A gallery of fabulous, cheeky character and combination pieces from Bristol graffiti artist Jevoissoul AKA Slow.
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All photographs by Scooj
Jevoissoul
Tag: Slow
7203. River Avon (95)
I haven’t posted much from Jevoissoul for a while, but this piece alongside the River Avon was perhaps just too good to miss. This book ended combination piece is really neat and tidy and speaks to the artist’s progress over the last year or two.
The letters SLOW are beautifully painted in strong solid colours, without decorative fills, but sometimes less can be more, and it definitely works here. Great colour combinations too. The characters are unmistakably by Jevoissoul, and he has really made these in his very own stylised cartoon design, with their distinctive comic mouths. It is a pity that he ran out of brown for the background. All in all, a great piece.
6714. Dean Lane skate park (804)
As if it were needed, this combination piece is further evidence that Jevoissoul is on an upward trajectory. Probably the most noticeable aspect of his improvement is the tightness of his work, and by that I mean his lines are clean and his fills tidy. When he first started out, His work felt a little cluttered and hurried, but I don’t get that feeling so much now.
To the left, our familiar character, complete with grimace, appears to be losing his cap, which creates a sense of movement in the piece. Jevoissoul’s artwork is becoming more sophisticated, with a two-tone light/shade aspect to the face. The letters also have a sense of movement, indicated by the black accent lines around the outside. Good colours and nicely blended horizontal strips fill the letters nicely. Perhaps there could be a little bit more interest in the letters themselves, but now I am just being picky.
6671. Stapleton Road
The new hoarding at the very top end of Stapleton Road has been colonised pretty quickly, and I can see it becoming a popular spot over the coming months. Omie and Jevoissoul have teamed up to paint one section of the virgin hoarding, and started off with a rather fetching pink background.
Jevoissoul is fast becoming one of the most active street artists in Bristol, with his stylised character faces and ‘SLOW’ writing appearing pretty much all over the city. Hardly a day passes without stumbling on another new piece. Since I first became aware of his work, his pieces have become much tighter, with strong, tidy black lines and solid fills. This is a good example of his improvement.
Having met Omie over the Christmas break, it is so nice now to visualise the face and person behind the great writing. What I particularly like about Omie’s work is that every piece is utterly unique and different from anything else I have seen by him before. His creativity is admirable. I like the colours and the brush-stroke effect he has achieved with this piece. I wonder how long this collaboration will remain before others get to test out this new spot.
6543. River Avon (68)
When I first met Jevoissoul, he told me that he had planned to paint his stuff as regularly as he could all over the city, and it would appear that he has lived up to his word. His distinctive character is more frequently these days accompanied by the letters SLOW, to create larger combination pieces.
While his characters are not necessarily evolving, they are getting tighter, and the same can be said for his letters. It would appear that Jevoissoul is enjoying decorating walls, and It would be great to catch up with him again and chat about his work, past and future. A tidy piece from Jevoissoul.
6351. Dean Lane skate park (747)
Jevoissoul told me when I first met him that he would be hitting the streets of Bristol hard, and he has lived up to his work. Barely a week goes by without another of his distinctive character pieces appearing at one of the hot spots around the city. His character is sometimes accompanied by the word SLOW in combination pieces like this one.
Sometimes Jevoissoul’s work can be a little ragged, but this combination piece is pretty tight and nicely filled and finished, indeed it might be one of his best to date. I have a whole raft of his work that I haven’t yet posted and think I might have to do a small collection post at some point, just to catch up, something I have said about many of our most prolific artists numerous times. Nice work from Jevoissoul
5772. Brunel Way (252)
I am rather fond of Jevoissoul’s work. It doesn’t have the sharpness or precision of writers like Dibz or Smak, nor does it create extraordinary characters in the way that Sled One or 3Dom can, for example, but it has a charm and authenticity that underpins the vast spectrum of art and graffiti that we see in Bristol. On such solid foundations great things are built.
Jevoissoul has painted two of his characters with ‘Popeye’ smiles. The fills and shading is basic and effective, creating some contrast and depth in its simplest form. No Jevoissoul piece is complete without the word ‘slow’ in attendance, although I don’t know why he writes it, nor why it is pointed at the character on the left. One for the next conversation I have with the artist.
Slowly
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Uncomplicated
a life lived in the slow lane
minimum effort
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by Scooj
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