Varo has really hit on something that totally chimes with me – painting the same basic mega-tag of a bull in a variety of forms in different places. A simple idea that lends itself to the conditions of the spot chosen to paint and the amount of time available. To take this approach one step higher would be to paint them in the style of different artists, for example David Hockney, Matisse or Dali. That could be a lot of fun.
Varo, Leonard Lane, Bristol, September 2020
This particular bull, tucked away in a doorway in Leonard Lane is the full beast, including a tail rather than just the head, which we are more used to seeing. This is quite a raw piece, but is of interest because one knows that the artist is capable of doing much tighter work when the environment permits. A decent throw up.
It is becoming more and more difficult to seek out new doors. The combined forces of coronavirus, the worsening weather and shortening days makes doorscursions particularly difficult at the moment, so I head straight for my comfort blanket and present you with some more archived doors this week, these ones mostly from last year.
Enjoy.
DNT, Grosvenor Road, Bristol, July 2019Cheo, Elton Road, Bristol, July 2019Dale Grimshaw, North Street, Bristol, July 2019
Nevergiveup, North Street Green, Bristol, July 2019Andy Council, North Street, Bristol, June 2019DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, March 20193Dom, Wilder Street, Bristol, July 2019
And that’s it I’m afraid this week, I am having to ration these out a bit because before you know it I will have run out of archive material and will be resorting to photographs of my kitchen cabinets and cupboard doors.
Have a great weekend.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors and you really ought to 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.
It seems that Silent Hobo is on a bit of a roll at the moment, especially in the St Werburghs area – I am guessing that he must live nearby judging from the number of new pieces in recent months.
Silent Hobo, Mina Road, Bristol, October 2020
I spotted Silent Hobo painting this piece as I was driving home a couple of weeks ago, but there weren’t any parking spaces nearby and I was in a bit of a hurry, so regrettably I didn’t get a chance to stop for a chat. I returned the following day to take these pictures.
Silent Hobo, Mina Road, Bristol, October 2020
This is an outstanding and uplifting piece, bringing an ordinary and drab doorway to life with a stunning coastal view that dreams are made of. How much we all yearn to get away from it all in these pandemic days. Silent Hobo offers just a tiny moment of escape with this mural. I love, love, love this – if only more drab doors and walls were decorated in this way.
This week I am getting ahead of the game and preparing over the weekend (now last weekend) some regular Bristol doors from photographs taken over the past few months – just a hotch potch of doors with no theme. There are one or two interesting ones in there which I hope you enjoy.
Happy door hunting.
Blue door beyond a blue door, Montpelier, Bristol, March 2020I guess this counts as a door, Bristol, May 2020Double doors in St Andrews, Bristol, May 2020This lane is known as ‘green garages’ and is a safe skateboarding spot for young skaters, Redland, Bristol, May 2020Not too sure this was ever a door, but a pretty forboding bricked in space, Easton, Bristol, July 2020 – a little bit of graffiti (nut sax) just to spice it up a litttle.Shabby-chic side gate, Bedminster, Bristol, October 2020
So there you have it – I am able to do doors other than street art doors although I suspect that is a theme I will return to before long if I struggle with time.
Have a great weekend.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors and you really ought to 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.
Doors 123 – Yet more recycling of street/graffiti art doors
It may come as some relief to readers of this post that I am gently approaching the end of the road with my archived street art doors. I might be able to squeeze a further four or five weeks out of them but then the pressure will be on to capture some new doors.
Actually I do have a few Bristol doors up my sleeve, but just need a little bit more time to write about them.
Anyhoo, enjoy today’s offering:
Tagged door, Moon Street, Bristol, March 2019Lakota back door, Moon Street, Bristol, March 2019Wheatpasted door, Face the Strange (top) and CodeFC (bottom), Camden Town, November 2017Thursday Door, Camden Town, November 2017Hazard and DNT, Matchbox Gallery, Bristol, April 2019Nevergiveup, Jessop Underpass, Bristol, June 2019Door painted by Sirens, River Avon cycle path, Bristol, June 2019Charmingly decorated fire exit door to a warehouse, River Avon cycle path, Bristol, June 2019Charmingly decorated fire exit door to a warehouse, River Avon cycle path, Bristol, June 2019Rather bright yellow door, River Avon cycle path, Bristol, June 2019Kosc, Moon Street, Bristol, June 2019Jody door, North Street, Bristol, June 2019Haka, Mina Road, Bristol, May 2019
Well that’s another week that has simply flown by. Have a great weekend wherever you may be.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors and you really ought to 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.
Doors 120 – Some Cheltenham doors (posted a day late)
It has been a month since I last posted Thursday doors and like the idiot I am, I missed this Thursday for my comeback, so here is my offering a day (and a month) late.
