First date

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What does a dad do

when his girl finds a boyfriend?

our rights of passage

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by Scooj

4703. Cumberland Basin

Evey, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2022
Evey, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2022

It is quite by accident, but wholly appropriate, that I should follow up a piece by Bnie with a piece by Evey. The two artists are part of the RBF crew and often paint alongside one another.

Evey, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2022
Evey, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2022

I consider this to be Evey’s best piece that I have seen so far. The green palette set on the red background works exceptionally well and makes it difficult not to notice the piece. Large bold letters, filled with a clever array of greens and a thick black 3D border combine well. There are some nice sharp lines, in particular at the base of the first ‘E’ and the white highlight is subtle, but helps to lift the letters. Upwards and onwards… it is great to watch on at the improvement as it happens.

The fall

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Unsecured ladder

fall from the kitchen loft hatch

escaped with bruises

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by Scooj

September

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September breezes

initiate first leaf fall

and shiny conkers

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by Scooj

Too young to die

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Too great the shared loss

school friends shuddering with shock

tragic episode

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by Scooj

  • On the unexpected death of a boy in my daughter’s friendship group.

Dynamic

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Constants disrupted

and a nation all at sea

despair before hope

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by Scooj

Common Toadflax

Common Toadflax, West Sussex, September 2022
Common Toadflax, West Sussex, September 2022

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Yellow, rising high

stubble encircled island

proud common toadflax

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by Scooj

Elizabethan

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Epoch transition

farewell Elizabethan

constant disrupted

.

by Scooj

Discontent

.

Plain for all to see

winter of discontent looms

conservatism

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by Scooj