7087. Greenbank (162)

Nice One, Greenbank, Bristol, June 2025
Nice One, Greenbank, Bristol, June 2025

It looks as if the building work at the development alongside the Bristol to Bath cycle track has ground to a halt, for whatever reason. This has offered a stay of execution for the long hoardings that provide a wonderful spot for graffiti/street artists. Painting on borrowed time. These two pieces from Nice One are a curious pair that bookended existing pieces (I think).

Nice One, Greenbank, Bristol, June 2025
Nice One, Greenbank, Bristol, June 2025

Nice One has a wonderful touch that is quite unlike other artists in Bristol. His work looks much more like charcoal sketches or paint brush watercolour sketches, and bring something totally different for us to admire.

Nice One, Greenbank, Bristol, June 2025
Nice One, Greenbank, Bristol, June 2025

The two pieces are hidden portraits in greyscale that speak of threat and suffering, and I wonder if they are an oblique reference to the appalling situation in Gaza. Both are superbly presented and such unusual examples of artwork at this spot. Although the pieces are not signed, the appearance of an ‘N’ and an ‘e’ give him away. Classy stuff.

Thursday doors – 15 September 2022

Doors 194 – Porto doors (Part 8)

No surprises this week as I continue to share more lovely doors from Porto, Portugal. There is a little bit of a theme this week along the lines of pairs or trios of doors. I very much hope you enjoy them.

Three green doors, Porto, Portugal, June 2022
Three green doors, Porto, Portugal, June 2022
Three red doors, Porto, Portugal, June 2022
Three red doors, Porto, Portugal, June 2022
Two fancy doors, Porto, Portugal, June 2022
Two fancy doors, Porto, Portugal, June 2022
Two beautifully colourful doors, Porto, Portugal, June 2022
Two beautifully colourful doors, Porto, Portugal, June 2022
One red and two green doors, Porto, Portugal, June 2022
One red and two green doors, Porto, Portugal, June 2022
A pair of doors, Foz do Douro, Portugal, June 2022
A pair of doors, Foz do Douro, Portugal, June 2022
Two red balcony doors, Porto, Portugal, June 2022
Two red balcony doors, Porto, Portugal, June 2022

There is little doubt that I will look back on my trip to Porto, with my daughter in June 2022 as one of the highlights of the year, and I might even go as far to say of the decade. It is a visually rich city and culturally fascinating, divided up into distinct areas for shopping, port manufacture, residential, administrative etc.

I still have a few remaining doors to share from this trip… I do hope you don’t get too bored.

I hope you have a fabulous week ahead, and if you are in the UK, enjoy the extra Bank Holiday on Monday, taking time to reflect.

If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.

by Scooj