Dean Lane – Page 17 – Natural adventures

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Awkward, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2024

I met Awkward for the first time at the Ikea Wall of Fame Metalheadz paint jam organised by Goldie. As is usually the case, Awkward was nothing like the image I had of him in my mind, based on his artwork. It was so good to have a chat with him and understand a little about his motivations around art and music, where his music is his main thing.

This cheeky piece (why is it that most of his character pieces seem to be on the cheeky side?) features a pink faced character with enormous eyes and a speech bubble with the words ‘Universal magnetic’. This may be a reference to his friend Benjimagnetic. To the left of the face, Awkward has left his customary signature split into two halves, AWK…WARD.

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I love Ceus’ work. His writing has a flow about it that is welcoming to the eye, and there is often a hint of wings in his work, a regularly occurring theme. If I am brutally honest, I don’t very much like primary colours in street art… for some reason the red, blue and yellow thing leaves me cold.

I usually praise Ceus’ colour palettes, and I love some of the softer, subtle colours he often uses, but the adoption of these primary colours dominates the form so much and makes the whole thing feel rather clunky. Maybe it is just me and the embedded memories of childhood building blocks… who knows? Aside from the colours, this is a classy, as always, piece for graffiti writing from Ceus.

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Zake bases his work around a cartoon face. A few years ago, the face would usually be just the face, but these days, the face has become the central element to something bigger, perhaps more of a narrative around the face, with things going on. A glance at this updated gallery of his work gives you some idea of his development and growth as a street artist.

This is a curious piece, and all I can think of when I look at it is ‘sperm cell’, a thought very difficult to unthink. I suppose it could be a tadpole, or at a stretch some kind of eel. Whatever it is, it is mildly unsettling and weird. The piece was painted as part of a three-way collaborative wall by Hire, Zake and Ceus, where each piece was utterly distinct from the others in style, colour and content. So the only real element of collaboration was the background and the friendship of painting together.

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Jevoissoul, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2024

Super-quick posts this morning, as Christmas shopping beckons and a very busy day ahead. I am quite looking forward to going to some actual ‘physical’ shops, as I am getting a little sick of on-line shopping. Today’s post is a piece by Jevoissoul, who is living up to his promise of having a busy year painting the streets of Bristol.

Jevoissoul’s characters have a very distinctive look, crossing over between a sketch and cartoon style. This cheeky chappy, with his baseball cap coming adrift (a nice touch) is nicely painted and finished, and marks the continuous improvement shown by the artist. The placement was at the edge of a production piece, but respectfully managed to avoid overwriting any part of it.

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This is an absolutely gorgeous piece by Hire and although it is rather different from his usual style, it is unmistakably his work. There is something really attractive about the tone of the piece, perhaps generated by the colour selection and the fir trees. The serenity of the piece is rudely interrupted by an alien craft sending out a light beam into the forest.

The letters spell out HIRE, with the ‘I’ being cleverly represented by the spaceship. The bottom half od the writing is chunky and smooth, but the upper half is much more like Hire’s traditional pointy lettering style. I really, really love this piece and the story it tells.

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Noise, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2024

Noise has been one of the most regular Bristol writers in 2024, turning out numerous distinctive fat-letter pieces all over town. This is a particularly nice one on the curved wall in Dean Lane. If you like his work, then a quick look at this recently published gallery of his graffiti writing might be worthwhile.

The letters spelling out NOISE, although in darker colours with a dark background, are bursting with energy. The two tones of green work surprisingly well with the dark purple/black backdrop. Although I am sure it is unintentional, the ‘i’ resembles a nose, and weirdly if you take the ‘i’ out of noise, you get nose. Having seen the nose, you can’t unsee it. Nice one from Noise.

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Dibz and Ceus, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2024

A little while ago, this fine collaboration between Dibz and Ceus appeared on the long wall at Dean Lane. I believe the mulsh for buffing the background was supplied by Ceus, which makes me think that this might not have been a planned collaboration, but rather a serendipitous one.

On the left, Dibz has painted some nice clean and uncomplicated letters in chrome, spelling out his name. Some little black details at the foot of each of the letters adds a little bit of interest. The blue tint surrounding the letters has a cool glow which works really well.

Ceus, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2024

It has been great to see that Ceus is painting a little more frequently these days and this piece is characteristically colourful. Although the letters are filled in part with a warm orange colour, the piece overall has an icy cold look and feel. As ever beautifully painted letters. This is a nice collaborative wall.

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Pekoe, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2024

Prompted by the racist riots (#farageriots) earlier this year, Pekoe initiated this series of pieces, which present a complete rejection of racism and fascism in a cool and humorous way. I love it that Pekoe expresses herself in this way and in doing so helps people like me to know that I am not alone in feeling sadness at the lurch to the far right many citizens of the UK have made.

The combination piece features a Pekoe portrait, and the words “hot girls hate fascists”. The colours yellow and purple are an interesting combination, and they are actually colour opposites on a colour wheel. I love this series from Pekoe, and I hope she drops more of them… as she says, lest we forget.

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Pura Decadencia and Desi, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2024

This collaboration between Pura Decadencia and Desi is a sight for sore eyes, especially as neither artist seems to be painting very frequently at the moment. The glistening silver (chrome) and gold appearance is especially dazzling in the bright light of an autumn afternoon.

Pura Decadencia, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2024

Pura Decadencia is a Spanish artist who appears to have settled in Bristol, along with so many of her contemporaries, which is great news for us. Her typically rounded letters are well presented, and no Pura Decadencia piece is complete without big lips and vampire fangs drawing blood somewhere on the piece.

Desi, who more commonly writes VEIL these days, has had quite a quiet year, but she is making up for it with this piece. Both artists have not only adopted the same colour scheme, but also used the same black patterning at the base of their letters. The shares bubble background rounds off the collaboration nicely.

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Hire and Zake, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2024

I really like Zake’s enthusiasm for teaming up with any and pretty much every graffiti/street artist in the city. It is probably easier to list those he hasn’t painted with. Here he has teamed up with Hire to create this interesting combination collaboration.

The writing on the left is by Hire and takes the form of his spiky angular letter style The letters, spelling HIRE and painted in a grey colour with rouge tints, has a hint of symmetry about it. I fear that the dark blue background rather dominates the piece and makes it a little hard to pick out the lettering, which would probably look better set on a different base colour.

Zake has painted another of his familiar round-face characters, so full of depth created by clever use of light and shade. The red underglow is so effective. The face is surrounded by plumes of smoke and white dots. The two pieces, although stylistically completely different, complement each other well.

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