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4731. Purdown (47)

What I really like about Mote’s approach to street art is that he is a very tidy artist. He likes to have a buffed wall to paint on, so that there are no distractions, and he keeps everything clean and tidy. Nice solid fills and crisp sharp lines. I am guessing he is a bit of a perfectionist.

This charming monster piece up at Purdown is a wonderful doodle character, with some nice colour fills and details. The eyes and eyelids work well, and the shadow cast onto the wall lifts the piece out. Altogether this is a rather good piece, one of many.

4730. Cheltenham 2022 (15)

I have only once before come across Madderdoit, and that was a column stencil piece under Brunel Way in Bristol, so it was good to see a couple more pieces by the artist in the skate park for the Cheltenham Paint Festival, of which this is one.

Madderdoit, Cheltenham Paint Festival, Cheltenham, July 2022

The kid sitting among a bunch of spray cans reminds me a little of an early Dice67 piece, and is nicely done. The brightly sprayed heart is also a nice touch, without which the whole thing would be duller. I like the spread of spray cans, but would have created two or three stencils for these and perhaps coloured the tops – but there I go again nit-picking. This is a nice fresh stencil from Madderdoit.

Chill

A gallery of fantastic cartoon-style work from Bristol street artist and tattooist, Chill (PWA)

Instagram: @chill.works

Chill, M32 roundabout J2, Bristol, January 2025

Chill, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024

Chill, M32 roundabout, Bristol, July 2024

Chill, Coach and Horses, Bristol, April 2024

Chill and Zake, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2024

Chill, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2024

Face 1st, Zake and Chill, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2024

Chill, Dean Lane, Bristol, December 2023

Chill, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2023

Zake and Chill, St Werburghs, Bristol, March 2023

Chill, St Werburghs, Bristol, March 2023

Chill, Greenbank, Bristol, February 2023

Face 1st and Chill, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2022

Chill, River Avon, Bristol, November 2022

Chill, Greenbank, Bristol, September 2022

Chill, Peel Street Green, Bristol, July 2022

Face 1st, Chill and Soap, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2022

Chill and Smut, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2022

Chill, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2022

Chill, St Werburghs, Bristol, December 2021

Chill, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, November 2021

Chill, M32 roundbout, Bristol, January 2022

Nightwayss and Chill, The Carriageworks, Bristol, December 2021

Face 1st, Chill and Soap, The Carriageworks, Bristol, December 2021

Chill, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2021

Chill, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2019

Chill, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, September 2021

U-turn

Without contrition

claiming they are listening

fooling nobody

by Scooj

4729. Cheltenham 2022 (14)

Pelmo, Cheltenham Paint Festival, Cheltenham, July 2022

One of my favourite Bristol artists is Pelmo. His work is usually well thought out and is about so much more than the artwork, often there are messages of love, affection and care with the relationships between characters. In this unusual piece, there are no characters, but a very strong climate message.

Having worked in environmental communications for twenty years, some of it on climate change, I have seen many images like this one, and they are not uncommon. What is different here is that it is not a corporate ‘explainer’ but a heartfelt warning. Pelmo has captured the jeopardy of failing to act in a gentle, but effective way. I could look at this piece for a long time, it chimes for me and has a serene quality to it. Great work from Pelmo.

4728. Cheltenham 2022 (13)

Helen Harper, Cheltenham Paint Festival, Cheltenham, July 2022

There is a very strong relationship between street art and tattoo art, for example, some of Bristol’s best street artists; 3Dom, Sepr and Chill, among others, are also tattoo artists. So it is no surprise to learn that Helen Harper, who painted this gorgeous lion at the Cheltenham Paint Festival is also a tattoo artist.

There are three elements to this piece that work nicely together. The black background has some swirly patterning, and the lion’s face is painted in a greyscale that works well with the background. Encircling the lion’s face is a circular burst of colour, radiating outwards. This is the first piece that I have seen by Helen Harper, but I look forward to seeing more in the future.

Liz Truss

Peter principle

power beyond competence

so out of her depth

by Scooj

* Peter principle:

The Peter principle is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter, which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to “a level of respective incompetence”: employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are no longer competent, as skills in one job do not necessarily translate to another.

4727. Cheltenham 2022 (12)

Even though Aspire no longer lives in Bristol, I have managed to come across some of his work this year, which is a joyful thing. Of all the artists that have left Bristol in recent years, I miss his work (and that of Kleiner Shames) the most. Thank goodness for festivals such as Upfest and the Cheltenham Paint Festival, which have encouraged Aspire to leave London and share his work in the provinces.

Aspire, Cheltenham Paint Festival, Cheltenham, July 2022

This piece is an absolute belter, with a beautiful Robin, set alongside some silver birch trees and weirdly a bottle of sun spray. I’m not quite sure I get the significance of the plastic bottle, but it certainly sets up an interesting juxtaposition in the piece. As always the whole thing is superbly crafted, and Aspire’s pixelated sections perform the job of a signature. Top work from Aspire.

4726. Cheltenham 2022 (11)

Korp, Cheltenham Paint Festival, Cheltenham, July 2022

You might recall that I posted a piece by Korp only a few days ago of his Upfest piece. Here he is again with another fine ‘worm’ character portrait, this time from the Cheltenham Paint Festival.

The character in greyscale with some pink elements is rather cute, if that is the right word, peering from the boarding out at viewers, feathers either side of its face. What Korp does really effectively is create shadows with different shades of paint, to create depth in the face, all of which is done with sharp lines and great solid fills. This is another fine festival piece from Korp.

Weekend saved

North London derby

where there can only be one

come on you gunners

by Scooj

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