Tag: Crab

3590. M32 roundabout J3 (299)

This piece was part of an ASK paint jam that I believe had been organised to celebrate Sled One’s birthday. What a great way to spend the day, painting with your friends and being creatively active. This is a classic surreal character piece from Sled One and illustrates perfectly his extraordinary ability to tell stories with his art.

Sled One, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2021
Sled One, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2021

A seaside scene in which a crab is eating a mint choc-chip ice cream, or at least was, but the ice cream has toppled off and has been replaced by seagull poop, which is all rather disgusting. The gull, not content with providing his own Mr Whippy, is also breaking wind. Charming. The characters are beautifully painted, and the crab shadow lifts the whole piece from the wall. Fabulous, seaside humour.

Thursday doors – 26 September 2019

Doors 84 – Fowey, Cornwall (part 3)

This week I will treat you with a bunch more doors from Fowey in Cornwall. I have already written two posts for ‘Thursday doors’ from this picturesque village last year and was lucky enough to visit again a week or two back during a fishing trip. There are so many great doors here that I will split them into a few posts (if that is ok with you).

Blue door, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019
Blue door, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019
Varnished wood door, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019
Varnished wood door, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019
Low green door, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019
Low green door, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019

Many of the doors in Fowey have rather special or unusual door knockers and the next two doors are great examples. It almost feels like there is some pride or rivalry in the village.

Blue door with bee knocker, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019
Blue door with bee knocker, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019
Close up of the door with the bee knocker, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019
Close up of the door with the bee knocker, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019
Brown door with a crab knocker, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019
Brown door with a crab knocker, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019
Close up of the door with the crab knocker (yours truly in the reflection), Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019
Close up of the door with the crab knocker (yours truly in the reflection), Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019
Grand door with a scalloped portico, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019
Grand door with a scalloped portico, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019

Another week of doors over, I hope you liked them. Enjoy what’s left of the week and have a lovely weekend.

Please go take a look at the Norm 2.0 blog – the originator of Thursday Doors where there are links to yet more doors in the comments section at the end.

 

by Scooj

966. Upfest (26)

This site on North Street has played host to some great street artists in recent years, including N4T4, Phil Blake, AgeAge, Caro Pepe and most recently a collaboration between Paul Monsters and Copyright. At Upfest this year, another wonderful piece was painted, this time by Brazilian artist Inke.


I had not heard of Inke before and chatted with him briefly on the Saturday of the festival. I think I must have utterly confused him, because I don’t think his English was too good, and my Portuguese is non-existent. I think I was blabbering on about the potential for a mix up with Inkie, the Bristol artist…an effort at trying to be humorous that fell a bit flat.


While he was spraying, the residents of the building emerged from their home, which all seemed a bit surreal. The piece itself took Inke quite a while to complete, and the rain certainly interrupted things. The final piece though I think is stunning, a really beautiful and exotic work.


The crab in the centre of the piece is sprayed in a bold floral pattern, but the shadows of the crab and its form are incredibly well presented. It reminds me a little of the way Louis Masai creates his quilted animals. Superb technique and one of my top pieces at Upfest 2017.

851. Upfest 2016 (138)

I was really pleased to find this delightful small piece by an artist I wrote about way back in February 2016 — Elaine Carr. Her previous piece was of a Bristol landscape painted on a front garden fence. This, as you can see is quite different.

Elaine Carr, Upfest, Bristol, July 2016
Elaine Carr, Upfest, Bristol, July 2016

I am always going to favour any scene with a marine theme, and this fun piece ticks several boxes for me personally. It is the kind of work that I would love to have hanging up at home, although I’m not sure what Mrs Scooj would have to say about that. For the time-being it will hang in my virtual blog. I look forward to seeing her work at Upfest 2017 and hope to be able to say hello.

Cornish Rockpools

 

Where tompot blennies

thrive and encrusted spider

crabs scuttle away.

 

by Scooj

Inspired by the utterly brilliant blog by Heather Buttivant called Cornish Rockpools: https://cornishrockpools.com/blog/ – go take a look.