I took these pictures on a trip to Cheltenham for the annual Paint Festival hosted there a couple of weekends ago. I can’t remember the last time I posted some newly photographed doors rather than the archive graffiti ones I have been posting lately, so I hope you enjoy them.
Awning in need of a minor repair, Cheltenham, September 2020Beautiful birdcage awning, Cheltenham, September 2020OK, so it’s a little out of focus, but this door was just too good to leave out, Cheltenham, September 2020An ornate wrought iron awning, Cheltenham, September 2020The steps are curved and even the red door is curved, Cheltenham, September 2020A gorgeous door somewhat eclipsed by the warning notices to the right, Cheltenham, September 2020
So there we have it, I managed to get myself back into the swing of things, albeit a day late. Expect more archive pictures next week, unless I get myself out for a walk somewhere.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors and you really ought to 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.
Packing for a short holiday, so this is a very rushed archive selection of Street art/graffiti doors:
Shoreditch door, November 2018
Shoreditch door, November 2018
Dr. Love, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
Ione, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
Vanesa Longchamp, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
Kin Dose, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
Kid Crayon, Upfest, Bristol, October 2018
Door, Barcelona, March 2018
Kin Dose, West Street, Bristol, October 2018
Nevergiveup, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, December 2018
Nevergiveup, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, December 2018
Hazard, Stokes Croft, Bristol, December 2018
Shoreditch Door, London, November 2018
Shoreditch Door, London, November 2018
Shoreditch Door, London, November 2018
I’ll be on my jollyberries next week, so might not be posting Thursday Doors for a week or two – have a great break.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors and you really ought to 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.
I still haven’t been out much lately so there aren’t too many new doors to write home about, although these little doors in a street nearby caught my eye. The great thing about people having to stay at home is that they get creative.
These little doors on the front garden wall of a family home are unlikely to have ever happened in normal circumstances. They made me laugh.
Little doors on a garden wall in Redland, Bristol, August 2020
Open doors on a garden wall in Redland, Bristol, August 2020
And now I revert to a few more archive street art doors from 2018 including rather a lot of shutter pieces:
Alex Lucas, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
3rdeye, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
Zase, Newfoundland Road, Bristol, September 2018
Guts, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
3Dom, Frogmore Street, Bristol, August 2018
Joel Aroyo, Barcelona, March 2018
3rdeye, North Street, Bristol, January 2016
3Dom, Raleigh Road, Bristol, January 2018
T-Rex, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
Nevla, Hepburn Road, Bristol, October 2018
Rezwonk, Moon Street, Bristol, October 2018
Kaldea, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
So another week passes us by in this ‘groundhog day’ existence, but to break the mould, I am taking a few days off work next week to recharge the batteries, and you just never know I might get to photograph a few more new doors. Whatever you are up to, I wish you a great week.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors and you really ought to 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.
Doors 117 – back to the old graffiti doors from my archives
Wow, a really busy week for me with the rest of my team all away on their hols and only me to man the fort. So a quick rummage around in my archives it will have to be this week.
Dabuten Tronko, High Street, Bristol, July 2018
John D’oh, North Street, Bristol, July 2018
Nevergiveup, Moon Street, Bristol, June 2018
Laic217, Moon Street, Bristol, August 2018
Nol, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
Annatomix, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
qWeRT, Stokes Croft, Bristol, July 2018
Andrew Burns Colwill, Westbury Hill, Bristol, August 2018
OK, so it’s not a door, but I figured that this trompe loeil window by Andrew Burns Colwill was worth including.
Silk Crystal street art, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
Gretl, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
Louis Masai, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
Louis Masai, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
Piet Rodriguez, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
Another week gone in this crazy and unsettling time. In the UK we are due to have a few decent days of sunshine which always brings about a collective improvement in mood. May I wish you all a great week ahead.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors and you really ought to 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.
I have been struggling to photograph new doors recently, I think that escaping the tiny area I have existed in during lock down has definitely contributed to this sorry state of affairs. I hoped all this might change with a short trip to Cornwall last weekend fishing with my son, but we didn’t visit any towns or villages, just fishing marks on the south coast.
The upshot… more archive street art doors, most never seen on Thursday doors before. Enjoy…
Rezwonk, Moon Street, Bristol, April 2018
NEVERGIVEUP, East Street, Bristol, April 2018
Laic217, Moon Street, Bristol, June 2018
Unknown Artist, Nelson Street, Bristol, August 2017
Door, Armada Place, Bristol, July 2016
Stephen Quick, Raleigh Road, Bristol, June 2018
3Dom, Feek and Sepr, Fern Street, Bristol, June 2018
Face 1st, Moon Street, Bristol, June 2018
Cheba, Jamaica Street, Bristol, June 2018
So, that’ll be it for another week. Take care wherever you are and have a fabulous weekend.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors and you really ought to 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.
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