Late afternoon sun
catches on Ruben’s dog tag
manic chase ensues.
by Scooj
Tag: Dog
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.
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 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.
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.
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
1458. The Bearpit (140)
This is the second piece I have posted by Daz Cat and interestingly this time it is a dog. I’m not sure what the slogan ‘Without a pack the dog days are back’ is all about, but it has a nice ring to it.
My initial reaction to this piece is that it looks a bit rough and ready, but actually I think that might just be an artifact of the style Daz Cat uses. If you look closely, the shading and shapes used in crafting the dog’s head are sophisticated and cleverly done, giving an appearance in places almost of a stencil (for example around the nose). I like his work, and I am pleased to see a proliferation of it at the moment. It is always nice to see new work about the place. This piece was created for the Spring paint jam.
Natural adventures 