1718. Dean Lane skate park (162)

What a lovely surprise this was in Dean Lane, a small piece from Skor85 squeezed in between some other works on the long wall. I haven’t seen anything from her in quite a while, so it was good to stumble across this one.

Skor 85, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2018
Skor 85, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2018

An interesting perspective of a dog in which the bare teeth are somehow brought into sharp focus by the blood-red background. A slightly scary piece, but really nicely presented. I like Skor85’s work very much – there is an ‘other worldly’ feel to it all…dreams and nightmares.

Impossible

 

Late afternoon sun

catches on Ruben’s dog tag

manic chase ensues.

 

by Scooj

Ruben

 

An evening walk

with the dog I didn’t want;

got under my skin?

 

by Scooj

 

Male guilt

 

Castration, a word

filled with potent undertones;

puppy gets the knife.

 

by Scooj

Canine capers

 

Evicerated

animals scatter the floor,

stuffing tumbleweed.

 

by Scooj

1529. Dean Lane skate park (130)

This is a fine three-way collaboration on the long wall at Dean Lane between ‘No Frills’ stablemates, Slimpickings, Biers and Howl. Whatever your views on writing, this is an incredibly neat and tidy collaboration which is really easy on the eye.

Slimpickings, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2018
Slimpickings, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2018

I don’t know much at all about Slimpickings, but have seen quite a lot of his work around the place recently (to follow). I haven’t seen enough of his work or had the opportunity to meet him to be able to decypher his writing. I think it says TEB, but I am not confident.

Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2018
Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2018

Biers I have featured a fair bit in this blog and I continue to enjoy his style immensely. There is something about the design of his letters that really chimes for me, I don’t know if there is a retro thing going on or what, but it feels comfortable.

Howl, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2018
Howl, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2018

Finally, the right hand side of this collaboration is by Howl, and he is another artist with a very distinctive style, that often incorporates a dog, as in this example. This one is a real cutie with an orange swirl on his tummy.

All in all this is a cracking example of a top writing collaboration. Great work from No Frills.

Fly catcher

 

Bounding through long grass

ear tips and tail mark the way

Ruben out hunting.

 

by Scooj

1503. Stokes Croft

I love this wall. It is next to a bus stop in Stokes Croft, and the hoarding was erected about two years ago or more around a building that had been a rather hip bar. For an eternity, it seemed, nobody tagged or sprayed the wall, but slowly the inevitable succession of vandalism and creativity emerged, and the hoarding has become part of the furniture for some of the more adventurous artists. I believe the owner of the site is not overjoyed.

Daz Cat, Stokes Croft, Bristol, April 2018
Daz Cat, Stokes Croft, Bristol, April 2018

This is a nice piece from Daz Cat, who once again presents us with a dog and not a cat although I think it is a very fine dog and not too unlike my own cocker spaniel. Sprayed at the time of Trump and May joining forces to bomb Syria, the message here is loud and clear. Definitely bomb walls not Syria.

Much of the work here is pretty rubbish, but every now and again we get a gem like this one.

New tricks

 

I’m just an old dog

teaching a young dog new tricks;

change the paradigm.

 

by Scooj

 

Ninja unarmed

 

Ignominious

day for the cat, her claws trimmed;

Ruben celebrates.

 

by Scooj