5915. Sparke Evans Park (90)

Tao Create and Rozalita, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2024
Tao Create and Rozalita, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2024

There are some pieces that stick in the mind, sometimes for a long while, and sometimes forever. This is one of those. This striking collaboration between Tao Create and Rozalita has embedded in memory, and it will be one of those iconic pieces that I will be able to recall and tell people about for as long as my mind is good.

Tao Create, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2024
Tao Create, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2024

On the left, Tao Create has painted a gorgeous portrait piece, and in doing so has shown us just how far she has come over the last two or three years. I can only think that she has been to art school, because the transformation is extraordinary. The near-photorealistic portrait is utterly captivating and the contours of the face are perfectly handled with skill using shading in browns and yellows. I cannot express how much I love this portrait, not how surprised I was to see that it was by Tao Create.

Rozalita, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2024
Rozalita, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2024

On the right is the third recent piece by Rozalita depicting Frida Kahlo, and it is another cracker, this time in various shades of yellow. There is a strength that comes from the portrait, perhaps reflecting the strength of Kahlo herself. The flower design is, I think, also by Rozalita, who has undergone a renaissance lately. Oh joy. My favourite piece of the year.

5613. Sparke Evans Park (83)

Bbygwya, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, October 2023
Bbygwya, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, October 2023

This is another wonderful piece from the RBF Halloween paint jam at Sparke Evans Park, and is by Bbygwya, probably better known as Flux, the letters (or variations of them) that she writes. This is a masterful composition, very pleasing on the eye, with each element of the piece excellently executed. If only my slightly misty images did the piece justice.

Bbygwya, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, October 2023
Bbygwya, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, October 2023

The letters spelling FLXE or FLuXE or as Paul H rightly points out LUXE are beautifully filled with an orange/red oily-bubbly effect, and the white 3D drop shadow is nicely worked into the piece. The character, looking like a masked villain out of a Scooby-Doo cartoon, is well painted and complements the letters perfectly. Bbygwya, along with her RBF friends, has used the ‘house colours’ for the piece. I would love to have a picture with the whole collaboration, but alas there are large trees in front of the wall, and it is virtually impossible to get the whole stretch in one head-on view.