It’s not the losing
that hurts; it is the manner
in which it is lost.
by Scooj
Tag: UK
109. Hurle road.
I pass this mural every week on the way to my daughter’s piano lesson. Every time I see it, I say to my daughter “I must get a picture of that”. She groans, and has become very bored with me repeating myself.
Today I took the pictures. This commissioned piece appears on the side of a shop on the Whiteladies Road. A commission is probably the only way street art is going to make it into this area. It is by Andy Council, and I have posted a couple of his works previously from the Hotwell Road and Nelson street. You will see he has a very distinctive style.
His works often incorporate Bristol landmarks and here he has included the Clifton Suspension Bridge. This is very safe street art, but brightens up the area nonetheless.
6/10
108. Charles Street
Following on from yesterday’s post I thought I would add another piece by Aspire. This mural is tucked away off the main road at the southern end of Stokes Croft. This beautiful robin is in great company…is that marilyn in the yellow telephone box?
I have no idea who pasted the yellow phone box, I like it…it is quirky and it appears to have changed colour from red (as seen on streetview). I like the robin more though. I’m on a bit of an Aspire streak…maybe more next week.
7.5/10
Jazz quartet
Sounds echo around;
a great beat as feet shuffle
past from shop to shop.
bt Scooj
107. City Road
The pure joy of Bristol street art is that it is so incredibly varied; from the sanitised masterpieces to the illegal spraying. Fine art and burners sit side by side. For those interested in art Bristol is becoming a very large free-to-view canvass.
I have recently become aware of a number of pieces by Aspire, a Bristol-based artist who specialises in portraits of birds, using his spray paint to create pixelated images. More on this in a nice interview with the artist from the Our Autonomous Nature website. I like his work very much and will post more works from around the Stokes Croft area.
7/10
Mugger
Up on Brandon Hill
the lazy streetwise squirrels
mug folk for vittels.
by Scooj
Frost
Jack came calling last
night; sugar-crystal blanket
transforms the garden.
by Scooj
106. Nelson Street (3)
It is such a glorious Winter’s day today, cold and sunny. I had to get out for a short lunchtime walk. I headed down to Nelson Street to photograph this stunning mural by Aryz.
Aryz, originally from Barcelona, painted this mural in 2011 as part of the ‘See no Evil’ street art event in central Bristol. In his biography, it states he likes a large mural…well this is pretty big.
I have been meaning to post this for a long time, but have struggled to get good pictures of it. the light is difficult and shadows often obscure parts of it. These pictures are from different days – the sunny ones from today.
8/10
Think about it
Live each moment as
if it were your last is not
very good advice.
by Scooj
105. Moon Street (5)
The Lakota nightclub in Moon Street is famous, not only in Bristol, but countrywide (as I have just found out from reading the wikipedia entry), and has had something of a turbulent recent history.
The area is a magnet for street artists, but the commissions on the walls of this club are outstanding. Cheo and Gregor Minto have given one of Bristol’s landmarks a remarkable identity.
If you live in Bristol, Moon Street is well worth a visit just to see these magnificent walls.
8.5/10
Natural adventures 