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Off at a canter
from one edge to the other
pathway exposure
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by Scooj
Smooth Carrion-Beetle
Tag: Insect
7145. Brunel Way (332)
RA, if that is indeed his/her name, came to Bristol and left behind four or five beautiful insect stencil pieces, which are right up my street combining my love of nature with my interest in street art.
I am not quite sure if this particular beast is a beetle (I can’t see any wing covers) or something like an ant. It certainly has the right components; six legs, a head, abdomen and thorax and what I imagine to be a compound eye, of an insect. The colours RA has used to decorate the insect are striking and help the piece to stand out on the grey-buffed column. Lovely work.
7101. Brunel Way (329)
This is a gorgeous column piece under Brunel Way, from visiting artist RA. Several wonderful pieces were deposited by the artist, all in the same area, and each of which really appeal to me. Anything to do with nature, and in particular insects, is going to grab my attention.
In this strip, RA has used a stencil of an insect and overlaid it three times on a tall rectangle of lime green, which works perfectly for the dimensions of a column. The detail within each of the insects has been hand painted, probably using a Posca pen for the finer detail. The pink and green colours draw attention to the piece on a grey background. Very effective and quite different.
7073. Brunel Way (324)
This piece is right up my street, a beautifully painted beetle in striking colours, by an artist I don’t know and whose name I have guessed at as RA. This was one of a few pieces painted in a single session, which makes me think the artist was a visitor, passing through.
I don’t know what technique was used to paint the piece, but at a guess I would say it was a stencil over a green background, which has been augmented with some Posca pen detail. The end result is unique and rather special. RA is an artist I’d really like to find more information on. Love this piece.
Speckled bush-cricket
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Perfect colour match
an exquisite deception
to be heard not seen
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by Scooj
Red Admiral
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Dry spring and summer
a good year for butterflies
uplifting beauty
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by Scooj
Small magpie
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Delicate shimmer
betrays any concealment
stay still, stay alive
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by Scooj
Cinnabar Moth
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On garden patrol
cinnabar moth entrances
daylong resident
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by Scooj
- more information from the Butterfly Conservation website.
Common European Greenbottle Fly
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Most harshly thought of
bothersome and annoying
bottle-green beauty
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by Scooj
Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil
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In the herb garden
a small emerald jewel
these warm summer days
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by Scooj
Natural adventures 