On this hottest day
a drive to Telford and back
‘dad cab’ in action
by Scooj
2344. M32 roundabout J3 (153)
Several of the posts I have written over the last few days have featured artists I haven’t encountered before, which I guess is a testament to Bristol City as a centre for urban art in the UK. Recruitment into the Bristol scene is far greater than the loss and so we have a growing community of artists, which keeps people like me ultra-busy. I guess it also indicates that street/graffiti art is becoming more mainstream. I hope that this doesn’t mean it becomes too ‘corporate’ and safe, because one of the attractive things about it is the edge. Actually another great thing about street art is that it encompasses so many styles, techniques and approaches in a way that other genres don’t.
So what to make of this piece by Morny? Personally I love it, the vibrancy and naive style really work for me, and having looked through the artist’s Instagram feed, it looks like vehicles are a favoured theme. I keep looking at this and whichever way I do so it seems to make me smile every time. I am not sure where Morny is from but an itinerant lifestyle seems to be on the cards, so this might be a bit of a fleeting visit to Bristol, we’ll have to wait and see.
2343. M32 roundabout J3 (152)
It’s great to see these two artists working together, and this is one of a couple of collaborative walls I have seen from Kool Hand and Daz Cat recently. Interestingly both artists tend to paint caricatures of animals in not entirely dissimilar styles, although Kool Hand’s work is a bit more of a line and solid fill approach where Daz Cat also uses shading.
On the left is a rather grumpy looking dog, perhaps a Bulldog of some kind sprayed by Kool Hand. It is nice to see another addition to his orangutans and crocodiles, and I am enjoying seeing his work develop further.
On the right is the piece by Daz Cat, and guess what… it is a cat, and although I have seen him deviate from his feline preference once or twice, most of his works are cats. His trademark thing is the little shape on the cat’s forehead, which in this piece gets a rather interesting fill. Both artists have well and truly woken up to the summer painting season and are pretty busy right now, which inevitably means there’s more to come.
2342. L Dub (3)
I am a huge sucker for any street art featuring a chameleon because my daughter has a beautiful panther chameleon called George, and he is really one of the most exquisite looking reptiles you could set eyes on. This is a piece by Dun Sum, an artist I’ve not encountered before, who seems to favour painting at L Dub. Looking at his Instagram account, it looks like he is a designer/illustrator by profession who does a bit of street art in his spare time.
This chameleon is wonderfully colourful and cleanly painted with a really interesting fill pattern – closely mirroring the kinds of patterns you find on these creatures. I rather like the additional concealed skull just behind its head. All in all a rather nice piece, and I’m sure not the last I’ll be featuring from this artist.
2341. Moon Street (74)
This picture of a rather nice piece by DNT is one of those rare ones where I happened to be driving by and took the picture through my car window… lazy huh? However, it also falls into the category of ‘if you don’t photograph it when you see it, you might never get another chance’, and as if to prove me right, the next time I walked down Moon Street it was gone.
The piece itself is a great piece of writing, which on first inspection perhaps, doesn’t really look anything out of the ordinary. The form of the letters is quite irregular and the wing-like feathery elements add interest. The fill is beautifully done and the whole piece is bounded by a clean pink line. There is something, probably the organic feel to it, that reminds me a little of Object…’s work. Glad to have seen it.
Electric storm
Darkest muddy skies
frequent flickering flashes
and muted thunder
by Scooj
* That was some electric storm we had over Bristol last night. I cannot recall ever seeing anything like it. We were getting about 20-30 flashes of lightning every minute for more than an hour. It was spectacular. And only one rumble of thunder right at the start, to announce the light show had begun.
Irony
Working to inspire
folk to connect with nature
from behind a desk
by Scooj
2340. Dean Lane skate park (234)
I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time and watch Casette (@ros-fables) as he finished off this rather beautiful whale piece in Dean Lane. I haven’t come across the artist before, so it was great to meet him, albeit briefly, on his visit to Bristol from (I think) the west country.
The sperm whale (blue whale?) is set on a fat striped background, a theme that is carried into the body of the whale. I was pleased to see Casette using a bit of cardboard to mask the spray over some of the details, something I have started doing quite a lot – obviously a legit technique. Pleased to have seen this lovely one-off, until he next returns.
2339. Ludlow Close
I shared a great walk with fellow street art photographer, Paul, around St Paul’s a couple of weeks back, and this stunning wheatpaste/stencil had us both stumped. Obviously it is a picture of Haile Salassie, but the untitled piece left us with a bit of a mystery.
After a bit of a social media hunt, I tracked down the artist as Alphahol, who I believe is based in Blackburn, so he must have come down to Bristol for the St Paul’s Carnival. I know nothing more about the artist. The piece has some similarities with the work of Stephen Quick and even more so About Ponny. To turn a fabulous stencil piece into a wheatpaste is a technique used by several artists and an effective way of gaining reach for the art. I have to say I think this is an absolute cracker and a perfect location/time for the piece. Come back and visit soon.
Addict
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Haunted look of guilt
shuffles, trousers hanging low
short on dignity.
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by Scooj
Natural adventures 