Tag: Kid Crayon

65. Fairfax Street

I have been sorting through a few pictures of Bristol’s street art that I have taken recently, and there really is a lot of the stuff, and such variety. In October, I came across an unusual work by one of Bristol’s most prolific artists, Kid Crayon.

Kid Crayon, Fairfax Street, Bristol, October 2015
Kid Crayon, Fairfax Street, Bristol, October 2015

What is interesting about this mural is that it is a departure from his wheatpaste work, which I have featured many times in my posts.

Kid Crayon, Fairfax Street, Bristol, October 2015
Kid Crayon, Fairfax Street, Bristol, October 2015

It can be quite difficult to get decent shots of this mural because it is on the wall of a small private car park, and there are usually cars parked up against the wall. I really like this mural and will seek out more of his paintings.

Kid Crayon, Fairfax Street, Bristol, October 2015
Kid Crayon, Fairfax Street, Bristol, October 2015

 

58. Mark Lane.

Another weird and wacky wheatpaste from Kid Crayon that I posted some time ago to illustrate a haiku, before I started posting about street art.

Kid Crayon, Mark Lane, Bristol, July 2015
Kid Crayon, Mark Lane, Bristol, July 2015

I really am warming up to his uncomfortable portraits and his choice of spots. It is strange, but until you start looking for his works you simply don’t see them, or if you do, they don’t seem to register. They are all over Bristol, and I have several more lined up to post.

Kid Crayon, Mark Lane, Bristol, October 2015
Kid Crayon, Mark Lane, Bristol, October 2015

I see this boy/man eating cheese most days, and it always makes me smile.

Kid Crayon, Mark Lane, Bristol, October 2015
Kid Crayon, Mark Lane, Bristol, October 2015

8/10

 

45. Moon Street (1)

Another gold mine of street art is the area around Moon Street, tucked away behind Stokes Croft.

This week I stumbled upon another couple of Kid Crayon wheatpastes. What I like most about KC is that he seems to have found walls to paste his works all over the center of Bristol, and I am quite enjoying finding them.

Kid Crayon, Moon Street, Bristol, September 2015
Kid Crayon, Moon Street, Bristol, September 2015

His style is very distinctive, usually colourful portraits. There is always something slightly menacing about the faces. Some people don’t consider wheatpastes to be ‘real’ street art. I think they are wrong, and that is that.

Here are some reminders of his other works:

IMG_3309 KC image 2

7/10

16. Frogmore Street (2)

Looking through some archive images, I found another wheatpaste by Kid Crayon (see posts 7 and 11). This image was taken on 25 February 2015.

This one is just as strange as the others, but what fascinates me more is that it is no longer there, emphasising the ephemeral nature of some street art. There is a kind of ‘catch me while you can’ element to it all that I like.

This image was pasted directly above one of my favourite JPS works (see post 2).

Kid Crayon, JPS, Frogmore street, Bristol, February 2015
Kid Crayon, JPS, Frogmore street, Bristol, February 2015

Whilst not over keen on this particular work, there is something about the way KC operates in Bristol that works for me. I have revisited this post in April 2016, and must add that Kid Crayon has become one of my favourite Bristol street artists, and the more I look at this pasteup, the more I like it.