September

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Plentiful conkers

bring joy to the boy in me

recall a lost art

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by Scooj

New kit

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Disproportionate

joy from new keyboard and case

for new iPad air

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by Scooj

4939. M32 roundabout J3 (445)

Face 1st, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2022
Face 1st, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2022

I simply fail to understand how I managed not to post this absolute cracker by Face 1st back in February 2022. It has been lurking in my archive, screaming to be released and shared, and now at last is liberated, and just look at how happy those girls are.

Face 1st, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2022
Face 1st, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2022

I definitely noticed that nearly all Face 1st’s work last year was overflowing with joy, and this piece early on in the year certainly set the tone. To me this is brilliant, and one of my favourite Face 1st pieces ever. The colours are sensational, and the positive and mischievous energy flying off the wall is a pleasure to observe. What an absolute blast!

Overturned

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Double body-blow

voters come to their senses

and reject Johnson

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by Scooj

Movie night

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Of all the genres

musicals are my weakness

they are my delight

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by Scooj

Return to the allotment

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The onions are in

for a few joyful moments

life is suspended

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by Scooj

Confluence

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A red letter day

worth getting out of bed for

right place and right time

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by Scooj

Happy valley

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The carefree laughter

of a child paints the valley

with colours of joy

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by Scooj

Noob

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As keen as mustard

innocence of an intern

unsoured by the years.

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by Scooj

2275. M32 roundabout J3 (149)

Wahey! Another sensational Soap piece, and it seems like there is absolutely no stopping him at the moment… he’s on a roll. This is a crazy and eclectic piece that draws on a whole bunch of styles, patterns and colours to spell out SOAP.

Soap, M32 roundabout, Bristol, June 2019
Soap, M32 roundabout, Bristol, June 2019

I just get the feeling every time I see his work that there is a lot of joy going on at the moment and it really comes across in his work. With some artists you can spot angst or pain or sadness or perfectionism and so on, but Soap’s work simply screams out happiness.