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Rising high above
lush, wooded levada paths
ancient lava peaks
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by Scooj
Heart of Madeira
7177. M32 roundabout J3 (714)
More from the resurgent Cort, who has been smashing it in the second half of this year with some glorious vivid graffiti writing which is so much in his style. In this piece he is using the letters KoRt, which he has presented expertly.
Cort’s letters are unruly and yet quite uniform, which he achieves through common themes such as the orange spots, mid-lines and a regular black drop shadow. I love his colour choices in this piece which have an upbeat feel, perhaps augmented by the strong, clean cream buffed wall. Some really nice work here from Cort. Spot also the cheeky piece by Corupt hovering high above.
7176. M32 roundabout J3 (713)
This is a wonderful piece of graffiti writing from Hire, that was painted alongside Sait Bare. Together they seem to have struck up a painting partnership and have collaborated a few times recently – I posted Sait Bare’s piece adjacent to this one a little while ago.
Hire has painted his ODIAH letters, which he does from time to time, and they look absolutely splendid. This is a tight piece of writing with some great fills including mid-line which offers depth to the letters as do the 3D drop shadows. The whole thing is painted on an interesting background of roughly rollered green on black – an interesting effect.
7175. M32 roundabout J3 (712)
Although he has slowed down a little over the last few years, the quality of writing from Soker hasn’t diminished in the slightest, and in fact, if anything, continues to get better and better.
This is another excellent piece from the fabulous Ulow Birthday celebration paint jam last month. Soker has, like most of the writers on the day, picked out the letters ULOW, painted in a sumptuous colour palette of deep reds and oranges, with a molten lava look, offset and blended with a purple cloud around the letters. Stunning technique and oozing class.
7174. Peel Street Green (49)
Werm has not only had a great year, but actually several great years. He has been turning out his graffiti writing pieces with regularity and consistently high quality. This large piece in Peel Street Green is an absolute belter for many reasons.
First off, he has buffed the wall with a brick-red colour, taking the wall back to its original appearance. The wonderful writing itself in blended shades of blue are given a wonderful 3D appearance augmented by the drop shadow with its central vanishing point and some carefully crafted thin white highlight lines. The writing is bordered with a solid red line and the whole piece is beautifully neat and tidy. In my view, this is an outstanding piece from Werm.
7173. Greenbank (171)
What a nice thing to see, another piece from Esme Lower, who appears to be getting a little more active on the streets of Bristol lately. Her letters MELO are, I am assuming, a conflation of the end of esME and the start of LOwer.
Her artwork in this piece is beautifully thought out, with her merged letters decorated with some lovely daisies around the outside. Such is the fill running through that if you didn’t know it spelled MELO, you might have missed the letters altogether. A nice confident piece.
7172. New Stadium Road (60)
I noticed that while I was away on holiday, Creamylines has been posting a few videos of him painting his work about the place. I hope that now I am back I will be able to find some of them.
As ever, his work intrigues, with such a unique style that is particularly well-suited to columns, like this one under the M32. In a bit of a departure from most of his pieces, Creamylines has included a seascape into his work, giving him the opportunity to introduce a fish into his ‘stained-glass’ world. Some interesting characters and figures look on.
7171. M32 roundabout J3 (711)
Lots to see and admire in this wonderful triptych from Cheo, Dibz and Ulow, painted during a ‘high end’ paint jam celebrating the latter’s birthday. The whole wall, (see last photograph) was sheer class.
First up in this little sequence of three is a brilliant B Boy character by Cheo, with his second piece of the paint jam. A perfect cartoon-style, with so much detail to enjoy, and of course the trademark bee.
In the middle of this triptych is an outstanding piece of graffiti writing by Dibz which appropriately spells out ULOW. Beautifully designed letters and fills have to give way a little to some amazing exploding pink bubbles. A nicely balanced piece.
Finally, all eyes are on the amazing character by the birthday boy himself. Ulow has painted an extraordinary comic-style full portrait of a young woman dancing, or so it appears. Ulow has created enormous depth with his perspective, and accentuated the muscle-tone incredibly skilfully. Truly stunning work from all three artists.
7170. Purdown (95)
We fly back to Bristol today, after a wonderful week away in Madeira. I will be in the air when today’s posts publish, so I wrote them both last night. You don’t need to know any of that, but it is late, I am tired and I don’t much want to go home.
I suppose, at least, that I will be able to go for walks with the dog again and seek out new street/graffiti art. Such as this classic piece up at Purdown, by Mr Klue. The ghostly character resembles the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland, and has an ethereal fantasy appearance. A Bristol icon from Mr Klue.
7169. Cumberland Basin
What a strange piece from Daz Cat. A cat and a character, but what brings these two together? I can’t figure out the story at all. I think this is the first cartoon-style figure I have seen of a person like this from Daz Cat.
The character reminds me of Cletus Spuckler from The Simpsons, he has that kind of hillbilly look about him. I love the way that Daz Cat is always pushing his own boundaries, and loves to tell a good story through his art.
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