1774. Hill Street (2)

Every now and again I like to treat myself to a nice sandwich or sausage roll at Pinkmans on Park Street for my lunch and it is a real treat, because the prices are what you’d expect from such a highly rated bakery (Sunday Times top 25 bakery in the UK). To get there I can either go up Park Street itself or up the much quieter parallel Hill Street.

Deamze, Hill Street, Bristol, October 2018
Deamze, Hill Street, Bristol, October 2018

Halfway up Hill street, which provides the back entrances for all the retail shops and eateries, is a small car park which is a rather special little street art spot that few people know about. Turnover here is very low indeed and tagging rare. There was a wonderful Kleiner Shames mural here but it has finally given way to this extraordinarily brilliant piece from Deamze. I really like it that Deamze has done a little nod of recognition to the artistry of Kleiner Shames with the inclusion of the word Fois (KS’s wildstyle word).

Deamze, Hill Street, Bristol, October 2018
Deamze, Hill Street, Bristol, October 2018

In this piece Deamze has surrounded his wildstyle writing with a cartoon space scene from Marvin the Martian, and I have to confess to having to look this up because he is not a cartoon character I am familiar with. As one would expect from Deamze, this is a beautifully conceived and executed piece that is most welcome on this special wall. Now onwards to Pinkmans.

Thursday doors

Door eight.

Danger door, Bristol
Danger door, Bristol

Danger door.

The truth about this door is that I can’t quite remember where it was. Somewhere in Bristol – possibly Hill Street.

 

by Scooj

 

Thursday Doors – Norm 2.0

282. Hill Street

There is a good story to this piece. Some time before I started to blog about street art, and around about the time that I really started to get interested, I saw two artists working together on a small car park wall on Hill Street, parallel with Park Street. I surreptitiously took a couple of pictures and walked on. Since that time, I have returned to the wall many times and taken other pictures.

Fois, Hill Street, Bristol, April 2015
Fois, Hill Street, Bristol, April 2015

I am not sure who one of the artists was, and so his wall does not feature here, but the other was Fois. At the time, and for a long time afterwards, I didn’t know it was by Fois, but it became very clear when I wrote about his piece on Nine Tree Hill.

Fois, Hill Street, Bristol, November 2015
Fois, Hill Street, Bristol, November 2015

It is a wonderful work, spelling out his name with the characteristic colours and curves that have, to my mind at least, a strong feel of the 1930s. I will at some point find out who his collaborator on the day was, but it might be some time.

Fois, Hill Street, Bristol, April 2015
Fois, Hill Street, Bristol, April 2015