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An eating machine
cinnabar caterpillars
fine dining ragwort
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by Scooj
Aggregation
Tag: Caterpillar
6193. Upfest 2024 (38)
Ivan Tortajada is a Spanish artist from Valencia whose stylised portrait pieces are unusual and fantastical. You can only fully get a feel of his work by checking out his website, which I thoroughly recommend. In this Upfest piece, he has cleverly brought together two characters on perpendicular surfaces and incorporated the large caterpillar that has occupied this wall for as long as I can remember.
The portrait on the left is painted with warm colours in his highly illustrative style. The character appears to be glancing at the caterpillar and is holding a lighted match, I hope without malicious intentions.
The adjacent portrait is in colder blue colours is also looking on at the caterpillar and appears to be holding a disc that the bug is resting on. The portrait is beautifully worked with stripes of graded blues, and a touch of yellow where there is reflected light. This is a beguiling piece and one that so cleverly fits into the selected spot, working with the existing caterpillar, rather than against it.
Emerald
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Our lives are enriched
with gifts bestowed upon us
in natural form
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by Scooj
Cinnabar moth
4327. Dean Lane skate park (475)
There are all sorts of conventions in the world of graffiti and street art, and broadly speaking most artists remain within the boundaries, albeit on a vast spectrum. There are some artists who seem to linger on the fringes of convention, either through their content or style, and I would class Taboo as one of those.
Although Taboo’s writing and character combinations are reasonably conventional, his lettering style and incorporation of characters is not, and this is what sets him apart from other artists. In this piece ‘reality is not enough’ his unusual letters, spelling out ‘Taboo’ in chrome, serve as a backdrop to a C. S. Lewis character from Alice in Wonderland, the caterpillar puffing on a hookah. This is wonderful hallucinogenic stuff, and I am rather sure that the author would probably approve.
The crossing
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Makes a dash for it
from one side to the other
caterpillar tracks
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by Scooj
Cinnabar moth
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Biohazard stripes
advertising toxic taste
on ragwort flowers.
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by Scooj
Fledgling fodder
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A convulsing mass
of tiny caterpillars;
great peril awaits.
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by Scooj
Leaf litter
On the woodland floor
fallen from the canopy
sweet caterpillar.
by Scooj
Caterpillar salad
Meal interrupted
by an uninvited guest;
mutual disgust.
by Scooj
Natural adventures 