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A beetle scuttles
it is what beetles do best
catching the old eye
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by Scooj
Metallic Harpalus
Tag: Beetle
7073. Brunel Way (324)
This piece is right up my street, a beautifully painted beetle in striking colours, by an artist I don’t know and whose name I have guessed at as RA. This was one of a few pieces painted in a single session, which makes me think the artist was a visitor, passing through.
I don’t know what technique was used to paint the piece, but at a guess I would say it was a stencil over a green background, which has been augmented with some Posca pen detail. The end result is unique and rather special. RA is an artist I’d really like to find more information on. Love this piece.
Odemera lurida – 30 Days Wild (5/30)
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An oxeye daisy
a slender beetle rests up
feasting on nectar
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by Scooj
- 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.
4310. The Paintworks (1)
At last (thank you Paul) I have located The Paintworks wall, one which has been used a couple of times for the Bristol Womxn Mural Collective. This magnificent beetle painted by Nina Raines which dates back to September 2021 was a piece from a BWMC paint jam.
Nina Raines is a fabulous artist, who doesn’t paint with a particular style or subject, but is incredibly adaptive. I would struggle to identify her work if it was unsigned. The beetle is so beautiful and Nina Raines has managed to capture the iridescence of the carapace perfectly. Look out for more pieces from this wall.
Emerald bomber
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An approaching drone
zig-zag crashing on the hedge
cheer the rose chafer
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by Scooj
Rose chafers are the most beautiful beetles, and one of the larger ones found in the UK. They seem to be more prevalent than they were in my childhood and provide an exotic touch to our gardens during May and June. They are closely related to cockchafers colloquially known as May bugs, but are rather more attractive. Loud and clumsy, these beetles have a charm all of their own (although the grubs are monstrously destructive).
2651. Sevier Street
This wonderful piece by Andy Council on Sevier Street on the entrance to a ‘green’ food market has been around for quite some time, but I just never got round to photographing it until this ‘car shot’ in July this year
Andy Council is Bristol personified and his works record the magnificent landmarks of the city and presents them woven into the form of an animal, in this case some kind of beetle. When one thinks of Bristol murals, Andy Council is always front of mind.
Emerald
Warmer breeze wakens
dozey rose chafers that crash
through the shrubbery.
by Scooj
1830. Barcelona
There are so many shutters in Barcelona. Shutters on shops and shutters on the entrances to apartment parking lots. There is also a huge graffiti/street art culture. Put the two things together and you get an awful lot of sprayed shutters…some much better-looking than others. This is one I took a bit of a shine to.
It is by Joel Aroyo, who I think sprays rather a lot of shutters and I would guess many of them commissions. The Beetle car is iconic and this piece reflects that status. Overall a nice shutter.
Rose chafer
Emerald thunder
crashing through the shrubbery
sweet sound of summer.
by Scooj
Whirligig beetle
Little black beetle
gyrating circular dance
pond life acrobat.
by Scooj
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