-minute walk from the nearest parking. You can cycle as there is a great cycle path, much of which has recently been upgraded. Daz Cat likes to paint on these small walls quite a lot, and it would seem that access is not a barrier for him.

Daz Cat, Purdown, Bristol, January 2022
Daz Cat, Purdown, Bristol, January 2022

Daz Cat has declared that he wants to stretch himself this year – he has been doing so throughout 2022, but this is a mouthwatering prospect. In this wonderful piece, he has created a cat swimming underwater, accompanied by a couple of fish. It is a lovely action piece that has captured the perspective (head on) of the cat so brilliantly. How far he has come over the last few years. Check out a gallery of his progress here.

4959. Brunel Way (188)

Mudra, Brunel Way, Bristol, January 2023
Mudra, Brunel Way, Bristol, January 2023

I suspect that I begin quite a few posts featuring Mudra’s work with the words, ‘Mudra is absolutely smashing it at the moment’  and that is probably because Mudra is absolutely smashing it at the moment.

Mudra, Brunel Way, Bristol, January 2023
Mudra, Brunel Way, Bristol, January 2023

His signature pieces, usually painted on black buffed walls, have been coming thick and fast over the last year, and this one features a walking character, smoking a cigarette, alongside the letters NTS, the crew he paints with. Mudra’s work is always easy on the eye, smooth curvy lines and soft fills – there is something quite laid back about their presentation. Many more to come in 2023 I’m sure.