6383. Dean Lane skate park (754)

Foksymoron, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2024
Foksymoron, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2024

There is no doubt about it, Foksymoron is expanding his portfolio, painting larger fox character pieces with more variety, adding something extra to his familiar mega-tag foxes dotted about the city. I, for one, am very much enjoying this pushing of boundaries, and am wondering how much more sophistication will be added to his work.

Foksymoron, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2024
Foksymoron, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2024

The rather cool looking (if not a little overweight) fox in this piece is reclining, with his sunglasses dazzling. He is saying “put a donk on it” – I’m not entirely sure what this means, but donk is Australian slang for a penis, but I can’t see how that would apply here. Anyhow, the fox remains cool and joins his larger-scale counterparts in Foksymoron’s expanding portfolio.

6345. Cumberland Basin

Foksymoron, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024
Foksymoron, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024

Having been largely overlooked but not unnoticed by me over the last few years, Foksymoron has been ‘going large’ recently, growing his fox character from a small mega-tag to a fully fledged adult adorning walls that wouldn’t have been conceivable only a short time ago.

Foksymoron, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024
Foksymoron, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024

This piece has the rather laid back cool fox reclining and accompanied by a speech bubble with the unromantic words “Straight in, no kissin”. Foksymoron’s foxes have long been a part of the furniture in the Bristol hot spots, but now they are moving centre stage, and deservedly so. Who doesn’t love a fox?

Foksymoron, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024
Foksymoron, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024

And here is another little extra from Foksymoron with one of his mega-tag foxes.

6256. Dean Lane skate park (737)

Foksymoron, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2024
Foksymoron, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2024

Living in Bristol (as I do) and tracking down street/graffiti art (as I do) it is impossible not to be familiar with a stylised fox mega-tag that appears in all corners of the city. The foxes are painted by Foksymoron, and this is by far the largest one I have seen yet, in Dean Lane for Dean Lane Hardcore.

Foksymoron, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2024
Foksymoron, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2024

This skate ramp has often been decorated by Feek for the Dean Lane Hardcore event, but not this time, and Foksymoron appears to have done a pretty good job, filling the space. Foxes have a long and studied history in Bristol, and it is great to see so many featured on the street art scene. I have a host of foxes by Foksymoron in my archives, and feel that perhaps I ought to dig them out and post them all together… watch this space