Too short the weekend
so many things left undone
then it starts again
by Scooj
Tag: Bristol
2798. Armada Place (19)
Lobe is probably one of the most distinctive artists in Bristol, with her portrait pieces composed of strong black outlines, solid fills with shading against the black lines, all contained within a white outline strip. How amazing it is to see how her work has developed over the last year or so. (Note to self, time for a Lobe gallery?)
I believe that this piece was painted at the same time as a recent Rusk piece although it is not part of a collaborative effort. It is great to see Lobe ‘hitting’ this board as I consider it to be a much under-used spot by decent street/graffiti artists. Enjoying the ride.
2797. Dean Lane skatepark (287)
How brilliant is this? set on an unprepped wall, this remarkably tight piece from Dibz is close to graffiti writing design and execution perfection, and its magnificence is exaggerated by the untidiness of the backdrop. It is like a black and white TV that has unexpectedly discovered colour.
Dibz is a local graffiti writer whose work is almost exclusively reserved for these walls in Dean Lane. It is rare to find his work elsewhere. Since I photographed this one, he has painted another excellent piece in the same place, on what turned out to be a red letter day on Friday last week. More about that to come soon.
Panic
The panic deepens
shops run out of toilet roll
it’s quite beyond me.
by Scooj
2796. St Werburghs tunnel (154)
During the first half of February, a whole bunch of new pieces appeared in the St Werburghs tunnel, in fact the turnover there has been quite remarkable this winter, and this extraordinary piece by Deddringa was among them. He is an artist I am unfamiliar with and this is the first piece by him that I have posted.
The piece is rather unusual, and has the appearance of a dystopian future Planet of the Apes kind of thing, or at least that is how I see it. The simian features on the face are skilfully blended with the background, especially under the mouth where the silhouetted buildings come through.
I probably need to do a bit of swotting up to find out more about Deddringa and hope to see more of his work in the future.
2795. Lucky Lane (2)
I often talk about how lazy I am in these posts, and I am not proud of it at all, and a fine demonstration of my condition is that I took these pictures from my car without even bothering to get out. Shame on me.
It is another fabulous rabbit from Nevergiveup or NGU or #followmyrabbits or whatever else you want to call him. Now resident in Bath, the artist still pops over to Bristol from time to time, so there is still a constant flow of new material to hunt down. The fine designs on these rabbits is getting ever more intricate, which will be a great mechanism for dating them in the future.
Charm
Goldfinches return
colours exaggerated
in bright winter sun
by Scooj
2794. Lawrence Hill roundabout (13)
An old one from Face 1st, although not that old – painted sometime in 2019, but not photographed by me until February 2020 because I haven’t been down to this spot very often. The colours are magnificent and set alight with the dayglow green outline.
I think I have more pictures of Face 1st’s work than any other artist in Bristol which reflects his incredible energy and productiveness. I would guess that for each picture I publish on Natural Adventures there is at least another one in my archive. The only other artist that comes close is Nevergiveup and his #followmyrabbits.
2793. River Avon (5)
I took these pictures ‘blind’. What I mean by that is that is was a very sunny day (a rarity this February) and the wall was reflecting so much light that I couldn’t see it on the LCD screen of my camera. I coould have popped up the viewer, but I had the dog with me and only had one hand free (and I am lazy). Nonetheless I think I got a couplle of great shots of this amazing and slightly verloked Rezwonk piece.
I’m not too sure what the 358 refers to along the bottom of the piece, but the writing is first class as always with Rezwonk. I also love the way these guys paint suggestions of a brick wall on the background, even when the piece is on a brick wall! Is there a part of Bristol where Rezwonk hasn’t left his mark?
Haiku 15 (reposted)
Counting 1…2…3…
beautiful green Spring meadows,
remember these things?
by Scooj
- One of my Early Haiku poems from May 2015 – I was thinking about looking forward to spring, but was uninspired (it must be the rain), so I dug this one out from the archive. Only those of you who became WordPress friends back in the early days will remember this one, so I felt it was worth sharing again.
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