As a young(ish) man
and she then a young woman
I pondered upon
possibilities beyond
my station. Out of my league.
by Scooj
Tag: Bristol
Blitz
War-shattered buildings
stitched together combining
old and new. Bristol.
by Scooj
Life
If there’s a reason
then surely days like today
in part explain it.
by Scooj
1966. M32 roundabout J3 (118)
It is obvious from this collaboration combined with Instagram posts from each of these artists that they not only paint well together, but they are really good friends too. Jointly, Hazard and Tasha Bee are at the vanguard of female street art in Bristol, although if I am honest an artist’s gender to me is not as relevant as the quality of their work, both score highly on the latter measure.
The Hazard piece on the left is a copy of the one she painted in Stokes Croft a couple of weeks earlier and has that amazing blue and red shadow thing going on.
It is so good to have her in Bristol for a while because we get to see her work first hand, rather than via social media – I need to photograph her most recent piece this lunchtime (by the time you read this it was a couple of days ago).
The Tasha Bee piece on the right is in such a different style – flat rather than 3D and highly designed, fitting the ‘Tasha Bee brand’ if that makes any sense at all. I love the work of both of these artists, and although I have met Tasha Bee several times, I would love to meet Hazard too and see her at work. Wonderful collaboration.
1965. Armada Place (15)
I don’t think I can ever recall being disappointed with a Sepr piece in the few years that I have been enjoying street art. His distinctive cartoon style and sense of fun ooze from his works which usually raise a smile.
In this piece, marking the end of 2018, we see a sunbather being mildly abused by some birds (gulls?). One is stealing his ring, another emptying cream on his tummy, another drinking his cocktail and the last using a magnifying glass to burn his toes. Now when I first saw this, I thought someone had drawn a cock and balls on the man’s stomach, but the more I have looked at it, the more I think it is a sketch drawn by the bird with the tube of sun cream. A brilliant piece – comedy on a hoarding. Nice to see that Sepr and Epok have decorated the nearby wheely bin too.
1964. Dean Lane skate park (185)
The thing I love about Soker is that he is his own man. Quietly and without fanfare, he’ll just saunter down to Dean Lane and create something like this. No fuss, no bother, but just how good is it? If you ask me it is a brilliant , and he must be one of the best writers in the UK right now.
The salmon pink background is quite an unusual colour, and one I haven’t seen much of before. If nothing else, it helps the writing and black outline to it stand out. The three shades to the lettering fill are quite understated, but just to give the whole thing a bit of a spark, Soker has included five orange accents within the lettering. An outstanding piece and one I certainly wasn’t expecting to find.
1963. M32 roundabout J3 (117)
The pieces that I post on Natural Adventures probably represent only a small proportion of what is out there at any one moment. Of course I tend to write about the stuff that I like and I might have an unconscious or even conscious quality filter to make sure that what appears on these pages makes the grade. At any one time there are dozens of artists and graffiti writers that are just bubbling under and who I am aware of, but their throw ups and bombing are not really anything special. There comes a point when work by these artists starts to get too good to ignore and this is such an example by DUSK.
Recently there has been more and more great work appearing from this writer and to date this is finest piece I have seen. This is a work that is bright and vibrant and smacks you in the face saying ‘look at me’. I hope that this will be the first of many pieces by Dusk on this blog and that we can see how the artist develops. I also hope to find out a little bit about Dusk by way of background and context.
Vagrant
Look beyond my eyes
my unsightly appearance
see the heart inside.
by Scooj
Laic217
A collection of brilliant street art by Bristol artist Laic217 – quite a few skulls here!
All photographs taken by Scooj
1962. M32 roundabout J3 (116)
Mr Draws is definitely not a one trick pony, and although he enjoys writing his name a lot (well who doesn’t?), he also comes up with some other creative ideas, such as this pair of doughnuts dressed up in his ‘house’ style.
I have always liked his work, which has featured numerous times in Natural Adventures, but these special pieces really stand out, rather like the trainer he did in The Bearpit last year. Great fun stuff.
Natural adventures 